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Wyo. Stat. § 31-5-225 (2026)

Fleeing or attempting to elude police officers;

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     (a) Any driver of a motor vehicle who willfully fails or
refuses to bring his vehicle to a stop, or who otherwise flees
or attempts to elude a pursuing police vehicle, when given
visual or audible signal to bring the vehicle to a stop, is
guilty of a misdemeanor. The signal given by the police officer
may be by hand, voice, emergency light or siren. The officer
giving the signal shall be in uniform, prominently displaying
his badge of office, and his vehicle shall be appropriately
marked showing it to be an official police vehicle.

     (b) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section,
every person convicted of fleeing or attempting to elude a
police officer shall be punished by a fine of not more than
seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or by imprisonment for
not more than six (6) months, or both.

     (c) A driver commits aggravated fleeing or attempting to
elude a police officer if:

          (i) The driver has previously been convicted of
fleeing or eluding a police officer under either subsection (a)
of this section or this subsection; or

          (ii) In the course of committing a violation under
subsection (a) of this section the driver:

               (A) Attempts to cause or intentionally or
knowingly causes bodily injury to any other person; or

               (B) Causes property damage to the property of
any other person in an amount exceeding ten thousand dollars
($10,000.00).

     (d) Every person convicted of aggravated fleeing or
attempting to elude a police officer shall be guilty of a felony
and shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand
dollars ($5,000.00) or by imprisonment for not more than five
(5) years, or both.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1988–2024 · leading case: McChesney v. State, 988 P.2d 1071 (Wyo. 1999).
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McChesney v. State, 988 P.2d 1071 (Wyo. 1999). · cites it 4× “" Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 31-5-225 (a) (Lexis 1999).”
United States v. Roseboro, 551 F.3d 226 (4th Cir. 2009). · cites it 2× “04 (3) ("No operator of a vehicle, after having received a visual or audible signal from a traffic officer, or marked police vehicle, shall knowingly flee or attempt to elude any traffic officer by willful or wanton disregard of such signal so as to interfere with or endanger…”
Christopher Mark Nesius v. The State of Wyoming, 2019 WY 129 (Wyo. 2019). · cites it 4× “” Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 31-5-225 (b) (LexisNexis 2019).”
In Re Hittner, 2008 WY 91 (Wyo. 2008). “Hittner also submitted evidence that he had entered pleas of guilty to attempting to elude (§ 31-5-225(a)), open container (§ 31-5-235), and failure to maintain single lane of travel/crossing the fog line (§ 31-5-209).”
Ryan Russell Webster v. State, 2016 WY 76 (Wyo. 2016). · cites it 2× “Webster was also charged with eluding in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 31-5-225 (Lexis-Nexis 2015) and reckless driving in violation of Wyo.”
Blakeman v. State, 753 P.2d 1045 (Wyo. 1988). “6-1-101 through 6-10-203; "(ii) Any violation of W.S. 31-5-225, 31-5-229 or 31-5-233; "(iii) Any violation of W.”
Hittner v. State ex rel. Wyoming Dep't of Transp., 189 P.3d 872 (Wyo. 2008). “Hittner also submitted evidence that he had entered pleas of guilty to attempting to elude (§ 31-5-225(a)), open container (§ 31-5-285), and failure to maintain single lane of travel/crossing the fog line (§ 81-5-209).”
Edgar Allen Stitzel v. The State of Wyoming, 2024 WY 26 (Wyo. 2024). “6-1-101 through 6-2-313 and 6-2-319 through 6-10-203; (ii) Any violation of W.S. 31-5-225, 31-5-229, 31-5- 233 or 41-13-220(a); (iii) Any violation of W.”
— Wyo. Stat. § 31-5-225(a) — 3 cases
Christopher Mark Nesius v. The State of Wyoming, 2019 WY 129 (Wyo. 2019). “” Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 31-5-225 (b) (LexisNexis 2019).”
In Re Hittner, 2008 WY 91 (Wyo. 2008). “Hittner also submitted evidence that he had entered pleas of guilty to attempting to elude (§ 31-5-225(a)), open container (§ 31-5-235), and failure to maintain single lane of travel/crossing the fog line (§ 31-5-209).”
Hittner v. State ex rel. Wyoming Dep't of Transp., 189 P.3d 872 (Wyo. 2008). “Hittner also submitted evidence that he had entered pleas of guilty to attempting to elude (§ 31-5-225(a)), open container (§ 31-5-285), and failure to maintain single lane of travel/crossing the fog line (§ 81-5-209).”
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