{"data":{"id":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-6-3-405","jurisdiction":"us-wy","citation":"Wyo. Stat. § 6-3-405","heading":"Reasonable detention and interrogation of persons suspected of shoplifting or altering price tag; defense in civil or criminal action.","body":"(a) A peace officer, merchant or merchant's employee who has reasonable cause to believe a person is violating W.S. 6-3-402 with regard to property offered for sale by a wholesale or retail store may detain and interrogate the person in regard to the suspected violation in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable time.\n(b) In a civil or criminal action for slander, false arrest, false imprisonment, assault, battery or wrongful detention based upon a detention and interrogation pursuant to this section, it is a defense that the peace officer, merchant or merchant's employee had reasonable cause to believe the person was violating W.S. 6-3-402 with regard to property offered for sale by a wholesale or retail store and the detention and interrogation were conducted in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable time.","path":["TITLE 6 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES","CHAPTER 3 - OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY","ARTICLE 4 - LARCENY AND RELATED OFFENSES"],"source_url":"https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title06.pdf","current_through":"2026 Budget Session; as of 2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:16:32Z","sha256":"c99af74f4be89d099d8592ee90d52676f8692a2e171bda9103100bb6fd253ab3","source_id":"us-wy","stale":false,"prev":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-6-3-404","next":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-6-3-406"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}