Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 6-3-504 (2026)

Crimes against computer users; penalties.

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(a) A person commits a crime against computer users if he
knowingly and without authorization:

           (i)   Accesses a computer, computer system or computer
network;

          (ii) Denies computer system services to an authorized
user of the computer system services which, in whole or part,
are owned by, under contract to, or operated for, on behalf of,
or in conjunction with another.

     (b)   A crime against computer users is:

          (i) A felony punishable by imprisonment for not more
than three (3) years, a fine of not more than three thousand
dollars ($3,000.00), or both except as provided in paragraph
(ii) of this subsection;
          (ii) A felony punishable by imprisonment for not more
than ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand
dollars ($10,000.00), or both, if the crime is committed with
the intention of devising or executing a scheme or artifice to
defraud or to obtain property.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1998–1998 · leading case: Briggs v. State, 704 A.2d 904 (Md. 1998).

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Briggs v. State, 704 A.2d 904 (Md. 1998). “1997); Wyo. Stat. § 6-3-504 (1997). 9 . In addition to creating two new substantive crimes, House Bill 1065 expanded the scope of computer access activities punishable as crimes by changing the definitions such that "computer database” included data produced by a computer or…”

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