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WY Stat § 30-5-301 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas|Article 3 - Payment for Interests in Production|Section 30-5-301 - Payment for Production; Time for Payment; Payor.

30-5-301. Payment for production; time for payment; payor.| (a) The proceeds derived from the sale of production from any well producing oil, gas or related hydrocarbons in the state of Wyoming shall be paid to all persons legally entitled thereto, except as hereinafter provided, commencing not later than six (6) months after the first day of the month following the date of first sale and thereafter not later than sixty (60) days after the end of the calendar month within which subsequent production is sold, unless other periods or arrangements for the first and subsequent payments are provided for in a valid contract with the person or persons entitled to such proceeds. Payment shall be made directly to the person or persons entitled thereto by the lessee or operator or by any party who assumes such payment obligation under any legal arrangement.  (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section:  (i) Payments shall be remitted to the person or persons entitled to proceeds from production annually for the aggregate of up to twelve (12) months accumulation of proceeds if the total amount owed is one hundred dollars ($100.00) or less;  (ii) Notwithstanding paragraph (i) of this subsection, upon written request of the payee, payments shall be remitted to the payee within sixty (60) days following receipt of the request if the aggregation of the proceeds is twenty-five dollars ($25.00) or greater;  (iii) In no case shall payments be made under this section later than twelve (12) months following the date of cessation of production;  (iv) Payments shall be remitted to entitled persons within twelve (12) months following the date the payor is no longer responsible for the payments.  (c) The lessee or operator is exempt from the provisions of W.S. 30-5-301 through 30-5-303, and the purchaser shall assume the operator's responsibilities for making such payments if the operator and purchaser have entered into arrangements whereby the proceeds are paid by the purchaser to those legally entitled thereto.
WY Stat § 30-5-302 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas|Article 3 - Payment for Interests in Production|Section 30-5-302 - Payment for Production; Interest on Late Payments.

30-5-302. Payment for production; interest on late payments.| Any delay in determining any person legally entitled to an interest in the proceeds from production shall not affect payments to all other persons entitled to payment. In instances where payment cannot be made for any reason within the time limits specified in W.S. 30-5-301(a), the lessee or operator, purchaser or other party legally responsible for payment shall deposit all proceeds credited to the eventual interest owner to an escrow account in a federally insured bank or savings and loan institution in Wyoming, using a standard escrow document form approved by the attorney general of Wyoming, which deposit shall earn interest at the highest rate being offered by that institution for the amount and term of such deposits. The escrow agent may commingle monies received into escrow from any one lessee or operator, purchaser or other party legally responsible for payment. Payment of principal and accrued interest from such accounts shall be paid by the escrow agent to all persons legally entitled thereto within thirty (30) days from the date of receipt by the escrow agent of final legal determination of entitlement thereto. If the escrow agent is unable to deliver the payment to the legally entitled person within three (3) years from the end of the month in which the escrow agent first received notice of the person legally entitled to the payment, the payment shall be considered unclaimed for purposes of W.S. 34-24-101 through 34-24-139. Applicable escrow fees shall be deducted from the payments.
WY Stat § 30-5-303 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas|Article 3 - Payment for Interests in Production|Section 30-5-303 - Payment for Production; Penalty for Violation; Jurisdiction; Costs and Fees.

30-5-303. Payment for production; penalty for violation; jurisdiction; costs and fees.| (a) Any lessee or operator, purchaser or other party legally responsible for payment who violates the provisions of this article is liable to the person or persons legally entitled to proceeds from production for the unpaid amount of such proceeds, plus interest at the rate of eighteen percent (18%) per annum on the unpaid principal balance from the due date specified in W.S. 30-5-301(a).  (b) The district court for the county in which a well producing oil, gas or related hydrocarbons is located has jurisdiction over all proceedings brought pursuant to this article and the prevailing party in any proceedings brought pursuant to this article shall be entitled to recover all court costs and reasonable attorney's fees.  (c) Any person who fails to provide royalty information as provided in W.S. 30-5-305(b) is liable to the affected royalty, overriding royalty or other nonworking interest owner in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per month that complete reporting is not provided to the interest owner.
WY Stat § 30-5-304 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas|Article 3 - Payment for Interests in Production|Section 30-5-304 - Definitions.

