{ "batch": "450-wyoming-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "articles": [ { "id": "learn_r450_wyoming_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_450_wyoming_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_anchor_t7", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Wyoming Statutes: Title 7 - Criminal Procedure (anchor)", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The Wyoming Legislative Service Office (wyoleg.gov) publishes the Wyoming Statutes by title; Title 7 - Criminal Procedure holds the Wyoming Code of Criminal Procedure, including the interception of communications act at 7-3-701 to 7-3-712. The compiled title text is the PDF at wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title07.pdf, which opens with the heading 'TITLE 7 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE'.", "body": "The Wyoming Legislative Service Office (wyoleg.gov) publishes the Wyoming Statutes by title; Title 7 - Criminal Procedure holds the Wyoming Code of Criminal Procedure, including the interception of communications act at 7-3-701 to 7-3-712. The compiled title text is the PDF at wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title07.pdf, which opens with the heading 'TITLE 7 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE'.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“TITLE 7 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS”\n\nNote: Anchor record: the legislature's own statute site. The title is published there as a PDF; the HTML page wyoleg.gov/stateStatutes/StatutesDownload is a script-rendered shell with no statute text.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title07.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov)", "evidence_quote": "TITLE 7 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "450-wyoming-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Wyoming Statutes", "topic": "Title 7 - Criminal Procedure (anchor)", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "WY", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-wy" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-wy" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r450_wyoming_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_450_wyoming_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_s702b4", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 7-3-702: Recording consent: one-party", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 7-3-702(b)(iv): Wyoming is a ONE-PARTY consent state. The interception prohibition does not apply to a person who intercepts an oral, wire or electronic communication where the person is a party to it, or where one of the parties has given prior consent, unless the interception is for the purpose of committing a criminal or tortious act.", "body": "W.S. 7-3-702(b)(iv): Wyoming is a ONE-PARTY consent state. The interception prohibition does not apply to a person who intercepts an oral, wire or electronic communication where the person is a party to it, or where one of the parties has given prior consent, unless the interception is for the purpose of committing a criminal or tortious act.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“Any person from intercepting an oral, wire or electronic communication where the person is a party to the communication or where one (1) of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to the interception unless the communication is intercepted for the purpose of committing any criminal or tortious act;”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title07.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov)", "evidence_quote": "Any person from intercepting an oral, wire or electronic communication where the person is a party to the communication or where one (1) of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to the interception unless the communication is intercepted for the purpose of committing any criminal or tortious act;", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "450-wyoming-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "W.S. 7-3-702", "topic": "Recording consent: one-party", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "WY", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-wy" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r450_wyoming_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_450_wyoming_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_s702a", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 7-3-702: Interception prohibition", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 7-3-702(a): subject to subsection (b), no person shall intentionally intercept, or attempt or procure another to intercept, any wire, oral or electronic communication, or disclose or use the contents of one knowing it was obtained by an unlawful interception.", "body": "W.S. 7-3-702(a): subject to subsection (b), no person shall intentionally intercept, or attempt or procure another to intercept, any wire, oral or electronic communication, or disclose or use the contents of one knowing it was obtained by an unlawful interception.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“no person shall intentionally: (i) Intercept, attempt to intercept, or procure any other person to intercept or attempt to intercept any wire, oral or electronic communication;”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title07.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov)", "evidence_quote": "no person shall intentionally: (i) Intercept, attempt to intercept, or procure any other person to intercept or attempt to intercept any wire, oral or electronic communication;", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "450-wyoming-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "W.S. 7-3-702", "topic": "Interception prohibition", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "WY", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-wy" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r450_wyoming_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_450_wyoming_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_s702f", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 7-3-702: Interception: penalty", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 7-3-702(f): a violation of the interception prohibition is a felony with a fine of up to $1,000, up to 5 years in prison, or both; if the communication is the radio portion of a cellular or cordless telephone call, a public land mobile radio or paging communication, it is a misdemeanor (up to $750, up to 6 months).", "body": "W.S. 7-3-702(f): a violation of the interception prohibition is a felony with a fine of up to $1,000, up to 5 years in prison, or both; if the communication is the radio portion of a cellular or cordless telephone call, a public land mobile radio or paging communication, it is a misdemeanor (up to $750, up to 6 months).