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2014 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 6 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
CHAPTER 4 - OFFENSES AGAINST MORALS, DECENCY AND FAMILY
ARTICLE 4 - OFFENSES AGAINST THE FAMILY
6-4-401. Bigamy; penalties; defense.
WY Stat § 6-4-401 (2014) What's This?
6-4-401. Bigamy; penalties; defense.
(a) A person commits bigamy if, being married and knowing that his spouse is alive, he marries again.
(b) It is a defense that the accused person reasonably believed that he was eligible to remarry.
(c) Bigamy is 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.
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