Wyo. Stat. § 6-4-403 (2026)

"child"; disclosure or publication of identifying information;
"minor victim".

     (a)   No parent, guardian or custodian of a child shall:

           (i)   Abandon the child without just cause; or

          (ii) Knowingly or with criminal negligence cause,
permit or contribute to the endangering of the child's life or
health by violating a duty of care, protection or support.

     (b)   No person shall knowingly:

          (i) Cause, encourage, aid or contribute to a child's
violation of any law of this state;

          (ii) Cause, encourage, aid or permit a child to
enter, remain or be employed in any place or premises used for
prostitution or for professional gambling;

          (iii) Commit any indecent or obscene act in the
presence of a child;

          (iv) Sell, give or otherwise furnish a child any drug
prohibited by law without a physician's prescription;

          (v) Conceal or refuse to reveal to the parent,
guardian, lawful custodian or to a peace officer the location of
a child knowing that the child has run away from a parent,
guardian or lawful custodian, except when the action of the
defendant is necessary to protect the child from an immediate
danger to the child's welfare; or

          (vi) Cause, encourage, aid or contribute to the
endangering of a child's health, welfare or morals, by using,
employing or permitting a child:
               (A) In any business enterprise which is
injurious or dangerous to the health, morals, life or physical
safety of the child;

               (B)   In any place for purposes of begging;

               (C) To be exhibited for the purpose of
displaying any deformity of a child, except to physicians,
nurses or other health professionals; or

               (D)   In a place used for prostitution.

               (E)   Repealed By Laws 1999, ch. 180, § 3.

     (c) A person violating this section is guilty of a
misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than one (1)
year, a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00),
or both. A person convicted of a second violation of this
section is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not
more than five (5) years, a fine of not more than five thousand
dollars ($5,000.00), or both.

     (d) As used in this section, "child" means a person under
the age of sixteen (16) years.

     (e) Paragraph (b)(ii) of this section does not apply to
crimes chargeable under W.S. 6-4-103(a)(i). Paragraph (b)(iv) of
this section does not apply to crimes chargeable under W.S.
35-7-1036.

     (f) Prior to the filing of an information or indictment
charging a violation of W.S. 6-4-403(b)(ii), (iii) or (vi)(D),
neither the name of the person accused or the victim nor any
other information reasonably likely to disclose the identity of
the victim shall be released or negligently allowed to be
released to the public by any public employee, except as
authorized by the judge with jurisdiction over the criminal
charges. The name of the person accused may be released to the
public to aid or facilitate an arrest.

     (g) After the filing of an information or indictment and
absent a request to release the identity of a minor victim by
the victim or another acting on behalf of a minor victim, the
trial court shall restrict the disclosure or publication of
information reasonably likely to identify the minor victim.
     (h) Any person who willfully violates subsection (f) or
(g) of this section or who willfully neglects or refuses to obey
any court order made pursuant thereto is guilty of contempt and,
upon conviction, shall be fined not more than seven hundred
fifty dollars ($750.00) or be imprisoned in the county jail not
more than ninety (90) days, or both.

     (j) A release of a name or other information to the public
in violation of the proscriptions of subsection (f) or (g) of
this section shall not stand as a bar to the prosecution of a
defendant or be grounds for dismissal of any charges against a
defendant.

     (k) As used in subsection (g) of this section, "minor
victim" means a person under the age of eighteen (18) years.