Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 18-3-603 (2026)

Duty as custodian of jail and prisoners;

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requirements for boarding prisoners; quarters or rental
allowance to be furnished by county.

     (a) Each sheriff has charge of the jail and the prisoners
therein confined in his county. The prisoners shall be kept by
the sheriff or by a deputy or detention officer appointed for
that purpose, and for whose acts he and his sureties are liable.
The sheriff shall provide three (3) nutritionally balanced meals
each day for each prisoner. Each sheriff shall make a monthly
accounting to the board of county commissioners to show that the
expenditures have actually been made.

     (b) The sheriff shall not be charged rent for any building
owned or controlled by the county and occupied by him as a
residence. If a residence is not furnished the sheriff by the
county, the sheriff may be allowed an amount established
annually by the board of county commissioners on or before July
1 of each calendar year. The amount shall be paid monthly and
shall not exceed the prevailing rate of the municipality in
which the sheriff resides.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1990–2010 · leading case: Natrona Cnty. v. Blake, 2003 WY 170 (Wyo. 2003).

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Natrona Cnty. v. Blake, 2003 WY 170 (Wyo. 2003). · cites it 18× “The prisoners shall be kept by the sheriff or by a deputy or detention officer appointed for that purpose, and for whose acts he and his sureties are liable.”

Boyer-gladden v. Hill, 2010 WY 12 (Wyo. 2010). · cites it 11× “After citing Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 18-3-603 (LexisNexis 2009), the complaint alleges the deputy's intentional sexual assault of the appellant "in the course of employment through the use of the power and authority given him as a detention officer of the *29 Sheriff.”

Park Cnty. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners v. Hodge, 792 P.2d 1390 (Wyo. 1990). · cites it 2× “We have before us for this appeal an explicit statute, W.S. 18-3-603, which, in addition to providing for responsibilities in subsection (a), provides in subsection (b): The sheriff shall not be charged rent for any building owned or controlled by the county and occupied by him…”

— Wyo. Stat. § 18-3-603(a) — 1 case

Boyer-gladden v. Hill, 2010 WY 12 (Wyo. 2010). “After citing Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 18-3-603 (LexisNexis 2009), the complaint alleges the deputy's intentional sexual assault of the appellant "in the course of employment through the use of the power and authority given him as a detention officer of the *29 Sheriff.”

— Wyo. Stat. § 18-3-603(b) — 1 case

Park Cnty. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners v. Hodge, 792 P.2d 1390 (Wyo. 1990). “We have before us for this appeal an explicit statute, W.S. 18-3-603, which, in addition to providing for responsibilities in subsection (a), provides in subsection (b): The sheriff shall not be charged rent for any building owned or controlled by the county and occupied by him…”

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