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      "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.",
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      "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title15.pdf",
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      "evidence_quote": "TITLE 15 - CITIES AND TOWNS CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS",
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      "from_batch": "6738-wyoming-home-shoot-zoning",
      "subject": "Wyoming Statutes",
      "topic": "Title 15 - Cities and Towns (anchor)",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "WY",
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        "region": [
          "us-wy"
        ],
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          "unclassified"
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      "id": "learn_r6738_wyoming_home_shoot_zoning_6738_wyoming_home_shoot_zoning_abs_def",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 12-1-101: State definition of a sexually oriented business: none; left to the local licensing authority",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Wyoming has no statutory definition of a sexually oriented business or adult entertainment establishment; the liquor-title definition of 'entertainment' says 'adult entertainment' is 'as defined by the local licensing authority'. Filming adult content in a private residence is therefore outside any state definition.",
      "body": "Wyoming has no statutory definition of a sexually oriented business or adult entertainment establishment; the liquor-title definition of 'entertainment' says 'adult entertainment' is 'as defined by the local licensing authority'. Filming adult content in a private residence 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 searched on 2026-10-18 for 'sexually oriented', 'adult entertainment', 'adult business' and 'nude'; one operative hit (W.S. 12-1-101(a)(xxvii)).",
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      "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title12.pdf",
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      "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.",
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      "subject": "W.S. 12-1-101",
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      "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 'location and use of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence or other purposes' and 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 'location and use of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence or other purposes' and 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.”",
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      "evidence_quote": "(E) Location and use of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence or other purposes.",
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      "id": "learn_r6738_wyoming_home_shoot_zoning_6738_wyoming_home_shoot_zoning_county",
      "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.”",
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      "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title18.pdf",
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      "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.",
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      "id": "learn_r6738_wyoming_home_shoot_zoning_6738_wyoming_home_shoot_zoning_abs_home",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "W.S. 15-1-601: State home-occupation rule: none; adult-content filming is not listed",
      "summary": "No Wyoming statute defines a 'home occupation' or lists adult-content filming as a permitted or prohibited 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 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 and Title 18 Chapter 5 Article 2 read.",
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      "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title15.pdf",
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      "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.",
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