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Wyo. Stat. § 18-3-301 (2026)

Office created; qualifications; certificate of

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election; counties empowered to consolidate.

     (a) In judicial districts in which the office of district
attorney has not been created there shall be elected in each
county a county and prosecuting attorney who at the time of his
nomination and election and during his term of office, shall be
a member in good standing of the bar of this state. A copy of
his certificate of election and oath shall be filed by the
county and prosecuting attorney with the clerk of the district
court for his county or counties. In those judicial districts in
which the office of district attorney has been created the
county commissioners shall appoint an attorney to the office of
county attorney for a term of one (1) year, who may be
reappointed on a year-to-year basis. The county commissioners
may remove the county attorney for cause.

     (b) The boards of county commissioners of two (2) or more
contiguous counties not served by a district attorney may by
resolution consolidate the offices of, and agree to be served
by, a single county and prosecuting attorney who shall be
elected by a vote of the electors of all the counties within the
consolidated area.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1985–1990 · leading case: Cooney v. Park Cnty., 792 P.2d 1287 (Wyo. 1990).
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Cooney v. Park Cnty., 792 P.2d 1287 (Wyo. 1990). · cites it 4× “I am also aware of the fact that the initiating complaint in this case pleaded essentially a Section 1983 federal right of action and only made claim under state law through the state tort claims act, W.”
Pote v. State, 695 P.2d 617 (Wyo. 1985). · cites it 2× “Moreover, by statute the county attorney must be a member of the Wyoming State Bar (W.S. 18-3-301, as amended); hence anyone acting on behalf of the county attorney should be qualified in a similar manner.”
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