\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“any person who violates this section is guilty of a felony punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or both.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title07.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov)", "evidence_quote": "any person who violates this section is guilty of a felony punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or both.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "450-wyoming-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "W.S. 7-3-702", "topic": "Interception: penalty", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "WY", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-wy" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r450_wyoming_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_450_wyoming_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_s701oral", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 7-3-701: 'Oral communication' definition", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 7-3-701(a)(xi): 'oral communication' means an oral communication uttered by a person who reasonably expects, and circumstances justify the expectation, that it is not subject to interception.", "body": "W.S. 7-3-701(a)(xi): 'oral communication' means an oral communication uttered by a person who reasonably expects, and circumstances justify the expectation, that it is not subject to interception.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“\"Oral communication\" means any oral communication uttered by a person who reasonably expects and circumstances justify the expectation that the communication is not subject to interception but does not include any electronic communication;”\n\nNote: The statute protects conversations a speaker reasonably expects to be private. A scene a participant records is a communication to which they are a party.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title07.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov)", "evidence_quote": "\"Oral communication\" means any oral communication uttered by a person who reasonably expects and circumstances justify the expectation that the communication is not subject to interception but does not include any electronic communication;", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "450-wyoming-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "W.S. 7-3-701", "topic": "'Oral communication' definition", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "WY", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-wy" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-wy" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r450_wyoming_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_450_wyoming_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_s710", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 7-3-710: Civil damages for unlawful interception", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 7-3-710(a): a person whose wire, oral or electronic communication is intercepted, disclosed or used in violation of the act may recover actual damages of not less than $1,000 a day for each day of violation, punitive damages, and reasonable attorney's fees and litigation costs.", "body": "W.S. 7-3-710(a): a person whose wire, oral or electronic communication is intercepted, disclosed or used in violation of the act may recover actual damages of not less than $1,000 a day for each day of violation, punitive damages, and reasonable attorney's fees and litigation costs.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“(i) Actual damages but not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) a day for each day of violation; (ii) Punitive damages; and (iii) Reasonable attorney's fees and other litigation costs reasonably incurred.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title07.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov)", "evidence_quote": "(i) Actual damages but not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) a day for each day of violation; (ii) Punitive damages; and (iii) Reasonable attorney's fees and other litigation costs reasonably incurred.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "450-wyoming-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "W.S. 7-3-710", "topic": "Civil damages for unlawful interception", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "WY", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-wy" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r450_wyoming_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_450_wyoming_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_s304a", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-304: Voyeurism", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-304(a): without the consent of the person being viewed, looking or viewing in a clandestine, surreptitious, prying or secretive nature into an area where the person has a reasonable expectation of privacy (restrooms, baths, showers, dressing rooms, bedrooms, under clothing) is voyeurism, a misdemeanor (up to six months, $750).", "body": "W.S. 6-4-304(a): without the consent of the person being viewed, looking or viewing in a clandestine, surreptitious, prying or secretive nature into an area where the person has a reasonable expectation of privacy (restrooms, baths, showers, dressing rooms, bedrooms, under clothing) is voyeurism, a misdemeanor (up to six months, $750).