Taxation of costs

(a) Civil cases. — (1) Filing of Certificate of Costs. — Within 20 days after entry of the final judgment allowing costs to the prevailing party, a certificate of costs shall be filed and copy served upon opposing counsel. The certificate shall be itemized. For witness fees, the certificate shall contain: (A) The name of the witness; (B) Place of residence, or the place where subpoenaed, or the place to which the witness voluntarily traveled without a subpoena to attend; (C) The number of full days or half days the witness actually testified in court; (D) The number of days or half days the witness traveled to and from the place of trial; If common carrier transportation is used, the price of an economy (E) The exact number of miles traveled; (F) The manner of travel, air, railroad, bus or private vehicle; and, (G) fare. (2) Objections to Certificate of Costs. — If no objections are served within 10 days after service of the certificate of costs, the costs shall be taxed as set forth in the certificate of costs. If objections are filed, the court shall consider the objections and tax costs. A hearing may be provided at the discretion of the court. (3) Allowable Costs (A) Filing fees and fees for services of process. (Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 18-3-608 sets forth sheriff fees.) (B) Witness fees. (i) Witness fees are allowed at the rate of $30.00 per day and $15.00 per half day necessarily spent traveling to and from the proceeding and in attendance at the proceeding. Mileage is allowed at the rate of $.23 per mile, not to exceed the costs of common carrier transportation rates. (ii) Expert witness fees shall be allowed at the rate of $25.00 per day or such other amount as the court may allow according to the circum- stances of the case. If the amount allowed constitutes a higher hourly rate than $25.00 per day, this higher amount is allowable only for the time that the expert witness actually testified. Time charged in prepa- ration for providing testimony and/or standing by awaiting the call to give testimony is not allowable as costs, except at the rate of $25.00 per day. (C) Reporter fees. The $45.00 fee is a taxable cost. Transcripts of proceedings, such as motion hearings, pretrial conferences, etc., prepared Page: 9 Date: 04/24/26 Time: 15:25:20 Style Spec Used: WY_RULES Path: @psc3913.lexisnexis.com/eden_primary/primary/WY/WYCourtRulesRV_repvol/WY_CR_URChCRule_01_PREVIEW_37_psc3794_001 9 UNIFORM RULES FOR THE CHANCERY COURT