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WY Stat § 34-1-143 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1 - In General|Section 34-1-143 - Information to Be Furnished to Department of Revenue and the State Board of Equalization.

34-1-143. Information to be furnished to department of revenue and the state board of equalization.| The county clerk shall place the recording data on the statement of consideration paid and deliver the statement to the county assessor. The county assessor shall furnish information from the statements of consideration to the state board of equalization and department of revenue as the board or department shall require, and when disclosed under W.S. 34-1-142(g) and 39-13-109(b)(i), any person or his agent wishing to review or contest his property tax assessment or valuation and the county board of equalization. The county assessor may furnish information from the statements of consideration to a county assessor in another county in this state to be used as provided by law.
WY Stat § 34-1-144 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1 - In General|Section 34-1-144 - Penalty for Falsifying Statement.

34-1-144. Penalty for falsifying statement.| It is a misdemeanor for a person to willfully falsify or publicly disclose, except as specifically authorized by law, any information on the statement of consideration required by W.S. 34-1-142 and 34-1-143. Upon conviction the offender is subject to a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both.
WY Stat § 34-1-145 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1 - In General|Section 34-1-145 - Definitions.

34-1-145. Definitions.| (a) As used in W.S. 34-1-145 through 34-1-150:  (i) "Beneficiary" means the record owner of the beneficiary's interest under a trust deed, including successors in interest;  (ii) "Mortgage" means as described in W.S. 34-2-107;  (iii) "Mortgagee" means the record owner of the mortgagee's interest under a mortgage, including a successor in interest;  (iv) "Satisfactory evidence of the full payment of the obligation secured by a trust deed or mortgage" means the original cancelled check or a copy of a cancelled check, showing all endorsements, payable to the beneficiary, servicer or mortgagee and reasonable documentary evidence that the check was to effect full payment under the trust deed or an encumbrance upon the property covered by the trust deed or mortgage;  (v) "Servicer" means a person or entity that collects loan payments on behalf of a beneficiary or mortgagee;  (vi) "Title agent" means a title insurance agent licensed as an organization under W.S. 26-23-316 and bonded as a title abstractor under W.S. 26-23-308 or 33-2-101;  (vii) "Title insurer" means a title insurer authorized to conduct business in the state under the Wyoming Insurance Code;  (viii) "Trust deed" means as described in W.S. 34-3-101.
WY Stat § 34-1-147 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1 - In General|Section 34-1-147 - Objections to Reconveyance or Release.

34-1-147. Objections to reconveyance or release.| A title insurer or title agent may not record a reconveyance of trust deed or release of mortgage if, within thirty (30) days from the day on which the title insurer or title agent delivered or mailed the notice of intent to release or reconvey in accordance with W.S. 34-1-146(c) and (d), the beneficiary, mortgagee or servicer sends a notice by certified mail that the obligation secured by the trust deed or mortgage has not been paid in full or objects to the release of the mortgage or reconveyance of the trust deed under W.S. 34-1-146(e).
WY Stat § 34-1-148 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1 - In General|Section 34-1-148 - Liability of Title Insurer or Title Agent.

34-1-148. Liability of title insurer or title agent.| (a) A title insurer or title agent purporting to act under the provisions of W.S. 34-1-146 who reconveys a trust deed or releases a mortgage is liable for the damages suffered as a result of the reconveyance if the obligation secured by the trust deed or mortgage has not been fully paid and:  (i) The title insurer or title agent failed to comply with the provisions of W.S. 34-1-146 and 34-1-147; or  (ii) The title insurer or title agent acted with gross negligence or in bad faith in reconveying the trust deed.
WY Stat § 34-1-149 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1 - In General|Section 34-1-149 - Application of Provisions.

34-1-149. Application of provisions.| The provisions of W.S. 34-1-145 through 34-1-148 apply to any obligation secured by a trust deed or mortgage that was paid prior to, on or after July 1, 1999.
WY Stat § 34-1-150 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1 - In General|Section 34-1-150 - Other Sections Not Affected.

34-1-150. Other sections not affected.| W.S. 34-1-145 through 34-1-149 do not excuse a beneficiary, mortgagee, trustee, secured lender or servicer from complying with the provisions of W.S. 34-1-132.
WY Stat § 34-1-151 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1 - In General|Section 34-1-151 - Property Disclosure Statement.