\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“without the consent of the person being viewed, commits the crime of voyeurism by looking or viewing in a clandestine, surreptitious, prying or secretive nature into or within an area where the person being viewed has a reasonable expectation of privacy, including, but not limited to: (i) Restrooms; (ii) Baths; (iii) Showers; (iv) Dressing or fitting rooms; (v) Bedrooms; or (vi) Under the clothing being worn by another person, regardless of whether the person is in a place where the person has a reasonable expectation of privacy.”\n\nNote: 'Without the consent of the person being viewed': a consenting co-performer is outside it.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title06.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov)", "evidence_quote": "without the consent of the person being viewed, commits the crime of voyeurism by looking or viewing in a clandestine, surreptitious, prying or secretive nature into or within an area where the person being viewed has a reasonable expectation of privacy, including, but not limited to: (i) Restrooms; (ii) Baths; (iii) Showers; (iv) Dressing or fitting rooms; (v) Bedrooms; or (vi) Under the clothing being worn by another person, regardless of whether the person is in a place where the person has a reasonable expectation of privacy.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "450-wyoming-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "W.S. 6-4-304", "topic": "Voyeurism", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "WY", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-wy" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-wy" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r450_wyoming_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_450_wyoming_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_s304b", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-304: Voyeurism with a camera: felony", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-304(b): voyeurism committed by knowingly or intentionally capturing an image with a camera, video camera or other image recording device is a felony (up to 5 years, $5,000); so is using a recording device to observe, photograph, film, record or livestream the intimate areas of another person under clothing without that person's consent.", "body": "W.S. 6-4-304(b): voyeurism committed by knowingly or intentionally capturing an image with a camera, video camera or other image recording device is a felony (up to 5 years, $5,000); so is using a recording device to observe, photograph, film, record or livestream the intimate areas of another person under clothing without that person's consent.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both, if he: (i) Commits the offense specified in subsection (a) of this section by knowingly or intentionally capturing an image by means of a camera, a video camera or any other image recording device; or (ii) Uses a camera, video camera or any other image recording device: (A) For the purpose of observing, viewing, photographing, filming, recording, livestreaming or videotaping the intimate areas of another person; (B) Under clothing being worn by the other person; and (C) Without the consent of the other person.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title06.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov)", "evidence_quote": "(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both, if he: (i) Commits the offense specified in subsection (a) of this section by knowingly or intentionally capturing an image by means of a camera, a video camera or any other image recording device; or (ii) Uses a camera, video camera or any other image recording device: (A) For the purpose of observing, viewing, photographing, filming, recording, livestreaming or videotaping the intimate areas of another person; (B) Under clothing being worn by the other person; and (C) Without the consent of the other person.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "450-wyoming-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "W.S. 6-4-304", "topic": "Voyeurism with a camera: felony", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "WY", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-wy" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r450_wyoming_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_450_wyoming_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_s304g", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-304: Voyeurism: 'intimate area' definition", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-304(g): 'intimate area' means any portion of a person's pubic area, buttocks, vulva, genitals, female breast or undergarments intended to cover those portions, and does not include areas visible through clothing or knowingly exposed in public.", "body": "W.S. 6-4-304(g): 'intimate area' means any portion of a person's pubic area, buttocks, vulva, genitals, female breast or undergarments intended to cover those portions, and does not include areas visible through clothing or knowingly exposed in public.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“\"intimate area\" means any portion of a person's pubic area, buttocks, vulva, genitals, female breast or undergarments intended to cover those portions.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title06.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov)", "evidence_quote": "\"intimate area\" means any portion of a person's pubic area, buttocks, vulva, genitals, female breast or undergarments intended to cover those portions.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "450-wyoming-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "W.S. 6-4-304", "topic": "Voyeurism: 'intimate area' definition", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "WY", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-wy" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r450_wyoming_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_450_wyoming_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_s301obs", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-301: 'Obscene' definition", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-301(a)(iii): material is 'obscene' if the average person would find that, applying contemporary community standards and taken as a whole, it appeals to the prurient interest, depicts or describes sexual conduct in a patently offensive way, and lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.", "body": "W.S. 6-4-301(a)(iii): material is 'obscene' if the average person would find that, applying contemporary community standards and taken as a whole, it appeals to the prurient interest, depicts or describes sexual conduct in a patently offensive way, and lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“\"Obscene\" is material which the average person would find: (A) Applying contemporary community standards, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest; (B) Applying contemporary community standards, depicts or describes sexual conduct in a patently offensive way; and (C) Taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title06.