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26LSO-0381
2026
STATE OF WYOMING
26LSO-0381
Numbered
2.0
SENATE FILE NO. SF0075
Court automation fees-amendments.
Sponsored by: Senator(s) Olsen, Crago and Nethercott and Representative(s) Lawley, Washut and Williams
A BILL
for
AN ACT relating to courts; amending court automation fees; establishing a process by which the supreme court may change the amount of required court automation fees; making conforming amendments; requiring reports; specifying applicability; authorizing rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1
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W.S. 2
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401(a)(iii), 5
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120 by creating a new subsection (e), 5
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202, 5
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206(a)(i), (vii) and (x), 5
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108(a)(i), 5
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135, 5
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202, 6
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102 and 6
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103 are amended to read:
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401.
Schedule; additional charges.
(a)
For probate matters filed or commenced, the clerk of the district court shall collect fees as follows:
(iii)
In addition to the original filing fee under paragraph (a)(i) of this subsection, a court automation fee in the amount
of forty dollars ($40.00)
determined under W.S. 5
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120(e),
which shall be deposited into the judicial systems automation account established by W.S. 5
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120;
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2
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120.
Judicial systems automation account created; purposes; court information technology equipment; establishment of court automation fees.
(e)
The supreme court shall promulgate rules to establish the amount of the court automation fee required to be collected under law, in accordance with all of the following:
(i)
Fees shall be set at an amount necessary to ensure that, to the greatest extent practicable, the total revenue generated from the court automation fees collected is sufficient to address but does not exceed the direct and indirect costs for items specified in subsection (a) of this section;
(ii)
Notwithstanding paragraph (i) of this subsection, the supreme court may establish a separate court automation fee for chancery courts under W.S. 5
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202;
(iii)
The supreme court shall maintain records sufficient to demonstrate that the amount of the court automation fees established under this subsection comply with the requirements of this subsection;
(iv)
Not later than October 1 of each year, the supreme court shall report to the joint judiciary interim committee and the joint appropriations committee on the amount of the court automation fee established under this subsection and the total amount of court automation fees collected in the immediately preceding fiscal year.
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202.
Collection of fees.
The clerk of the supreme court shall collect the following fees from the plaintiff in error or appellant, or in case of an original proceeding the plaintiff or relator shall, at the time of filing the petition in error or record on appeal or when commencing the cause in this court, the sum of seventy
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five dollars ($75.00). At the time of filing, the clerk also shall collect a court automation fee in the amount
of fifty
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five dollars ($55.00)
determined under W.S. 5
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120(e),
which shall be deposited into the judicial systems automation account established by W.S. 5
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120, and an indigent civil legal services fee in the amount of ten dollars ($10.00) which shall be deposited into the indigent civil legal services account established by W.S. 5
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121. Other fees or charges to be assessed within the clerk's office are to be determined under rules of the supreme court.
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206.
Fees.
(a)
For all civil matters filed or commenced,
the clerk of each district court shall charge the following fees:
(i)
For filing instruments or documents in each civil action and certifying one (1) copy of any order, decree or judgment at the time of its filing for each party, an original filing fee of
one hundred sixty dollars ($160.00)
one hundred twenty dollars ($120.00), plus a court automation fee in the amount determined under W.S. 5
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120(e)
, which shall be paid by the plaintiff.
This fee shall apply to original actions commenced and to actions that are reopened after a final decree previously has been entered.
Forty dollars ($40.00)
The amount
of the
filing
court automation
fee
determined under W.S. 5
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120(e)
shall be for court automation, ten dollars ($10.00)
of the filing fee
shall be for indigent civil legal services and both shall be remitted as provided in W.S. 5
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205;
(vii)
For all transcripts in cases appealed to the supreme court,
one hundred dollars ($100.00)
sixty dollars ($60.00), plus a court automation fee in the amount determined under W.S. 5
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120(e)
, including certificates, seals and transmission.
