Redactions. [Effective until January 19, 2026]

(a) The responsibility for redacting personal data identifiers rests solely with counsel and the persons filing the documents with the court. (b) For all documents filed, unless otherwise ordered by the court, the parties shall make redactions to personal data identifiers as follows: (1) Social Security Numbers. – If an individual’s social security is relevant and may not be fully redacted, redact all but the last 4 digits of that number; (2) Names of Minor Children. – If the role of a minor child must be included, only use the initials of that child. This does not include cases where the minor is a party to the case, unless the statutes otherwise require; (3) Dates of Birth. – If an individual’s date of birth must be included, redact all but the year of birth; (4) Financial Account Numbers. – If a financial account number is relevant and may not be fully redacted, redact all but the last 4 digits of such numbers; (5) Victim Addresses. – In criminal cases, redact the address of the victim except for the victim’s county and state of residence; and (6) Other identifiers. – The filer shall redact all additional information as required by the Access Security Matrix. (c) The above redaction requirements do not apply to the following: (1) Documents already made confidential by statute, administrative rule, or court rule; (2) The record of an administrative agency or court proceeding if that record was not subject to the redaction requirement when originally made; (3) Citations; and (4) Audio digital recordings. (d) The court may order a document to be filed under seal without redaction. The court may later order that the document be unsealed or that a redacted version of the document be filed as a public record. (e) Each circuit court in the State of Wyoming shall enter an order establishing policies and procedures governing redaction and access to court files and proceedings in cases that involve felony charges brought under Wyoming Statutes Title 6, Chapter 2, Article 3. The order adopted by each court shall be in the form of the order attached hereto as Appendix A. (f) A party filing a redacted filing shall also file an unredacted copy under seal in those cases where the entire personal data identifier listed in Rule 7(a) is required (e.g., charging documents). The unredacted copy filed under seal shall be part of the confidential file. If the redacted and non-redacted documents are not offered for filing contemporaneously, the missing document must be eFiled, filed, or postmarked within one Business Day of the date of original filing. When eFiling an unredacted document, the Filing Party must designate the unredacted filing as restricted by typing in the document title field of the electronic filing system, “Restricted – Unredacted.” The Filing Party must also indicate in the “Note to Clerk” field in the electronic filing system, that the unredacted filing is restricted from public view by typing a note to the clerk, i.e., “Restricted.” (1) In civil cases including divorce proceedings, custody proceedings and other matters necessarily involving information subject to redaction, a party is not required to file nonredacted duplicate pleadings so long as the unredacted identifying information is part of some other confidential file. (g) In those cases made confidential by statute, administrative rule, or court rule, it is not necessary to file redacted transcripts. In other cases, the responsibility for preparing a redacted copy of the official court transcripts rests solely with the parties and their counsel. The court, clerk, and court