{"data":{"id":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-22-26-102","jurisdiction":"us-wy","citation":"Wyo. Stat. § 22-26-102","heading":"Registration offenses.","body":"(a) Registration offenses consist of performing any of the following acts in connection with or related to the election process or an election:\n(i) Signing or offering to sign an application to register when not a qualified elector or to register under a false name or residence address;\n(ii) Soliciting, procuring, aiding, abetting, inducing or attempting to solicit, procure, aid, abet or induce a person to register under the name of any other person, or a false name, or to register when not a qualified elector;\n(iii) Destroying or altering a registration record when not authorized by law;\n(iv) False swearing after being challenged.\n(b) Unless otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, registration offenses are misdemeanor offenses punishable by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00).\n(c) Registration offenses committed with the intent to deceive a registration official are high misdemeanor offenses punishable by not more than one (1) year imprisonment, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both.\n(d) Second or subsequent offenses under subsection (c) of this section are felony offenses punishable by not more than five (5) years imprisonment, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both.\n(e) The county sheriff shall investigate registration offenses at the request of a county clerk who has reasonable cause to believe that a person has committed a registration offense. After an investigation and a finding that the allegation has merit, the county sheriff shall refer the matter to the district attorney for prosecution in the appropriate courts of this state.","path":["TITLE 22 - ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 26 - OFFENSES AND PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title22.pdf","current_through":"2026 Budget Session; as of 2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:16:32Z","sha256":"01722d39efe7e9243ae4fddac2aa22193cd8cb27638bff627e5faac6190f7bce","source_id":"us-wy","stale":false,"prev":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-22-26-101","next":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-22-26-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}