30-5-304. Definitions.| (a) As used in this act:  (i) "Lessee" means the person entitled under an oil and gas lease to drill and operate wells, paying the lessor a royalty and retaining the remainder, known as the working interest. The lessee pays all costs of production out of his interest, the lessor's interest being free and clear of all those costs;  (ii) "Lessor" means the mineral owner who has executed a lease and who is entitled to the payment of a royalty on production, free and clear of the costs of production;  (iii) "Operator" means a person engaged in the business of drilling and producing wells for oil and gas;  (iv) "Other nonworking interest" means any interest in an oil and gas lease or well which is not a royalty, overriding royalty or working interest;  (v) "Overriding royalty" means a share of production, free of the costs of production, carved out of the lessee's interest under an oil and gas lease;  (vi) "Costs of production" means all costs incurred for exploration, development, primary or enhanced recovery and abandonment operations including, but not limited to lease acquisition, drilling and completion, pumping or lifting, recycling, gathering, compressing, pressurizing, heater treating, dehydrating, separating, storing or transporting the oil to the storage tanks or the gas into the market pipeline. "Costs of production" does not include the reasonable and actual direct costs associated with transporting the oil from the storage tanks to market or the gas from the point of entry into the market pipeline or the processing of gas in a processing plant;  (vii) "Royalty" means the mineral owner's share of production, free of the costs of production;  (viii) "Working interest" means the interest granted under an oil and gas lease, giving the lessee the right to work on the leased property to search for, develop and produce oil and gas and the obligation to pay all costs of production;  (ix) "This act" means W.S. 30-5-301 through 30-5-305.
WY Stat § 30-5-305 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas|Article 3 - Payment for Interests in Production|Section 30-5-305 - Collection; Reporting and Remittance of Royalties.

30-5-305. Collection; reporting and remittance of royalties.| (a) Unless otherwise expressly provided for by specific language in an executed written agreement, "royalty", "overriding royalty", "other nonworking interests" and "working interests" shall be interpreted as defined in W.S. 30-5-304. A division order may not alter or amend the terms of an oil or gas lease or other contractual agreement. A division order that alters or amends the terms of an oil and gas lease or other contractual agreement is invalid to the extent of the alteration or amendment and the terms of the oil and gas lease or other contractual agreement shall take precedence.  (b) Whenever payment is made for oil or gas production to an interest owner, all of the following information shall be included and labeled on the check stub or on an attachment to the form of payment, unless the information is otherwise provided on a regular monthly basis:  (i) The lease, property or well name or any lease, property or well identification number used to identify the lease property or well;  (ii) The month and year during which sales occurred for which payment is being made;  (iii) The total number of barrels of oil or thousands of cubic feet of gas sold;  (iv) The price per barrel of oil or the price per thousand cubic feet of gas;  (v) The total amount of state severance, ad valorem and other production taxes;  (vi) An itemized list of any other deductions or adjustments;  (vii) The net value of total sales after deductions;  (viii) The owner's interest in sales from the lease, property, or well expressed as a decimal;  (ix) The owner's share of the total value of sales prior to any deductions;  (x) The owner's share of the sales value less deductions; and  (xi) An address where additional information pertaining to the owner's interest in production may be obtained and questions answered. If information is requested by certified mail, an answer must be mailed by certified mail within thirty (30) days of receipt of the request.
WY Stat § 30-5-401 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas|Article 4 - Entry to Conduct Oil and Gas Operations|Section 30-5-401 - Definitions.

30-5-401. Definitions.| (a) As used in this act:  (i) "Commission" means the Wyoming oil and gas conservation commission and its authorized employees;  (ii) "Compensate" and "compensation" mean monetary payment or other consideration that may include, but is not limited to, the furnishing of materials, labor or equipment;  (iii) "Oil" and "gas" mean as defined in W.S. 30-5-101(a)(vii);  (iv) "Oil and gas operations" means the surface disturbing activities associated with drilling, producing and transporting oil and gas, including the full range of development activity from exploration through production and reclamation of the disturbed surface;  (v) "Oil and gas operator" means a person engaged in oil and gas operations, his designated agents, contractors and representatives;  (vi) "Reclamation" means the restoring of the surface directly affected by oil and gas operations, as closely as reasonably practicable, to the condition that existed prior to oil and gas operations, or as otherwise agreed to in writing by the oil and gas operator and the surface owner;  (vii) "Surety bond or other guaranty" means as defined in W.S. 30-5-101(a)(x);  (viii) "Surface owner" means any person holding any recorded interest in the legal or equitable title, or both, to the land surface on which oil and gas operations occur, as filed of record with the county clerk of the county in which the land is located. "Surface owner" does not include any person or governmental entity that owns all of the land surface and all of the underlying oil and gas estate, or any person or governmental entity that owns only an easement, right-of-way, license, mortgage, lien, mineral interest or nonpossessory interest in the land surface;  (ix) "This act" means W.S. 30-5-401 through 30-5-410.
WY Stat § 30-5-403 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas|Article 4 - Entry to Conduct Oil and Gas Operations|Section 30-5-403 - Application for Permit Drill; Additional Notice.