34-1-151. Property disclosure statement.| (a) Unless disclosure is waived as provided in subsection (b) of this section, every seller of vacant land shall provide to any prospective buyer a property disclosure statement that includes, but is not limited to, the following information:  (i) Whether the property is being offered as a unified estate;  (ii) If fee ownership of the underlying mineral estate has in any way been severed in the chain of title from the surface estate;  (iii) The availability and location of public utilities;  (iv) The name of the entity that maintains the roads and the level of maintenance available;  (v) The availability of water and sewer infrastructure;  (vi) The availability of fire protection services; and  (vii) The existence and location of any easements across the land known to the seller or recorded in the records of the county clerk.  (viii) Repealed By Laws 2012, Ch. 45, § 2.  (b) A buyer may waive disclosure of the information required under subsections (a) and (e) of this section.  (c) No transfer subject to this section shall be invalidated solely because of the failure to comply with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section. However, any person who willfully or negligently violates or fails to perform the duties prescribed by subsection (a) of this section shall be liable in the amount of actual damages suffered by the buyer.  (d) For purposes of this section, "vacant land" means land:  (i) With no habitable dwelling;  (ii) Not within the boundaries of a platted subdivision, or city or town; and  (iii) Less than one hundred forty (140) acres.  (e) Unless disclosure is waived as provided in subsection (b) of this section, every seller of land not within the corporate boundaries of any city or town shall disclose in writing to any prospective buyer whether fee ownership of the wind estate has in any way been severed in the chain of title from the surface estate, including the existence of a wind energy agreement as defined in W.S. 34-27-102(a)(i).
WY Stat § 34-1-153 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1 - In General|Section 34-1-153 - Ownership of Material Injected Into Geologic Sequestration Sites; Liability for Holding Interests Related to a Sequestration Site or Giving Consent to Allow Geologic Sequestration Activities.

34-1-153. Ownership of material injected into geologic sequestration sites; liability for holding interests related to a sequestration site or giving consent to allow geologic sequestration activities.| (a) All carbon dioxide, and other substances injected incidental to the injection of carbon dioxide, injected into any geologic sequestration site for the purpose of geologic sequestration shall be presumed to be owned by the injector of such material and all rights, benefits, burdens and liabilities of such ownership shall belong to the injector. This presumption may be rebutted by a person claiming contrary ownership by a preponderance of the evidence in an action to establish ownership.  (b) No owner of pore space, other person holding any right to control pore space or other surface or subsurface interest holder, shall be liable for the effects of injecting carbon dioxide for geologic sequestration purposes, or for the effects of injecting other substances for the purpose of geologic sequestration which substances are injected incidental to the injection of carbon dioxide, solely by virtue of their interest or by their having given consent to the injection.
WY Stat § 34-1-154 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1 - In General|Section 34-1-154 - Removal of Restrictive Covenants in Violation of Law.

34-1-154. Removal of restrictive covenants in violation of law.| (a) Any person who holds an ownership interest of record in real property in this state, or any attorney, title insurance company or title insurance agent authorized to do business in this state and acting on behalf of a person with an ownership interest in real property in this state, may record a new instrument to remove any restrictive covenant contained in any conveyance encumbering or otherwise affecting the transfer or sale of, or any interest in, real property that:  (i) Is held to be void and unenforceable by a final determination of the supreme court of Wyoming or the supreme court of the United States of America; or  (ii) Is in violation of the acts prohibited by W.S. 40-26-103 through 40-26-109.  (b) Except as provided in W.S. 34-1-156, any person who, in good faith, delivers or records any instrument pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be immune from civil liability. The immunity provided in this subsection shall not be available to any person who:  (i) Represents or attempts to represent that the restrictive covenants pertaining to paragraphs (a)(i) or (ii) of this section, which are void and unenforceable or prohibited by law, are valid and enforceable; or  (ii) Honors or exercises or attempts to honor or exercise restrictive covenants pertaining to paragraphs (a)(i) or (ii) of this section, which are void and unenforceable or prohibited by law.
WY Stat § 34-1-155 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1 - In General|Section 34-1-155 - Process for Removing Restrictive Covenants in Violation of Law.

