WY · One-bite / negligence
Wyoming dog bite law
Wyoming remains a common-law state with a four-year personal-injury deadline.
- Liability
- Negligence / one-bite
- Statute
- No general strict-liability bite statute
- Deadline to file
- 4 years · Wyo. Stat. § 1-3-105(a)(iv)(C)
- Bites only?
- Injuries more broadly
Four years. Prior aggression and failure to restrain are still the whole case.
Exceptions insurers will mention
Knowledge or ordinary negligence.
Compare the national split in strict liability vs one-bite, and confirm your clock on statute of limitations.
Similar liability rules
This page is general information, not legal advice, and is not a substitute for a lawyer licensed in your state. Statutes change. Confirm the current rule and your deadline with counsel before you rely on a date.