30-5-403. Application for permit drill; additional notice.| (a) Before an application for a permit to drill is approved by the commission, the oil and gas operator shall file a statement with the commission, including the surface owner's name, contact address, telephone number and any other relevant and necessary contact information known to the oil and gas operator, certifying that:  (i) Notice of proposed oil and gas operations was provided to the surface owner;  (ii) The parties attempted good faith negotiations as required under W.S. 30-5-402(f) to reach a surface use agreement;  (iii) The oil and gas operator has met the conditions of W.S. 30-5-402(c), specifying how the conditions have been met.  (b) The surface use agreement between the oil and gas operator and the surface owner shall not be filed with the oil and gas conservation commission and the terms of the agreement shall not be required as a condition of approval of an application for a permit to conduct oil and gas operations.
WY Stat § 30-5-405 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas|Article 4 - Entry to Conduct Oil and Gas Operations|Section 30-5-405 - Surface Damage and Disruption Payments; Penalty for Late Payment.

30-5-405. Surface damage and disruption payments; penalty for late payment.| (a) The oil and gas operator shall pay the surface owner as follows:  (i) A sum of money or other compensation equal to the amount of damages sustained by the surface owner for loss of production and income, loss of land value and loss of value of improvements caused by oil and gas operations;  (ii) The amount of damages and method of compensation may be determined in any manner mutually agreeable to the surface owner and the oil and gas operator. When determining damages, consideration shall be given to the period of time during which the loss occurs;  (iii) The payments contemplated by this subsection shall only cover land directly affected by oil and gas operations. Payments under this subsection are intended to compensate the surface owner for damage and disruption. No person shall sever from the land surface the right to receive surface damage payments.  (b) An oil and gas operator who fails to timely pay an installment under any annual damage agreement negotiated with a surface owner is liable for payment to the surface owner of twice the amount of the unpaid installment if the installment payment is not paid within sixty (60) days of receipt of notice of failure to pay from the surface owner.
WY Stat § 30-5-406 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas|Article 4 - Entry to Conduct Oil and Gas Operations|Section 30-5-406 - Surface Damage Negotiations; Notice of Damages to Oil and Gas Operator; Right to Bring Action.

30-5-406. Surface damage negotiations; notice of damages to oil and gas operator; right to bring action.| (a) If the oil and gas operator has commenced oil and gas operations in the absence of any agreement for compensation for all damages, a surface owner shall give written notice to the oil and gas operator and the commission of the damages sustained by the surface owner within two (2) years after the damage has been discovered, or should have been discovered through due diligence, by the surface owner.  (b) Unless both parties provide otherwise by written agreement, within sixty (60) days after the oil and gas operator receives notice of damages pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the oil and gas operator shall make a written offer of settlement to the surface owner as compensation for damages. The surface owner seeking compensation for damages under this section may accept or reject any offer made by the oil and gas operator.  (c) If the surface owner who submits a notice as required under subsection (a) of this section receives no reply to his notice, receives a written rejection or counter offer or rejects an offer or counter offer from the oil and gas operator, the surface owner may bring an action for compensation for damages in the district court in the county where the damage was sustained.
WY Stat § 30-5-407 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas|Article 4 - Entry to Conduct Oil and Gas Operations|Section 30-5-407 - Remedies Cumulative.

30-5-407. Remedies cumulative.| The remedies provided by this act do not preclude any person from seeking other remedies allowed by law, nor does this act diminish rights previously granted by law or contract.
WY Stat § 30-5-408 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas|Article 4 - Entry to Conduct Oil and Gas Operations|Section 30-5-408 - Waiver.

30-5-408. Waiver.| A surface owner may waive any rights afforded under this act by providing a written waiver of rights to the oil and gas operator, identifying which rights have been waived.
WY Stat § 30-5-409 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas|Article 4 - Entry to Conduct Oil and Gas Operations|Section 30-5-409 - Statute of Limitations for Civil Action.

