WYOMING COURT RULES

16 filing: depositions, interrogatories, requests for documents or tangible things or to permit entry onto land, and requests for admission. A notice of discovery proceedings may be filed concurrently with service of discovery papers to demonstrate substantial and bona fide action of record to avoid dismissal for lack of prosecution. (2) How Filing Is Made--In General. A document, including a case- initiating document, is filed by: (A) Electronically submitting it to the chancery court using the elec- tronic filing system, and the electronic version shall be the officially filed document in the case. eFiling resources and registration information are available on the Wyoming Judicial Branch website. (i) Electronic filing must be completed within the time set forth in the Wyoming Rules for Electronic Filing and Service to be considered timely filed on the date it is due. (ii) If a filed document does not comply with the rules (such as the Wyoming Rules Governing Access to Case Records and the Wyoming Rules for Electronic Filing and Service), the document may be removed from the docket as provided in the Wyoming Rules for Electronic Filing and Service. (iii) Documents filed by pro se litigants shall comply with the elec- tronic filing requirements. (iv) Paper filings shall not be accepted absent a prior order of the court. Any request to be excused from the electronic filing requirements must be timely presented and demonstrate exceptional cause for ex- cusal. (B) Each eFiled document must be formatted in accordance with the Wyoming Rules for Electronic Filing and Service. (3) Acceptance by the Clerk. The chancery court clerk must not refuse to file a document solely because it is not in the form prescribed by these rules or by a local practice. However, in order to effectuate the expeditious resolution of a majority of the actions filed in chancery court within one hundred fifty (150) days of the issuance of the scheduling order, the chancery court clerk shall be active in the management of the docketed cases. (d) Filing with the court defined. Not Applicable. History: Adopted September 21, 2021, effective De- cember 1, 2021; amended December 6, 2023, effective February 5, 2024; amended April 9, 2024, effective July 1, 2024; amended Septem- ber 4, 2024, effective November 4, 2024; amended January 27, 2026, effective March 30, 2026.