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On-Site County Court Records Search - Find nearly any Wyoming court record online! Many court records are not digitized yet, which signifies the only way to obtain these records is by visiting the actual Pennsylvania courthouses. Someone from our network of court-runners will go retrieve the records and then send you the outcomes. Average response time is 38 hours. Wyoming Civil Records include Lawsuits, Bankruptcies, Liens and judgments, Marriage/divorce judicial proceeding, Child custody, Civil rights violations ands Other. Wyoming Criminal Records include Violent offenses, Theft and robbery, DUI/DWI's, Drugs and alcohol, Sexual crimes, Some traffic violations, Behavioral.
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Wyoming Court Records
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The judicial system in Wyoming was set up in 1868 with a supreme court, which performed the duties of an appellate court. It could hold trials in one of the three judicial districts of the territory. In 1869, women in Wyoming Territory were given the right to vote and, therefore, could become jurists. With statehood the court system developed into three major courts: justice of the peace courts, district courts, and the state supreme court. The justice of the peace courts are countywide courts with jurisdiction over minor actions and misdemeanors. District courts are countywide courts with jurisdiction over civil cases including criminal cases, divorces, probate matters, and some appeals. The supreme court continues to be the statewide appellate court.
Most Wyoming court records are on file at either the Wyoming State Archives or the local courthouse.
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- Wyoming Court, Land, Wills & Financial - Court records are an often overlooked, yet very valuable tool for finding information to assist you in your research. Land records, such as deeds, allow you to tie an ancestor to a specific place at a point in time. Other court records like those dealing with finances and estates often list related family members or give interesting details like the total value of property owned by your ancestors to add interest to your family history.
Utah Probate Records
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Probate records in Wyoming are kept by the clerk of the district court in each county. During the territorial period, probate records were kept by the territorial probate court and include appraisements, bills of sale, claims against estates, final accounts, guardian bonds, guardian annual reports, inheritance tax records, inventories, letters of testamentary or of administration, oaths and bonds for executors and administrators, petitions, probate journals, and wills. Most county probate records are on file at the Wyoming State Archives.
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Wyoming Tax Records
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The Wyoming State Archives does not have all of the county tax and assessment records. The county assessor and treasurer use their own discretion as to whether their records are sent to the archives. In order to check the records on file at the Wyoming State Archives, the researcher must know the county (or general area) and the years that the ancestor resided in Wyoming. If tax records are not at the archives, they are likely still at the local courthouses.
Wyoming county tax records may be arranged chronologically and then alphabetically by school district. These records include assessment rolls, inventory, and appraisement of personal and real property for tax purposes. The total amount of tax is then apportioned under the various county and state taxes. Tables list name and address, legal description of the real property, value of real and personal property, amount owed for specific taxes, and date paid.
There are Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Idaho Territory (1865–66), which will include parts of modern-day Wyoming. These are part of RG 58 at the National Archives and they are on microfilm at the FHL.
