{ "batch": "453-wyoming-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "articles": [ { "id": "learn_r453_wyoming_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_453_wyoming_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_anchor_t15", "category": "Business", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Wyoming Statutes: Title 15 - Cities and Towns (anchor)", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The Wyoming Legislative Service Office (wyoleg.gov) publishes the Wyoming Statutes by title; Title 15 - Cities and Towns holds cities and towns, including municipal zoning powers at 15-1-601. The compiled title text is the PDF at wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title15.pdf, which opens with the heading 'TITLE 15 - CITIES AND TOWNS'.", "body": "The Wyoming Legislative Service Office (wyoleg.gov) publishes the Wyoming Statutes by title; Title 15 - Cities and Towns holds cities and towns, including municipal zoning powers at 15-1-601. The compiled title text is the PDF at wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title15.pdf, which opens with the heading 'TITLE 15 - CITIES AND TOWNS'.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“TITLE 15 - CITIES AND TOWNS 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/title15.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 15 - CITIES AND TOWNS CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "453-wyoming-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "Wyoming Statutes", "topic": "Title 15 - Cities and Towns (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_r453_wyoming_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_453_wyoming_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_abs_def", "category": "Business", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 12-1-101: State definition of 'adult entertainment establishment' / 'sexually oriented business': none; left to the local licensing authority", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Wyoming has no statutory definition of an adult entertainment establishment or sexually oriented business: the one place the Wyoming Statutes use the term, the liquor-title definition of 'entertainment', says 'adult entertainment' is 'as defined by the local licensing authority'. A private residence producing content for online sale is therefore outside any state definition.", "body": "Wyoming has no statutory definition of an adult entertainment establishment or sexually oriented business: the one place the Wyoming Statutes use the term, the liquor-title definition of 'entertainment', says 'adult entertainment' is 'as defined by the local licensing authority'. A private residence producing content for online sale is therefore outside any state definition.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“\"Entertainment\" means any activity designed to provide diversion or amusement, regardless of the age required for the activity. \"Entertainment\" shall not include adult entertainment as defined by the local licensing authority or gambling.”\n\nNote: ABSENCE RECORD (inferred from the sections read, not from operative text). Index searched: all 40 Wyoming Statutes title text files from wyoleg.gov searched on 2026-10-18 for 'sexually oriented', 'adult entertainment', 'adult business', 'adult bookstore' and 'nude' with this one operative hit (W.S. 12-1-101(a)(xxvii)); Titles 15 and 18 (city and county zoning) contain none.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title12.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": "\"Entertainment\" means any activity designed to provide diversion or amusement, regardless of the age required for the activity. \"Entertainment\" shall not include adult entertainment as defined by the local licensing authority or gambling.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "453-wyoming-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "W.S. 12-1-101", "topic": "State definition of 'adult entertainment establishment' / 'sexually oriented business': none; left to the local licensing authority", "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_r453_wyoming_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_453_wyoming_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_abs_license", "category": "Business", "title": "W.S. 12-1-101: State-level licence for adult content production: none found", "summary": "No Wyoming statute requires a state licence or permit to produce or sell adult content; the only state licence a seller of goods needs is the sales tax licence (W.S. 39-15-106), and liquor licensing leaves adult entertainment to the local licensing authority.", "body": "No Wyoming statute requires a state licence or permit to produce or sell adult content; the only state licence a seller of goods needs is the sales tax licence (W.S. 39-15-106), and liquor licensing leaves adult entertainment to the local licensing authority.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“\"Entertainment\" means any activity designed to provide diversion or amusement, regardless of the age required for the activity. \"Entertainment\" shall not include adult entertainment as defined by the local licensing authority or gambling.”\n\nNote: ABSENCE RECORD (inferred from the sections read, not from operative text). Index searched: Wyoming Statutes Titles 12, 15, 17, 18 and 39 in the wyoleg.gov title PDFs, searched for adult and licence on 2026-10-18. The quote is the same definition as the preceding record and is the only adult-entertainment text found.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title12.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": "\"Entertainment\" means any activity designed to provide diversion or amusement, regardless of the age required for the activity. \"Entertainment\" shall not include adult entertainment as defined by the local licensing authority or gambling.