--- title: "Wyoming Eviction Process and Court Timeline | MCC Solutions" description: "Wyoming eviction court steps: Circuit Court, answer At the hearing, lockout Up to 30 days, sheriff. From official pages, with the earliest dates and links." url: "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-wyoming" --- Eviction process · Wyoming # Wyoming eviction process and court timeline What happens after the landlord files: court, hearing after filing, time to answer or appear, writ to lockout, who carries out the lockout and right to counsel (statewide), from the state's own pages. **Short answer.** Cases go to the Circuit Court. A written answer is optional; the tenant should still come to the court date. Who carries out a lockout: sheriff. ## At a glance Court Circuit Court. Eviction actions are held in circuit court. "Eviction actions are held in Circuit Court." Source 1 Hearing after filing The tenant has 3 to 12 days before the trial date the court sets (the earliest date here assumes service on the filing day). "You will have 3 to 12 days before the day of trial set by the Court." Source 1 Time to answer or appear A written answer is optional; the tenant should still come to the court date. "Even if you do not file an Answer, you should still go to your court date." Source 1 Writ to lockout The writ sets the move-out time, anywhere from zero to 30 days. "it could be anywhere from zero (0) to 30 days" Source 1 Who carries out the lockout Sheriff. Only the sheriff can physically remove a tenant. "Only the Sheriff has the authority to physically remove you from your home." Source 1 Right to counsel (statewide) No statewide right to counsel for tenants in eviction cases (as of November 2026, per the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel): its tracker of enacted laws lists no statewide law here. "An eviction right to counsel is created by an enacted law that, at a minimum:" Source 2, National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel (secondary source) ## Sample timeline: filed Monday, December 7, 2026 **Earliest under the statute; courts' calendars often take longer.** Need the other side served? [Process serving with an affidavit of service](/notary/process-serving). - **Answer or appear:** Thursday, December 10, 2026 - **Hearing or trial:** Thursday, December 10, 2026 - **Judgment:** Thursday, December 10, 2026 - **Writ or warrant of possession:** no date (Not confirmed on an official page) - **Earliest lockout:** no date (0 days after the writ, which isn't dated here) Another date: [open the estimator](/tools/eviction-timeline-estimator?state=wy). ## Want us to handle it? A runner files your papers in person at the clerk's window and sends you a scan of the stamped copy. We file what you prepared; we don't give legal advice. **Price:** Outside New Jersey it goes through our contractor network: quote-based, confirmed before any work starts, and booked once a local contractor accepts. In New Jersey it is from $75 per filing, court fees at cost. Starting rates. Your exact price is quoted after we confirm a local notary/runner, before you pay. [Request a court filing](/notary/court-filing#request) ## Help the official pages point to - Legal Aid of Wyoming statewide hotline, 1-877-432-9955 (source 1) **Not stated on the pages we read:** filing fee, judgment to writ, paying to stop the case, diversion or mediation (statewide). ## Sources - [Wyoming Judicial Branch: Evictions](https://www.wyocourts.gov/legal-help-by-topic/evictions/) (checked November 2026) - [National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel (secondary source): National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel: Enacted Eviction Right to Counsel and Eviction Defense Programs (last modified November 2026)](https://civilrighttocounsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RTC_Enacted_Legislation_in_Eviction_Proceedings_FINAL.pdf) (checked November 2026) Sourced from official pages; a few facts from vetted secondary sources, marked "(secondary source)". General information, not legal advice; we are not lawyers. Not a court form. Earliest under the statute; courts' calendars often take longer. ## Common questions **Which court hears eviction cases in Wyoming?** Circuit Court. Eviction actions are held in circuit court. **How long does a tenant in Wyoming have to respond?** A written answer is optional; the tenant should still come to the court date. **How soon after filing is the Wyoming hearing?** The tenant has 3 to 12 days before the trial date the court sets (the earliest date here assumes service on the filing day). That's the statute's window; the court's own calendar decides the actual date. **How long between the writ and a lockout in Wyoming?** The writ sets the move-out time, anywhere from zero to 30 days. **Who carries out an eviction in Wyoming?** Sheriff. Only the sheriff can physically remove a tenant. The officer acts on the court's order. 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