2010 Wyoming Statutes
Title 1 - Code Of Civil Procedure
Chapter 7 - Change Of Venue
CHAPTER 7 - CHANGE OF VENUE
1-7-101. Liability for expenses in civil actions.
When a change of venue is directed in a civil action in the district court, the county from which the change of venue is taken shall be liable to pay to the county to which the change is taken the fees paid to the jury trying the case and any of the regular panel not engaged in the trial but held in waiting as an incident thereto, allowance to bailiffs, and all other jury expenses necessarily incurred by such county because of the change of venue. Such expenses shall be audited and allowed by the court to which the action is changed and the court shall certify such allowance to the county clerk of the county from which the change of venue was first taken. The allowance shall be paid by the county from which the change of venue was first taken.
1-7-102. Venue in criminal cases generally.
(a) Every criminal case shall be tried in the county in which the indictment or offense charged is found, except as otherwise provided by law.
(b) When the location of a criminal offense cannot be established with certainty, venue may be placed in the county or district where the corpus delicti is found, or in any county or district in which the victim was transported.
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