30-5-409. Statute of limitations for civil action.| A surface owner entitled to bring an action for damages under this act, or to seek any other remedy at law for damages caused by oil and gas operations, shall bring such action within two (2) years after the damage has been discovered, or should have been discovered through due diligence, by the surface owner. The limitation on bringing an action under this section shall be tolled for a period of four (4) months, if a written demand for compensation for damages is timely submitted by the surface owner under W.S. 30-5-406.
WY Stat § 30-5-410 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas|Article 4 - Entry to Conduct Oil and Gas Operations|Section 30-5-410 - Applicability.

30-5-410. Applicability.| This act shall not apply to a public utility regulated by the Wyoming public service commission or to a natural gas pipeline regulated by the federal energy regulatory commission.
WY Stat § 30-5-501 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas|Article 5 - Geologic Sequestration Activities|Section 30-5-501 - Oil and Gas Activities at Geologic Sequestration Sites.

30-5-501. Oil and gas activities at geologic sequestration sites.| Nothing in W.S. 35-11-313 shall be deemed to affect the otherwise lawful right of a surface or mineral owner to drill or bore through a geologic sequestration site as defined by W.S. 35-11-103(c)(xxi), if done in accordance with the commission rules for protecting the geologic sequestration site against the escape of carbon dioxide.
WY Stat § 30-5-502 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas|Article 5 - Geologic Sequestration Activities|Section 30-5-502 - Certification of Carbon Dioxide Incidentally Stored During Enhanced Recovery Operations.

30-5-502. Certification of carbon dioxide incidentally stored during enhanced recovery operations.| (a) If there is production of oil, gas or both from enhanced recovery operations under a commission order entered pursuant to W.S. 30-5-110 utilizing the injection of carbon dioxide, the commission upon voluntary application by the unit operator, and after review of the operator s plan for accounting for the incidentally stored carbon dioxide, may enter an order recognizing the incidental storage of carbon dioxide occurring through the enhanced recovery operation and certifying the quantity of carbon dioxide being stored. An application or certification under this section does not subject the enhanced recovery operation to the requirements of W.S. 35-11-313 through 35-11-318 or require the operator to obtain a permit under those sections.  (b) Prior to the commission entering an order pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the commission shall, in consultation with the department of environmental quality, promulgate rules establishing standards and procedures for the certification of incidental storage of carbon dioxide and the certification of quantities of carbon dioxide incidentally stored.
WY Stat § 31-1-202 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 31 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Administration|Section 31-1-202 - Records.

31-1-202. Records.| (a) County treasurers shall keep and maintain a permanent record of vehicle registrations. All applications and records other than the record of vehicle registrations may be destroyed by the treasurer after two (2) years from December 31 of each year.  (b) County clerks shall keep and maintain a record in which all certificates of title shall be recorded at the time of issue and which is open to inspection by the public during reasonable office hours.  (c) Within three (3) business days after issuance of a vehicle registration or certificate of title, county treasurers and county clerks shall forward a record thereof to the department. County treasurers shall notify the department and sheriff of his county of loss or mutilation of license plates.  (d) The department shall maintain records of vehicle registrations from all counties indexed by distinctive vehicle numbers assigned by the department, the name of the registered owner and vehicle identification numbers. The department shall maintain a record of all vehicle certificates of title from all counties. Records are public and open to inspection by the public during reasonable office hours. The department shall maintain a vehicle identification number index of all vehicles for which certificates of title have been issued. Upon receipt of a notice of issuance of a certificate of title from any county clerk the department may destroy all records relating to former transfers of title to the vehicle and shall retain only the notice of issuance of the certificate of title in effect at any time. The department may annually compile and publish a list of all registered vehicles and supplements thereto which shall be furnished to Wyoming peace officers and the Wyoming office of homeland security without charge.  (e) Records under this section shall be available to the public pursuant to current federal and state laws relative to the release of private information. Nothing in this section shall supersede federal law.
WY Stat § 31-1-204 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 31 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Administration|Section 31-1-204 - Transportation Information System Account.

31-1-204. Transportation information system account.| (a) There is created the transportation information system account into which shall be deposited funds as provided by law. Earnings from funds in the account shall be credited to the account. Funds in the account are continuously appropriated to the department of transportation and shall only be expended to replace the revenue information system that was in use on July 1, 2020. Notwithstanding W.S. 9-2-1008 or 9-4-207, unexpended funds in the account shall not revert without further action of the legislature.  (b) The department of transportation may accept, and shall deposit in the transportation information system account, any gifts, contributions, donations, grants or federal funds designated for computer system modernization.