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WY Stat § 34-13-121 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 13 - Transfers to Minors|Section 34-13-121 - Receipt for Custodial Property.

34-13-121. Receipt for custodial property.| A written receipt of the custodian constitutes a sufficient release and discharge for custodial property transferred to the custodian pursuant to this act.
WY Stat § 34-13-123 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 13 - Transfers to Minors|Section 34-13-123 - Single Custodianship.

34-13-123. Single custodianship.| A transfer may be made for only one (1) minor, and only one (1) person may be the custodian. All custodial property held under this act by the same custodian for the benefit of the same minor constitutes a single custodianship.
WY Stat § 34-13-124 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 13 - Transfers to Minors|Section 34-13-124 - Validity and Effect of Transfer.

34-13-124. Validity and effect of transfer.| (a) The validity of a transfer made in a manner prescribed in this act is not affected by:  (i) Failure of the transferor to comply with W.S. 34-13-122(c) concerning possession and control;  (ii) Designation of an ineligible custodian, except designation of the transferor in the case of property for which the transferor is ineligible to serve as custodian under W.S. 34-13-122(a); or  (iii) Death or incapacity of the person nominated under W.S. 34-13-116 or designated under W.S. 34-13-122 as custodian or the disclaimer of the office by that person.  (b) A transfer made pursuant to W.S. 34-13-122 is irrevocable, and the custodial property is indefeasibly vested in the minor, but the custodian has all the rights, powers, duties and authority provided in this act, and neither the minor nor the minor's legal representative has any right, power, duty or authority with respect to the custodial property except as provided in this act.  (c) By making a transfer pursuant to this act, the transferor incorporates in the disposition all the provisions of this act and grants to the custodian, and to any third person dealing with a person designated as custodian, the respective powers, rights and immunities provided in this act.
WY Stat § 34-13-125 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 13 - Transfers to Minors|Section 34-13-125 - Care of Custodial Property.

34-13-125. Care of custodial property.| (a) A custodian shall:  (i) Take control of custodial property;  (ii) Register or record title to custodial property if appropriate; and  (iii) Collect, hold, manage, invest and reinvest custodial property.  (b) In dealing with custodial property, a custodian shall observe the standard of care that would be observed by a prudent person dealing with property of another and is not limited by any other statute restricting investments by fiduciaries. If a custodian has special skills or is named custodian on the basis of representations of special skills or expertise, the custodian is under a duty to use those skills. However, a custodian, in the custodian's discretion and without liability to the minor or the minor's estate, may retain any custodial property received from a transferor.  (c) A custodian may invest in or pay premiums on life insurance or endowment policies on:  (i) The life of the minor only if the minor or the minor's estate is the sole beneficiary; or  (ii) The life of another person in whom the minor has an insurable interest only to the extent that the minor, the minor's estate or the custodian in the capacity of custodian is the irrevocable beneficiary.  (d) A custodian at all times shall keep custodial property separate and distinct from all other property in a manner sufficient to identify it clearly as custodial property of the minor. Custodial property consisting of an undivided interest is so identified if the minor's interest is held as a tenant in common and is fixed. Custodial property subject to recordation is so identified if it is recorded, and custodial property subject to registration is so identified if it is either registered, or held in an account designated, in the name of the custodian, followed in substance by the words: "as a custodian for .... (name of minor) under the Wyoming Uniform Transfers to Minors Act".  (e) A custodian shall keep records of all transactions with respect to custodial property, including information necessary for the preparation of the minor's tax returns and shall make them available for inspection at reasonable intervals by a parent or legal representative of the minor or by the minor if the minor has attained the age of fourteen (14) years.
WY Stat § 34-13-126 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 13 - Transfers to Minors|Section 34-13-126 - Powers of Custodian.

34-13-126. Powers of custodian.| (a) A custodian acting in the capacity of custodian has all the rights, powers and authority over custodial property that unmarried adult owners have over their own property, but a custodian may exercise any of the rights, powers and authority over custodial property only in the capacity of custodian and not otherwise.  (b) This section does not relieve a custodian from liability for breach of the provisions of W.S. 34-13-125.
WY Stat § 34-13-127 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 13 - Transfers to Minors|Section 34-13-127 - Use of Custodial Property.

