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Wyoming · Through 2026 Budget Session; as of 2026-07-01

Wyo. Stat. § 6-4-501: Opening graves and removing bodies; penalty; exception.

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  1. TITLE 6 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
  2. CHAPTER 4 - OFFENSES AGAINST MORALS, DECENCY AND FAMILY
  3. ARTICLE 5 - DESECRATING GRAVES AND BODIES

(a) A person who opens a grave or tomb and removes a body or remains of a deceased person for any purpose without the knowledge and consent of near relations of the deceased commits a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00).

(b) This section does not prohibit exhumation if ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction or if performed in accordance with W.S. 7-4-106(c).

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