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov)", "evidence_quote": "\"Obscene\" is material which the average person would find: (A) Applying contemporary community standards, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest; (B) Applying contemporary community standards, depicts or describes sexual conduct in a patently offensive way; and (C) Taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "450-wyoming-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "W.S. 6-4-301", "topic": "'Obscene' definition", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "WY", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-wy" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r450_wyoming_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_450_wyoming_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_s302", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-302: Promoting obscenity", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-302(a): a person commits promoting obscenity by producing or reproducing obscene material with intent to disseminate it, possessing it with intent to disseminate it, or knowingly disseminating it; a misdemeanor.", "body": "W.S. 6-4-302(a): a person commits promoting obscenity by producing or reproducing obscene material with intent to disseminate it, possessing it with intent to disseminate it, or knowingly disseminating it; a misdemeanor.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“A person commits the crime of promoting obscenity if he: (i) Produces or reproduces obscene material with the intent of disseminating it; (ii) Possesses obscene material with the intent of disseminating it; or (iii) Knowingly disseminates obscene material.”\n\nNote: 'Disseminate' (6-4-301(a)(i)) means sell, distribute, deliver, provide, exhibit or otherwise make available to another; the text names no medium.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title06.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov)", "evidence_quote": "A person commits the crime of promoting obscenity if he: (i) Produces or reproduces obscene material with the intent of disseminating it; (ii) Possesses obscene material with the intent of disseminating it; or (iii) Knowingly disseminates obscene material.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "450-wyoming-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "W.S. 6-4-302", "topic": "Promoting obscenity", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "WY", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-wy" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-wy" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r450_wyoming_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_450_wyoming_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_s302pen", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-302: Promoting obscenity: penalty", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-302(b): promoting obscenity is a misdemeanor: to an adult, a fine up to $1,000 or up to one year in jail, or both; to a minor, per violation a fine up to $6,000 or up to one year, or both.", "body": "W.S. 6-4-302(b): promoting obscenity is a misdemeanor: to an adult, a fine up to $1,000 or up to one year in jail, or both; to a minor, per violation a fine up to $6,000 or up to one year, or both.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“Promoting obscenity is a misdemeanor punishable upon conviction as follows: (i) If to an adult, by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment for not to exceed one (1) year, or both; (ii) If to a minor, for each violation, by a fine not to exceed six thousand dollars ($6,000.00) or by imprisonment for not to exceed one (1) year, or both.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title06.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov)", "evidence_quote": "Promoting obscenity is a misdemeanor punishable upon conviction as follows: (i) If to an adult, by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment for not to exceed one (1) year, or both; (ii) If to a minor, for each violation, by a fine not to exceed six thousand dollars ($6,000.00) or by imprisonment for not to exceed one (1) year, or both.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "450-wyoming-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "W.S. 6-4-302", "topic": "Promoting obscenity: penalty", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "WY", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-wy" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r450_wyoming_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_450_wyoming_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_s303def", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-303: Sexual exploitation of children: 'child' is under 18", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-303(a)(i): 'child' means a person under the age of eighteen years; sexual exploitation of a child by producing or possessing child pornography is a felony (b)-(e). Every participant in adult content must be 18 or older.", "body": "W.S. 6-4-303(a)(i): 'child' means a person under the age of eighteen years; sexual exploitation of a child by producing or possessing child pornography is a felony (b)-(e). Every participant in adult content must be 18 or older.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“\"Child\" means a person under the age of eighteen (18) years;”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title06.