Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 6-6-103 (2026)

Telephone calls; unlawful acts; penalties;

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communicating a threat of bodily injury or death; place of
commission of crime.

     (a) A person commits 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, if he telephones
another anonymously or under a false or fictitious name and uses
obscene, lewd or profane language or suggests a lewd or
lascivious act with intent to terrify, intimidate, threaten,
harass, annoy or offend.

     (b) A person commits 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, if:

          (i) By repeated anonymous telephone calls, he
disturbs the peace, quiet or privacy of persons where the calls
were received; or

          (ii) He telephones or otherwise electronically or in
writing communicates with a person and threatens to:

               (A) Inflict death to the person, to the person's
immediate family or to anyone at the school in which the person
is a student or employee; or

               (B) Inflict injury or physical harm to the
person, to the person's immediate family or to property of the
person.

     (c) A crime under this section is committed at the place
where the calls or other electronic or written communications
either originated or were received.

     (d) For purposes of this section, "immediate family" means
a spouse, parent, sibling, child or other person living in the
person's household.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1987–1999 · leading case: Brock v. State, 981 P.2d 465 (Wyo. 1999).

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Brock v. State, 981 P.2d 465 (Wyo. 1999). · cites it 14× “§ 6-2 — 502(a)(iii) (Michie 1997), and two counts of making threatening telephone calls, in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-6-103 (Michie 1997). The trial court denied Brock’s motion without holding a hearing.”

McCone v. State, 866 P.2d 740 (Wyo. 1993). · cites it 8× “00), or both, if: * ⅜ ⅜ * ⅛: ⅝ (ii) He telephones another and threatens to inflict injury or physical harm to the person or property of any person.”

Tilley v. State, 912 P.2d 1140 (Wyo. 1996). · cites it 3× “Appellant Eric Tilley appeals his conviction of seven counts of making obscene phone calls in violation of W.S. 6-6-103 (1988), challenging the assignment of another judge pri- or to the sentencing hearing as well as the sentence itself.”

Garton v. State, 910 P.2d 1348 (Wyo. 1996). · cites it 2× “§ 6-2-506(e)(iii), is unconstitutionally vague or violative of equal protection or due process principles as applied to petitioner? Garton was charged with one count of making unlawful telephone calls in violation of Wyo.Stat. § 6-6-103(a) and (b) (1988), and one count of…”

Coleman v. State, 741 P.2d 99 (Wyo. 1987). “Nielson described would certainly be a violation of § 6-6-103, W.S. 1977, which makes threatening telephone calls a high misdemeanor.”

— Wyo. Stat. § 6-6-103(a) — 2 cases

Garton v. State, 910 P.2d 1348 (Wyo. 1996). “§ 6-2-506(e)(iii), is unconstitutionally vague or violative of equal protection or due process principles as applied to petitioner? Garton was charged with one count of making unlawful telephone calls in violation of Wyo.Stat. § 6-6-103(a) and (b) (1988), and one count of…”

Tilley v. State, 912 P.2d 1140 (Wyo. 1996). “Appellant Eric Tilley appeals his conviction of seven counts of making obscene phone calls in violation of W.S. 6-6-103 (1988), challenging the assignment of another judge pri- or to the sentencing hearing as well as the sentence itself.”

— Wyo. Stat. § 6-6-103(b) — 1 case

McCone v. State, 866 P.2d 740 (Wyo. 1993). “00), or both, if: * ⅜ ⅜ * ⅛: ⅝ (ii) He telephones another and threatens to inflict injury or physical harm to the person or property of any person.”

— Wyo. Stat. § 6-6-103(b)(ii) — 1 case

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