34-13-127. Use of custodial property.| (a) A custodian may deliver or pay to the minor or expend for the minor's benefit so much or all of the custodial property as the custodian considers advisable for the use and benefit of the minor, without court order and without regard to:  (i) The duty or ability of the custodian personally or of any other person to support the minor; or  (ii) Any other income or property of the minor which may be applicable or available for that purpose.  (b) The court, on the petition of an interested person or the minor if the minor has attained the age of fourteen (14) years, may order the custodian to deliver or pay to the minor or expend for the minor's benefit so much of the custodial property as the court considers advisable for the use and benefit of the minor.  (c) A delivery, payment or expenditure under this section is in addition to, not in substitution for, and does not affect, the obligation of any person to support the minor.
WY Stat § 34-13-128 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 13 - Transfers to Minors|Section 34-13-128 - Custodian's Expenses; Compensation and Bond.

34-13-128. Custodian's expenses; compensation and bond.| (a) A custodian is entitled to reimbursement from custodial property for reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of the custodian's duties.  (b) Except for a custodian who is a transferor under W.S. 34-13-117, a custodian has a noncumulative election during each calendar year to charge reasonable compensation for services performed during that year.  (c) A custodian is not required to give a bond for the performance of the custodian's duties, except as provided in W.S. 34-13-131(f).
WY Stat § 34-13-129 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 13 - Transfers to Minors|Section 34-13-129 - Exemption of Third Persons From Liability.

34-13-129. Exemption of third persons from liability.| (a) A third person in good faith and without court order may act on the instructions of or otherwise deal with any person purporting to make a transfer under this act or purporting to act in the capacity of a custodian and, in the absence of actual knowledge, is not responsible for determining:  (i) The validity of the purported custodian's designation;  (ii) The regularity of, or the authority under this act for, any act of the purported custodian;  (iii) The validity or propriety under this act of any instrument or instructions executed or given either by the person purporting to make a transfer under this act or by the purported custodian; or  (iv) The propriety of the application of any property of the minor delivered to the purported custodian.
WY Stat § 34-13-130 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 13 - Transfers to Minors|Section 34-13-130 - Liability to Third Persons.

34-13-130. Liability to third persons.| (a) A claim based on a contract entered into by a custodian acting as such, on an obligation arising from the ownership or control of custodial property, or on a tort committed during the custodianship may be asserted against the custodial property by proceeding against the custodian in the custodial capacity, whether or not the custodian or the minor is personally liable therefor.  (b) A custodian is not personally liable:  (i) On a contract properly entered into in the custodial capacity unless the custodian fails to reveal the custodial capacity and to identify the custodianship in the contract; or  (ii) For an obligation arising from control of custodial property or for a tort committed during the custodianship unless the custodian is personally at fault.  (c) A minor is not personally liable for an obligation arising from ownership of custodial property or for a tort committed during the custodianship unless the minor is personally at fault.
WY Stat § 34-13-132 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 13 - Transfers to Minors|Section 34-13-132 - Accounting by and Determination of Liability of Custodian.

34-13-132. Accounting by and determination of liability of custodian.| (a) A minor who has attained the age of fourteen (14) years, the minor's guardian of the person or legal representative, an adult member of the minor's family, a transferor or a transferor's legal representative may petition the court:  (i) For an accounting by the custodian or the custodian's legal representative; or  (ii) For a determination of responsibility as between the custodial property and the custodian personally for claims against the custodial property unless the responsibility has been adjudicated in an action referred to in W.S. 34-13-130 to which the minor or the minor's legal representative was a party.  (b) A successor custodian may petition the court for an accounting by the predecessor custodian.  (c) The court, in a proceeding under this act or in any other proceeding, may require or permit the custodian or the custodian's legal representative to account.  (d) If a custodian is removed under W.S. 34-13-131(f), the court shall require an accounting and order delivery of the custodial property and records to the successor custodian and the execution of all instruments required for transfer of the custodial property.
WY Stat § 34-13-133 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 13 - Transfers to Minors|Section 34-13-133 - Termination of Custodianship.

34-13-133. Termination of custodianship.| (a) The custodian shall transfer in an appropriate manner the custodial property to the minor or to the minor's estate upon the earlier of:  (i) The minor's attainment of twenty-one (21) years of age with respect to custodial property transferred under W.S. 34-13-117 or 34-13-118, unless the time of transfer of the custodial property to the minor is changed under W.S. 34-13-138 or 34-13-139;  (ii) The minor's attainment of majority under the laws of this state other than this act with respect to custodial property transferred under W.S. 34-13-119 or 34-13-120, unless the time of transfer of the custodial property to the minor is changed under W.S. 34-13-138 or 34-13-139;  (iii) The minor's death.
WY Stat § 34-13-134 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 13 - Transfers to Minors|Section 34-13-134 - Applicability of Provisions.