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "453-wyoming-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "W.S. 12-1-101", "topic": "State-level licence for adult content production: none found", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "WY", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-wy" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r453_wyoming_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_453_wyoming_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_city_zoning", "category": "Business", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 15-1-601: City and town zoning authority", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 15-1-601(a): the governing body of a city or town may by ordinance regulate and restrict the height and size of buildings, lot coverage, yards, population density, and the 'location and use of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence or other purposes', and may divide the city into districts.", "body": "W.S. 15-1-601(a): the governing body of a city or town may by ordinance regulate and restrict the height and size of buildings, lot coverage, yards, population density, and the 'location and use of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence or other purposes', and may divide the city into districts.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“(E) Location and use of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence or other purposes.”\n\nNote: Zoning of a home studio is therefore a municipal matter set by each city's own code.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title15.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": "(E) Location and use of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence or other purposes.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "453-wyoming-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "W.S. 15-1-601", "topic": "City and town zoning authority", "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_r453_wyoming_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_453_wyoming_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_county_zoning", "category": "Business", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 18-5-201: County zoning authority (unincorporated areas)", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 18-5-201(a): each board of county commissioners may regulate and restrict the location and use of buildings and structures and the use of land for residence, recreation, agriculture, industry, commerce, public use and other purposes in the unincorporated area of the county.", "body": "W.S. 18-5-201(a): each board of county commissioners may regulate and restrict the location and use of buildings and structures and the use of land for residence, recreation, agriculture, industry, commerce, public use and other purposes in the unincorporated area of the county.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“each board of county commissioners may regulate and restrict the location and use of buildings and structures and the use, condition of use or occupancy of lands for residence, recreation, agriculture, industry, commerce, public use and other purposes in the unincorporated area of the county.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title18.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": "each board of county commissioners may regulate and restrict the location and use of buildings and structures and the use, condition of use or occupancy of lands for residence, recreation, agriculture, industry, commerce, public use and other purposes in the unincorporated area of the county.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "453-wyoming-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "W.S. 18-5-201", "topic": "County zoning authority (unincorporated areas)", "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_r453_wyoming_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_453_wyoming_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_abs_home", "category": "Business", "title": "W.S. 15-1-601: State home-occupation rule: none", "summary": "No Wyoming statute defines a 'home occupation' or lists adult-content filming as a permitted or prohibited home use; the state delegates the location and use of buildings and land to cities, towns and counties.", "body": "No Wyoming statute defines a 'home occupation' or lists adult-content filming as a permitted or prohibited home use; the state delegates the location and use of buildings and land to cities, towns and counties.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“The governing body of any city or town, by ordinance, may: (i) Regulate and restrict the: (A) Height, number of stories and size of buildings and other structures; (B) Percentage of lot that may be occupied; (C) Size of yards, courts and other open spaces; (D) Density of population; and (E) Location and use of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence or other purposes.”\n\nNote: ABSENCE RECORD (inferred from the sections read, not from operative text). Index searched: all 40 Wyoming Statutes title text files searched for 'home occupation' on 2026-10-18 (0 hits); Title 15 Chapter 1 Article 6 (zoning) and Title 18 Chapter 5 Article 2 read.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title15.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": "The governing body of any city or town, by ordinance, may: (i) Regulate and restrict the: (A) Height, number of stories and size of buildings and other structures; (B) Percentage of lot that may be occupied; (C) Size of yards, courts and other open spaces; (D) Density of population; and (E) Location and use of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence or other purposes.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "453-wyoming-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "W.S. 15-1-601", "topic": "State home-occupation rule: none", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "WY", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-wy" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } } ] }