Court jurisdiction.

WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL SENATE
FILE

NO.
0015

ENROLLED ACT NO. 87, SENATE

SIXTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2011 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to
court jurisdiction; increasing circuit court jurisdiction as specified;
increasing jurisdiction for small claims court
;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.
W.S.
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201,

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112(a)(iii)
and

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128(a)(i) through (iii)
and
(vi)
(intro)

are
amended to read:

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201.

Procedure and costs generally; jurisdiction extended.

In the trial of civil cases before any circuit court in which the amount claimed, exclusive of costs, does not exceed
five thousand dollars ($5,000.00)

six thousand dollars ($6,000.00)
, the procedure and costs are as defined in W.S. 1
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205. The department of revenue may consolidate claims for collection of taxes against a single taxpayer into a single case under the procedures in W.S. 1
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201 through 1
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205 subject to specified dollar limitations.

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112.

Assignment to circuit court judge.

(a)

A judge of the district court may assign to a circuit court judge any case or proceeding within the jurisdiction of the district court subject only to the following restrictions:

(iii)

Consent of each plaintiff and each defendant in a civil action wherein the amount in controversy is
twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00)

fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00)
or greater; and

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128.

Civil jurisdiction.

(a)

Each circuit court has exclusive original civil jurisdiction within the boundaries of the state for:

(i)

An action where the prayer for recovery is an amount not exceeding
seven thousand dollars ($7,000.00)

fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00)
, exclusive of court costs;

(ii)

Actions to recover specific personal property the value of which does not exceed
seven thousand dollars ($7,000.00)

fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00)
, exclusive of court costs and shall be prosecuted in accordance with W.S. 1
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306;

(iii)

Actions to foreclose or enforce a lien on or security interest in personal property perfected under the Uniform Commercial Code, W.S. 34.1
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101 through 34.1
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104, when the amount claimed on the lien or security interest does not exceed
seven thousand dollars ($7,000.00)

fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00)
, exclusive of court costs;

(vi)

Actions to foreclose and enforce the following statutory liens only, when the amount claimed on the lien does not exceed
seven thousand dollars ($7,000.00)

fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00)
,
exclusive of court costs:

Section 2.
This act is effective July 1, 2011.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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