{"data":{"id":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-9-1-618","jurisdiction":"us-wy","citation":"Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-618","heading":"Agents to be safeguarded as peace officers; general assistance to state, county or local authorities; investigative duties.","body":"(a) With approval of the attorney general, the division may:\n(i) Assist a state, county or local law enforcement authority which requests assistance in investigating and detecting crime and in enforcing the criminal laws of the state;\n(ii) Assist in the preparation and prosecution of any criminal case when assistance is requested by a county or district attorney.\n(b) The division shall investigate:\n(i) Suspected criminal activity when directed by the governor to do so;\n(ii) Suspected violations of the Wyoming Controlled Substances Act of 1971 and shall perform all the duties of a law enforcement officer under that act;\n(iii) Organized crime which crosses jurisdictional boundaries of local law enforcement agencies;\n(iv) Suspected violations of computer crimes as specified in W.S. 6-3-501 through 6-3-507;\n(v) Suspected violations involving the sexual exploitation of children as specified in W.S. 6-4-303;\n(vi) Conveyances, as defined by 19-13-501(a)(i), within or near designated critical infrastructure zones. The division may investigate whether any conveyance reported by county clerks in accordance with W.S. 19-13-501 and 19-13-502 may result in a threat to national or state security or whether the conveyance involves a designated country or person as defined by W.S. 19-13-501(a)(iv). The attorney general or, with the attorney general's approval, the division may subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance and require the production of records and other evidence to determine:\n(A) Whether a conveyance located up to five (5) miles from a designated critical infrastructure zone threatens national or state security;\n(B) Whether a conveyance involves a designated country or person as defined by W.S. 19-13-501(a)(iv);\n(C) The actual identity of a party to a conveyance located up to five (5) miles from a designated critical infrastructure zone.\n(vii) Incidents involving domestic terrorism or disasters related to homeland security as specified in W.S. 19-13-102(a)(ii).","path":["TITLE 9 - ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMEN","CHAPTER 1 - STATE OFFICERS","ARTICLE 6 - ATTORNEY GENERAL"],"source_url":"https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title09.pdf","current_through":"2026 Budget Session; as of 2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:16:32Z","sha256":"d394ca80f16a2b50b88b56494e5ba33aaa344cbfd9c7cfb02f46edb69b75825f","source_id":"us-wy","stale":false,"prev":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-9-1-617","next":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-9-1-619"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}