34-1-155. Process for removing restrictive covenants in violation of law.| (a) In accordance with W.S. 34-1-154, a new instrument removing a restrictive covenant that is in violation of law may be recorded by filing the new instrument with the county clerk for the county in which the real property is located.  (b) A new instrument filed and recorded under this section shall contain all of the following:  (i) The title of the filed and recorded prior instrument to which the new instrument pertains;  (ii) The name and mailing address of the person filing and recording the new instrument;  (iii) The name and mailing address of any owner of record of the real property on whose behalf the new instrument is being filed;  (iv) The legal description of the real property subject to the provisions in violation of law as specified in W.S. 34-1-154(a);  (v) A clear reference to the provisions in the prior instrument that are in violation of law as specified in W.S. 34-1-154(a) and have been stricken from the new instrument.  (c) Upon receiving a new instrument that complies with the requirements of subsection (b) of this section, the county clerk for the county in which the real property is located shall file and record the new instrument.
WY Stat § 34-1-156 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1 - In General|Section 34-1-156 - Civil Action for Removing Enforceable Covenants.

34-1-156. Civil action for removing enforceable covenants.| (a) Any person whose real property is subject to, or is benefitted by, a restrictive covenant that was removed under W.S. 34-1-155 and who believes the restrictive covenant is valid, may petition the court having jurisdiction over the property. The petition shall state the grounds upon which relief is requested, and shall be supported by the affidavit of the petitioner or his attorney setting forth a concise statement of the facts upon which the petition is based. The clerk of court shall assign a case number to the petition and obtain from the petitioner a filing fee of thirty-five dollars ($35.00). Upon the filing of the petition the following shall apply:  (i) The court may enter its order, which may be granted ex parte, directing the person who filed and recorded the instrument to appear before the court at a time no earlier than six (6) nor later than fifteen (15) days following the date of service of the petition, and order the person to show cause, if any, why the relief provided in this subsection should not be granted. Service under this section shall be made in accordance with the rules of civil procedure;  (ii) If, following a hearing on the matter the court determines that the restrictive covenant under subsection (a) of this section is valid and enforceable, the court shall issue an order so stating and awarding damages of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) as determined by the court or actual damages, whichever is greater, costs and reasonable attorneys' fees to the petitioner to be paid by the person who filed and recorded the instrument;  (iii) If the court determines that the restrictive covenant is void and unenforceable, the court shall issue an order so stating and shall award costs and reasonable attorneys' fees to the person who filed and recorded the instrument to be paid by the petitioner.
WY Stat § 34-1-157 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1 - In General|Section 34-1-157 - Ownership of Fossils and Artifacts.

34-1-157. Ownership of fossils and artifacts.| (a) The ownership of any fossil, artifact or non-fossilized animal remains discovered in the strata below the surface lands and waters of the state is vested in the owner of the surface estate, unless otherwise governed by W.S. 7-4-106.  (b) When used in any instrument, the term "minerals" does not include fossils, artifacts or non-fossilized animal remains.  (c) As used in this section:  (i) "Fossil" means any fossilized remains, traces or imprints of organisms, preserved in or on the earth's crust, that are of paleontological interest and that provide information about the history of life on earth, but does not include coal, oil, gas or other hydrocarbons;  (ii) "Artifact" means any material remains of past human life or human activities that are of archaeological interest.
WY Stat § 34-1-201 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Uniform Conservation Easement Act|Section 34-1-201 - Short Title; Definitions.

34-1-201. Short title; definitions.| (a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Conservation Easement Act".  (b) As used in this article, unless the context requires otherwise:  (i) "Conservation easement" means a nonpossessory interest of a holder in real property imposing limitations or affirmative obligations the purposes of which include retaining or protecting natural, scenic, or open space values of real property, assuring its availability for agricultural, forest, recreational or open space use, protecting natural resources, maintaining or enhancing air or water quality, or preserving the historical, architectural, archeological or cultural aspects of real property;  (ii) "Holder" means:  (A) A governmental body empowered to hold an interest in real property under the laws of this state or the United States but does not include the Wyoming board of land commissioners after the effective date of 2008 House Enrolled Act 15; or  (B) A charitable corporation, charitable association or charitable trust, a primary purpose or power of which includes retaining or protecting the natural, scenic or open space values of real property, assuring the availability of real property for agricultural, forest, recreational or open space use, protecting natural resources, maintaining or enhancing air or water quality, or preserving the historical, architectural, archeological or cultural aspects of real property.  (iii) "Third-party right of enforcement" means a right provided in a conservation easement to enforce any of its terms granted to a governmental body, charitable corporation, charitable association or charitable trust, which, although eligible to be a holder, is not a holder;  (iv) "This act" means W.S. 34-1-201 through 34-1-207.
WY Stat § 34-1-202 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Uniform Conservation Easement Act|Section 34-1-202 - Creation; Conveyance; Acceptance and Duration.