34-13-134. Applicability of provisions.| (a) This act applies to a transfer within the scope of W.S. 34-13-115 made after its effective date if:  (i) The transfer purports to have been made under the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act of Wyoming; or  (ii) The instrument by which the transfer purports to have been made uses in substance the designation "as custodian under the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act" or "as custodian under the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act" of any other state, and the application of this act is necessary to validate the transfer.
WY Stat § 34-13-135 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 13 - Transfers to Minors|Section 34-13-135 - Effect on Existing Custodianships.

34-13-135. Effect on existing custodianships.| (a) Any transfer of custodial property as now defined in this act purporting to have been made before the effective date of this act is validated notwithstanding that there was no specific authority in the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act of Wyoming for the coverage of custodial property of that kind or for a transfer from that source at the time the transfer was made.  (b) The provisions of this act apply to all transfers made in a manner and form prescribed in the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act of Wyoming except insofar as the application impairs constitutionally vested rights or extends the duration of custodianships in existence on the effective date of this act.
WY Stat § 34-13-136 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 13 - Transfers to Minors|Section 34-13-136 - Uniform Construction of Provisions.

34-13-136. Uniform construction of provisions.| This act shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this act among states enacting it.
WY Stat § 34-13-137 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 13 - Transfers to Minors|Section 34-13-137 - Short Title.

34-13-137. Short title.| This act may be cited as the "Wyoming Uniform Transfers to Minors Act".
WY Stat § 34-13-139 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 13 - Transfers to Minors|Section 34-13-139 - Extension of Custodial Term by Custodian.

34-13-139. Extension of custodial term by custodian.| (a) A custodian may extend the custodial term under this section to an age older than the age that is specified by this act or a transferring instrument made under W.S. 34-13-122, subject to the right of the minor to compel immediate distribution under subsection (c) of this section.  (b) To extend the custodial term under subsection (a) of this section, the custodian shall give the minor written notice of the custodian's intent to extend the custodial term. The notice must specify the duration of the extension by indicating the new custodial term and must inform the minor of the minor's right to compel immediate distribution under subsection (c) of this section. The custodian shall give the notice during the later of the following periods:  (i) The six (6) month period that precedes the last day of the custodial term; or  (ii) The six (6) month period that begins when the minor attains twenty-one (21) years of age.  (c) Rather than permit the extension of the custodial term, the minor may compel immediate distribution of all or part of the custodial property by giving written notice to the custodian:  (i) During the six (6) month period that begins on the last day of the current custodial term; or  (ii) Within ninety (90) days after receiving the custodian's notice under subsection (b) of this section.  (d) If a minor does not exercise the minor's right to compel distribution under subsection (c) of this section, the custodial term shall be extended as indicated in the custodian's notice given under subsection (b) of this section, and the minor may not compel the immediate distribution of custodial property before the end of the custodial term, as extended.  (e) A custodian may extend the custodial term more than once under this section.  (f) As used in this section, "custodial term" means the time provided in or allowed by this act during which the custodian is directed to hold custodial property until the property is transferred to the minor.
WY Stat § 34-16-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 16 - Commercial Transactions; Bills of Lading|Section 34-16-101 - Order Bill of Lading.

34-16-101. Order bill of lading.| (a) Whenever any common carrier, railroad or transportation company (hereinafter termed carrier), shall issue a bill of lading for the transportation of property from one (1) place to another within this state, or between places one (1) of which is within this state, which bill shall be, or purport to be drawn to the order of the shipper or other specified person, or which shall contain any statement or representation that the property described therein is, or may be deliverable upon the order of any person therein mentioned, such bill shall be known as an "order bill of lading" and shall conform to the following requirements:  (i) In connection with the name of the person to whose order the property is deliverable, the words "order of" shall prominently appear in print on the face of the bill thus: "Consigned to order of ....";  (ii) The bill shall be printed on yellow paper eight and one-half (8 1/2) inches by eleven (11) inches long;  (iii) It shall contain on its face the following provision: "The surrender of this original order bill of lading properly endorsed shall be required before delivery of the property";  (iv) It shall not contain the words: "Not negotiable", or words of similar import. If such words are placed on an order bill of lading, they shall be void and of no effect;  (v) Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the insertion in an order bill of lading of other terms or conditions not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, but it shall be unlawful to insert in such bill any terms or conditions contrary to, or inconsistent with such provisions.
WY Stat § 34-16-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 16 - Commercial Transactions; Bills of Lading|Section 34-16-102 - Straight Bill of Lading.