Forty dollars ($40.00)
T
he
court automation
fee under this paragraph
determined under W.S. 5
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120(e)
shall be for court automation, ten dollars ($10.00)
of the transcript fee
shall be for indigent civil legal services and both shall be remitted as provided in W.S. 5
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205;
(x)
For docketing and in payment of clerk's fee after docketing incident to any appeal or bill of exception from a circuit court,
one hundred dollars ($100.00)
sixty dollars ($60.00), plus a court automation fee in the amount determined under W.S. 5
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120(e)
, and for docketing any transcript of judgment from a circuit court upon the judgment and execution dockets,
one hundred dollars ($100.00)
sixty dollars ($60.00), plus a court automation fee in the amount determined under W.S. 5
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120(e)
, which amount shall be paid by appellant, or by judgment holder to the clerk at time of docketing.
Forty dollars ($40.00)
The amount
of any
court automation
fee imposed under this paragraph shall be for court automation, ten dollars ($10.00)
of the filing fee
shall be for indigent civil legal services and both shall be remitted as provided in W.S. 5
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205.
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108.
Costs.
(a)
Each city or town in the state of Wyoming may prescribe by ordinance such costs in all trials before municipal courts as may be necessary or deemed expedient. However, the costs shall not exceed ten dollars ($10.00). All costs collected shall be turned into the treasury of the city or town. By ordinance a city or town may prescribe:
(i)
A court automation fee
of forty dollars ($40.00)
in the amount determined under W.S. 5
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120(e)
as a cost to be paid by every person guilty of a violation of a city or town ordinance;
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135.
Filing fee.
For all civil matters
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the circuit court shall collect from the plaintiff an original filing fee of twenty dollars ($20.00), a court automation fee
of forty dollars ($40.00),
in the amount determined under W.S. 5
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120(e)
and an indigent civil legal services fee of ten dollars ($10.00) excluding small claims civil actions as provided in W.S. 1
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201 through 1
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205
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which shall have a filing fee of ten dollars ($10.00). The court automation fee shall be deposited into the judicial systems automation account and the indigent civil legal services fee shall be deposited into the indigent civil legal services account as provided by W.S. 5
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144.
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202.
Collection of fees.
The clerk of the chancery court shall collect all fees and charges as required and set by the supreme court under W.S. 5
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104(b). At the time of the original filing, the clerk also shall collect a court automation fee in the amount
of one hundred dollars ($100.00)
determined under W.S. 5
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120(e) or (e)(ii),
which shall be deposited into the judicial systems automation account established by W.S. 5
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120, and an indigent civil legal services fee in the amount of ten dollars ($10.00)
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which shall be deposited into the indigent civil legal services account established by W.S. 5
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121.
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102.
Imposition of fine for any felony; maximum fine where not established by statute; court automation fee; indigent civil legal services fee.
The court may impose a fine as part of the punishment for any felony. If the statute does not establish a maximum fine, the fine shall be not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00). The court shall impose a court automation fee
of forty dollars ($40.00)
in the amount determined under W.S. 5
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120(e)
in every criminal case wherein the defendant is found guilty, enters a plea of guilty or no contest or is placed on probation under W.S. 7
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301. The fee shall be remitted as provided by W.S. 5
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205.
In addition to the court automation fee the court shall impose an indigent civil legal services fee of ten dollars ($10.00) in every criminal case wherein the defendant is found guilty, enters a plea of guilty or no contest or is placed on probation under W.S. 7
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301 or 35
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1037.
The indigent civil legal services fee shall be remitted as provided in W.S. 5
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205(a)(ii).
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103.
Penalties for misdemeanors where not prescribed by statute; court automation fee; indigent civil legal services fee.
Unless a different penalty is prescribed by law, every crime declared to be a misdemeanor is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both. The court shall impose a court automation fee
of forty dollars ($40.00)
in the amount determined under W.S. 5
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120(e)
in every criminal case wherein the defendant is found guilty, enters a plea of guilty or no contest or is placed on probation under W.S. 7
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301. The fee shall be remitted as provided by W.S. 5
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205.
In addition to the court automation fee the court shall impose an indigent civil legal services fee of ten dollars ($10.00) in every criminal case wherein the defendant is found guilty, enters a plea of guilty or no contest or is placed on probation under W.S. 7
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301.
The indigent civil legal services fee shall be remitted as provided in W.S. 5
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205(a)(ii).
Section 2
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This act shall apply to all new cases, matters, proceedings and filings initially filed on and after July 1, 2026.
Section 3
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The supreme court may take any action necessary to implement this act.
Section 4
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(a)
Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this act is effective July 1, 2026
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(b)
Sections 3 and 4 of this act are effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.
(END)
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