Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 6-6-102 (2026)

Breach of the peace; penalties.

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(a) A person commits breach of the peace if he disturbs
the peace of a community or its inhabitants by unreasonably loud
noise or music or by using threatening, abusive or obscene
language or violent actions with knowledge or probable cause to
believe he will disturb the peace.

     (b) Breach of the peace is a misdemeanor punishable by
imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not
more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1990–2018 · leading case: Mascarenas v. State, 2003 WY 124 (Wyo. 2003).

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Mascarenas v. State, 2003 WY 124 (Wyo. 2003). · cites it 3× “§ 6-8-201 (a) (LexisNexis 2003) 3 for knowingly defacing, injuring or destroying another's property without his consent; and (8) for breach of the peace in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-6-102 (a) (LexisNexis 2008) 4 for disturbing the peace by using threatening, abusive or…”

Birch v. State, 421 P.3d 528 (Wyo. 2018). · cites it 2× “§ 6-2-502 (a)(iii) (LexisNexis 2016), and breach of peace, in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-6-102 (a) (LexisNexis 2016).”

King v. Wyoming Div. of Crim. Investigation, 2004 WY 52 (Wyo. 2004). · cites it 9× “Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-6-102 (Miehie 1990). This Court must decide whether the “violent actions” portion of the Wyoming breach of peace statute satisfies the federal statute’s requirement of “the use or attempted use of physical force.”

Salisbury Livestock Co. v. Colorado Cent. Credit Union, 793 P.2d 470 (Wyo. 1990). · cites it 2× “[3] Wyoming's criminal breach of the peace statute, W.S. 6-6-102(a) (June 1988 Repl.), reads, "[a] person commits breach of the peace if he disturbs the peace of a community or its inhabitants by using threatening, abusive or obscene language or violent actions with knowledge or…”

United States v. Davis, 197 F.3d 1048 (10th Cir. 1999). “” Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-6-102 (a) (1999). Davis reportedly had threatened to shatter his estranged girlfriend’s windshield and then admitted to having done so.”

— Wyo. Stat. § 6-6-102(a) — 2 cases

King v. Wyoming Div. of Crim. Investigation, 2004 WY 52 (Wyo. 2004). “Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-6-102 (Miehie 1990). This Court must decide whether the “violent actions” portion of the Wyoming breach of peace statute satisfies the federal statute’s requirement of “the use or attempted use of physical force.”

Salisbury Livestock Co. v. Colorado Cent. Credit Union, 793 P.2d 470 (Wyo. 1990). “[3] Wyoming's criminal breach of the peace statute, W.S. 6-6-102(a) (June 1988 Repl.), reads, "[a] person commits breach of the peace if he disturbs the peace of a community or its inhabitants by using threatening, abusive or obscene language or violent actions with knowledge or…”

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