Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 1-14-125 (2026)

When costs not recoverable by plaintiff.

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When the judgment is less than one hundred dollars ($100.00),
unless the recovery is reduced below that sum by counterclaim or
setoff, each party shall pay his own costs. When the damage
assessed is under five dollars ($5.00), the plaintiff shall not
recover costs in any action for libel, slander, malicious
prosecution, assault, assault and battery, false imprisonment or
nuisance.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1997–2023 · leading case: Garnick v. Teton Cnty. Sch. Dist. No. 1, 2002 WY 18 (Wyo. 2002).

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Garnick v. Teton Cnty. Sch. Dist. No. 1, 2002 WY 18 (Wyo. 2002). · cites it 4× “Moreover, to the extent that W.S. § 1-14-125 limits costs, that statute is controlling.”

Snyder v. Lovercheck, 2001 WY 64 (Wyo. 2001). · cites it 4× “[111] Snyder also contends that none of the Defendants were a "prevailing party" under Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-14-125 (Lexis-Nexis 2001) 3 and thus they were not eligible *699 for an award of costs.”

Stuart Goforth v. Jamey Fifield, 2015 WY 82 (Wyo. 2015). · cites it 3× “" Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-14-125 (LexisNexis 2013).”

Crawford v. Amadio, 932 P.2d 1288 (Wyo. 1997). “Moreover, to the extent that W.S. 1-14-125 limits costs, that statute is control *1292 ling.”

Iron Bar Holdings LLC v. Cape (D. Wyo. 2023). · cites it 2× “00 based on Wyo. Stat. § 1-14-125). CONCLUSION The conflict inherent in the checkerboard pattern of landownership, which pits a landowner’s right to exclude others from private property against the public’s right to access public lands, has been around for well over a century…”

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