34-1-202. Creation; conveyance; acceptance and duration.| (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, a conservation easement may be created, conveyed, recorded, assigned, released, modified, terminated or otherwise altered or affected in the same manner as other easements. The provisions of W.S. 34-1-141 shall apply to this article.  (b) No right or duty in favor of or against a holder and no right in favor of a person having a third-party right of enforcement arises under a conservation easement before its acceptance by the holder and a recordation of the acceptance.  (c) Except as provided by W.S. 34-1-203(b), a conservation easement is unlimited in duration unless the instrument creating the easement provides otherwise.  (d) An interest in real property and any interest in minerals including any leasehold interests are not impaired in any way by a conservation easement unless the owners of those interests consent to the conservation easement.  (e) This act shall not alter the law of Wyoming regarding the primacy of the mineral estate and any easement created hereunder shall not limit the right of a mineral owner or his lessee to reasonable use of the surface for the purpose of mineral exploration and production unless the owners and lessees of the entire mineral estate and geologic sequestration right are a party to the conservation easement or consent to the conservation easement.
WY Stat § 34-1-203 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Uniform Conservation Easement Act|Section 34-1-203 - Judicial Action; Modification; Termination.

34-1-203. Judicial action; modification; termination.| (a) An action affecting a conservation easement may be brought by:  (i) An owner of an interest in the real property burdened by the conservation easement;  (ii) A holder of the conservation easement;  (iii) A person having third-party rights of enforcement, as named in the instrument creating the conservation easement.  (b) This article shall not affect the power of a court to modify or terminate a conservation easement in accordance with the principles of law and equity.
WY Stat § 34-1-204 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Uniform Conservation Easement Act|Section 34-1-204 - Validity.

34-1-204. Validity.| (a) A conservation easement is valid even though:  (i) It is not appurtenant to an interest in real property;  (ii) It can be or has been assigned to another holder;  (iii) It is not of a character that has been recognized traditionally at common law;  (iv) It imposes a negative burden;  (v) It imposes affirmative obligations upon the owner of an interest in the burdened property or upon the holder;  (vi) The benefit does not touch or concern the real property; or  (vii) There is no privity of estate or of contract.
WY Stat § 34-1-205 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Uniform Conservation Easement Act|Section 34-1-205 - Applicability.

34-1-205. Applicability.| (a) This article shall apply to any interest created after its effective date which complies with the requirements of this article, whether designated as a conservation easement or as a covenant, equitable servitude, restriction, easement or otherwise.  (b) This article shall apply to any interest created before its effective date if it would have been enforceable had it been created after the effective date of this article unless retroactive application contravenes the constitution or laws of this state or the United States.  (c) This article does not invalidate any interest whether designated as a conservation or preservation easement, a covenant, equitable servitude, restriction, easement or other designation that is enforceable under any other law of this state.
WY Stat § 34-1-206 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Uniform Conservation Easement Act|Section 34-1-206 - Uniformity of Application and Construction.

34-1-206. Uniformity of application and construction.| This article shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the laws with respect to the subject of the article among the states enacting it.
WY Stat § 34-1-207 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Uniform Conservation Easement Act|Section 34-1-207 - Eminent Domain; Taxation.

34-1-207. Eminent domain; taxation.| (a) Conservation easements shall be subject to the state's power of eminent domain in the same manner as any other real property interest.  (b) The real property tax imposed upon real property subject to a conservation easement shall not be less than the amount of the ad valorem tax for the property had it been levied and assessed based upon the taxable value of agricultural land of similar productive use and value under W.S. 39-13-101(a)(iii) and 39-13-103(b)(x).
WY Stat § 34-1-301 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 3 - Historic Preservation Rights|Section 34-1-301 - Definitions.

34-1-301. Definitions.| (a) As used in this article:  (i) "Historic preservation right" means a nonpossessory property right stated in the form of a restriction, easement, covenant or condition or, with or without limitation, in any other form in any deed, will, plat or in any other instrument executed by or on behalf of the owner, or in any condemnation order of taking, appropriate to preserving the significant physical character and visual characteristics of structures having architectural, historical or cultural significance, together with any associated real property, whether or not improved, as determined eligible to the national register of historic places by the Wyoming state historic preservation office;  (ii) "Owner" means any person possessing a fee simple title to real property and any person possessing any other interest in the property including a contract purchaser, a lessee and a tenant.