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov)", "evidence_quote": "\"Child\" means a person under the age of eighteen (18) years;", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "450-wyoming-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "W.S. 6-4-303", "topic": "Sexual exploitation of children: 'child' is under 18", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "WY", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-wy" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r450_wyoming_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_450_wyoming_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_s303c", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-303: Sexual exploitation of children: penalty for production and distribution", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-303(c): causing, inducing or permitting a child to be used for child pornography, or manufacturing, creating or distributing it (including by artificial intelligence), is a felony with 5 to 12 years and a fine up to $10,000.", "body": "W.S. 6-4-303(c): causing, inducing or permitting a child to be used for child pornography, or manufacturing, creating or distributing it (including by artificial intelligence), is a felony with 5 to 12 years and a fine up to $10,000.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“The sexual exploitation of a child pursuant to paragraphs (b)(i) through (iii) and (v) of this section is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than five (5) years nor more than twelve (12) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title06.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov)", "evidence_quote": "The sexual exploitation of a child pursuant to paragraphs (b)(i) through (iii) and (v) of this section is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than five (5) years nor more than twelve (12) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "450-wyoming-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "W.S. 6-4-303", "topic": "Sexual exploitation of children: penalty for production and distribution", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "WY", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-wy" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r450_wyoming_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_450_wyoming_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_abs_inperso", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 7-3-701 to 7-3-712: Video recording without audio of consenting adults: no interception statute reaches it", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The Wyoming interception act (7-3-701 to 7-3-712) is limited to the 'aural or other acquisition of the contents of any oral, wire or electronic communication'; a silent video of a consenting adult is not an oral communication, and the only Wyoming statute on non-consensual image capture that was found is voyeurism (6-4-304), which turns on the absence of the viewed person's consent.", "body": "The Wyoming interception act (7-3-701 to 7-3-712) is limited to the 'aural or other acquisition of the contents of any oral, wire or electronic communication'; a silent video of a consenting adult is not an oral communication, and the only Wyoming statute on non-consensual image capture that was found is voyeurism (6-4-304), which turns on the absence of the viewed person's consent.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“\"Intercept\" means the aural or other acquisition of the contents of any oral, wire or electronic communication by use of an electronic, mechanical or other device;”\n\nNote: ABSENCE RECORD (inferred from the sections read, not from operative text). Index searched: Wyoming Statutes Title 7, Chapter 3, Article 7 (W.S. 7-3-701 to 7-3-712) and Title 6, Chapter 4 in the wyoleg.gov title PDFs, searched for videotape, video, film, record on 2026-10-18. The quote shows the definition that bounds the act; it is the scope read, not an operative rule. No attorney general guidance page was found.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title07.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "CREATOR STRATEGY", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov)", "evidence_quote": "\"Intercept\" means the aural or other acquisition of the contents of any oral, wire or electronic communication by use of an electronic, mechanical or other device;", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "450-wyoming-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "W.S. 7-3-701 to 7-3-712", "topic": "Video recording without audio of consenting adults: no interception statute reaches it", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "WY", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-wy" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-wy" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r450_wyoming_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_wyoming_video_recording_anchor", "category": "Safety", "title": "Wyoming Statutes: statutory code index", "summary": "Wyoming's statutes are published on the official Legislative Information site at wyoleg.gov under a codes index page listing 29 codes including the Wyoming Statutes (compiled PDF format).", "body": "Wyoming's statutes are published on the official Legislative Information site at wyoleg.gov under a codes index page listing 29 codes including the Wyoming Statutes (compiled PDF format).\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office actually says:\n\n“Legislative Service Office”\n\nNote: Anchor record from Wyoming's official Legislative Service Office website", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.wyoleg.gov/stateStatutes/", "last_verified": "2026-10-21", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Wyoming Legislative Service Office", "evidence_quote": "Legislative Service Office", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "450-wyoming-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Wyoming Statutes", "topic": "statutory code index", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "Wyoming state law official source", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "choosing", "region": [ "us-wy" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } } ] }