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Ex. DUT-WY-002 Standing duty Primary source read

Wyo. Stat. Ann. 35-1-105 and 35-1-106

35-1-105. Prohibited acts; penalty for violations. 35-1-106. Penalty for violations.

Wyoming Legislature (Wyo. Stat. Title 35, ch. 1, art. 1) · Wyoming (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Wyoming
Level
State
Authority
Wyo. Stat. Ann. Title 35, ch. 1 (Administration), art. 1 (In General)
Effective
standing
End
standing (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Standing (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Standing dutyOperating condition
Addressees
  • persons generally; corporations and other organizations and their representatives; owners or occupants of premises
Character
order penalty
Collection
Standing duties: Wyoming DUT-WY

Operative words

No person, corporation or other organization nor representative thereof shall: (i) Willfully violate, disobey or disregard the provisions of the public health laws of Wyoming or the terms of any lawful notice, order, rule or regulation issued pursuant thereto

Penalty

35-1-105(b): fine not to exceed $100 or imprisonment not to exceed six months, or both, plus all expense incurred by health authorities; 'No conviction... shall relieve any person from an action in damages for injury resulting from violation of public health laws.' 35-1-106: misdemeanor, fine of not more than $1,000, imprisonment of not more than one year, or both.

What it required

Every person, corporation and organization must obey every lawful public health notice, order, rule and regulation (35-1-105(a)(i)); the owner or occupant of premises on which 'a nuisance, source of filth or cause of sickness' exists must remove it at his own expense within forty-eight hours of a health authority's order (35-1-105(a)(vii)); and 'Any person... who shall fail or refuse to obey any lawful order issued by any state, county or municipal health officer' is guilty of a misdemeanor (35-1-106), the clause every Wyoming COVID-19 order recited.

Retrieval note

Every Statewide Public Health Order and county order in States/WY records 'Wyo. Stat. Ann. 35-1-105 and -106' as its enforcement clause (43 records; e.g., Ex. WY-004, WY-016, WY-020, WY-040; county: WY-035). 35-1-105(a)(iv) separately forbids conducting 'a business or activity for which the department requires a certificate or permit without such a certificate or permit'.