Wyoming § 5-3-312 - Commissioner not to act as attorney; when attorney not to act as commissioner.
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§ 5-3-312. Commissioner not to act as attorney; when attorney not to act as commissioner.
No district court commissioner shall accept employment or retainer as an attorney-at-law, or give any advice as such in any action, cause or proceeding pending before him as such commissioner; and he shall not be authorized to act as such commissioner, or exercise any of the powers thereof, in any action, case or proceeding in which or as to the subject thereof he shall have been engaged, employed or retained as an attorney, or in reference to which and the subject thereof he shall have given any advice.
Source: official Wyoming text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 5-3-312 ("Commissioner not to act as attorney; when attorney not to act as commissioner.") is part of the Wyoming Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of Wyoming. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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