34-16-102. Straight bill of lading.| (a) Whenever a bill of lading is issued by a carrier for the transportation of property from one (1) place to another within this state, or between places one (1) of which is within this state, in which the property described therein is stated to be consigned or deliverable to a specified person, without any statement or representation that such property is consigned or deliverable to the order of any person, such bill shall be known as a "straight bill of lading", and shall contain the following requirements:  (i) The bill shall be printed on white paper eight and one-half (8 1/2) inches wide by eleven (11) inches long;  (ii) The bill shall have prominently stamped upon its face the words, "not negotiable";  (iii) Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the insertion in a straight bill of lading of other terms or conditions not inconsistent with the provisions of this act; but it shall be unlawful to insert in such bill any term or conditions contrary to or inconsistent with such provisions.
WY Stat § 34-16-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 16 - Commercial Transactions; Bills of Lading|Section 34-16-103 - Penalty for Violation of w.s. 34-16-101 and 34-16-102.

34-16-103. Penalty for violation of W.S. 34-16-101 and 34-16-102.| Every carrier or officer, agent or servant of a carrier, who shall knowingly violate any of the requirements stated in W.S. 34-16-101(a)(i) through (v) and 34-16-102(a)(i) through (iii), shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisonment not more than one (1) year, or both.
WY Stat § 34-16-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 16 - Commercial Transactions; Bills of Lading|Section 34-16-104 - Issuance by Carrier Before Receipt of Goods Prohibited; Duplicates.

34-16-104. Issuance by carrier before receipt of goods prohibited; duplicates.| It shall be unlawful for any carrier, or for any officer, agent or servant of a carrier, to issue an order bill of lading or a straight bill of lading, as defined by this act, until the whole of the property as described therein shall have been actually received and is at the time under the actual control of such carrier, to be transported; or to issue a second or duplicate order bill of lading or straight bill of lading for the same property, in whole or in part, for which a former bill of lading has been issued, and remains outstanding and uncancelled, without prominently marking across the face of the same the word "duplicate".
WY Stat § 34-16-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 16 - Commercial Transactions; Bills of Lading|Section 34-16-105 - Prohibited Acts; Penalty for Violation of w.s. 34-16-104.

34-16-105. Prohibited acts; penalty for violation of W.S. 34-16-104.| Every carrier, or officer, agent or servant of a carrier, who knowingly violates the provisions of W.S. 34-16-104, and every person who negotiates or transfers for value a bill of lading known by him to have been issued in violation of section 4 shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction, shall be punished by fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) or imprisonment not exceeding five (5) years, or both. And every carrier, who himself, or by his officer, agent or servant authorized to issue bills of lading, issues a false or duplicate bill of lading in violation of the provisions of section 4, shall be estopped, as against all and every person or persons injured thereby who shall acquire any such false or duplicate bill of lading in good faith and for value, to deny the receipt of the property as described therein, or to assert that a former bill of lading has been issued and remains outstanding and uncancelled for the same property, as the case may be; and the issuing carrier shall be liable to any and every such person for all damages, immediate or consequential, which he or they may have sustained because of reliance upon the bill, whether the person or persons guilty of issuing or negotiating the bill shall have been convicted under this section or not.
WY Stat § 34-16-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 16 - Commercial Transactions; Bills of Lading|Section 34-16-106 - Penalty for Fraudulent Negotiations.

34-16-106. Penalty for fraudulent negotiations.| Every person who receives from a carrier and fraudulently negotiates for value an order or straight bill of lading representing property to which he had no, or encumbered, title at the time of the negotiation of such bill, shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be punished by fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or imprisonment not exceeding five (5) years, or both.
WY Stat § 34-17-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions|Chapter 17 - Warehouse Receipts|Section 34-17-101 - Issue of Receipt for Goods Not Received.

34-17-101. Issue of receipt for goods not received.| A warehouseman, or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouseman, who issues or aids in issuing a receipt knowing that the goods for which such receipt is issued have not been actually received by such warehouseman, or are not under his actual control at the time of issuing such receipt, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding five (5) years, or by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or by both.