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WY Stat § 2-15-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 15 - Absent Beneficiaries|Section 2-15-105 - Agent to Render Annual Account; Information to Be Shown; Hearing; Court May Order Sale of Property.

2-15-105. Agent to render annual account; information to be shown; hearing; court may order sale of property.| (a) The agent shall render an annual account to the court appointing him showing:  (i) The value and character of the property received by him, the portion thereof is still on hand, the portion sold and the proceeds of sales;  (ii) The income derived from the property;  (iii) The kind and amount of taxes and assessments imposed and whether paid or unpaid;  (iv) Expenses incurred in the care, protection and management of the property and whether paid or unpaid.  (b) When filed, the court may examine witnesses and take proofs in regard to the account. If satisfied that it will be for the benefit of the persons interested therein, the court may order a sale to be made of the whole or such parts of the real or personal property as appears proper and the purchase money to be held by the agent in a fiduciary capacity subject to the provisions of the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, W.S. 34-24-101 through 34-24-140.
WY Stat § 2-15-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 15 - Absent Beneficiaries|Section 2-15-106 - Liability of Agent.

2-15-106. Liability of agent.| The agent is liable on his bond for the care and preservation of the estate while in his hands and for disposition of the proceeds of the sale as required by this chapter, and may be sued thereon by any person interested, or such suit may be ordered by the court.
WY Stat § 2-16-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 16 - Uniform TOD Security Registration|Section 2-16-101 - Short Title; Rules of Construction.

2-16-101. Short title; rules of construction.| This act shall be known as and may be cited as the "Uniform TOD Security Registration Act."
WY Stat § 2-16-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 16 - Uniform TOD Security Registration|Section 2-16-102 - Definitions.

2-16-102. Definitions.| (a) As used in this act:  (i) "Beneficiary form" means a registration of a security which indicates the present owner of the security and the intention of the owner regarding the person who will become the owner of the security upon the death of the owner;  (ii) "Devisee" means any person designated in a will to receive a disposition of real or personal property;  (iii) "Heirs" mean those persons, including the surviving spouse, who are entitled under the statutes of intestate succession to the property of a decedent;  (iv) "Person" means an individual, a corporation, an organization or other legal entity;  (v) "Personal representative" includes executor, administrator, successor personal representative, special administrator and persons who perform substantially the same function under the law governing their status;  (vi) "Property" includes both real and personal property or any interest therein and means anything that may be the subject of ownership;  (vii) "Register" including its derivatives, means to issue a certificate showing the ownership of a certificated security or, in the case of an uncertificated security, to initiate or transfer an account showing ownership of securities;  (viii) "Registering entity" means a person who originates or transfers a security title by registration and includes a broker maintaining security accounts for customers and a transfer agent or other person acting for or as an issuer of securities;  (ix) "Security" means a share, participation or other interest in property, in a business, or in an obligation of an enterprise or other issuer, and includes a certificated security, an uncertificated security and a security account;  (x) "Security account" means:  (A) A reinvestment account associated with a security, a securities account with a broker, a cash balance in a brokerage account, cash, cash equivalents, interest, earnings or dividends earned or declared on a security in an account, a reinvestment account, or a brokerage account, whether or not credited to the account before the owner's death;  (B) A cash balance or other property held for or due to the owner of a security as a replacement for or product of an account security, whether or not credited to the account before the owner's death; or  (C) An investment management or custody account with a trust company or a bank with trust powers, including the securities in the account, a cash balance in the account, and cash, cash equivalents, interest, earnings or dividends earned or declared on a security in the account, whether or not credited to the account before the owner's death.  (xi) "State" includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession subject to the legislative authority of the United States;  (xii) "This act" means W.S. 2-16-101 through 2-16-112.
WY Stat § 2-16-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 16 - Uniform TOD Security Registration|Section 2-16-103 - Registration in Beneficiary Form; Sole or Joint Tenancy Ownership.

2-16-103. Registration in beneficiary form; sole or joint tenancy ownership.| Only individuals whose registration of a security shows sole ownership by one (1) individual or multiple ownership by two (2) or more individuals with right of survivorship, rather than as tenants in common, may obtain registration in beneficiary form. Multiple owners of a security registered in beneficiary form hold as joint tenants with right of survivorship, as tenants by the entireties or as owners of community property held in survivorship form, and not as tenants in common.
WY Stat § 2-16-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 16 - Uniform TOD Security Registration|Section 2-16-104 - Registration in Beneficiary Form; Applicable Law.

2-16-104. Registration in beneficiary form; applicable law.| A security may be registered in beneficiary form if the form is authorized by this or a similar statute of the state of organization of the issuer or registering entity, the location of the registering entity's principal office, the office of its transfer agent or its office making the registration, or by this or a similar statute of the law of the state listed as the owner's address at the time of registration. A registration governed by the law of a jurisdiction in which this or similar legislation is not in force or was not in force when a registration in beneficiary form was made is nevertheless presumed to be valid and authorized as a matter of contract law.
WY Stat § 2-16-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 16 - Uniform TOD Security Registration|Section 2-16-105 - Origination of Registration in Beneficiary Form.

2-16-105. Origination of registration in beneficiary form.| A security, whether evidenced by certificate or account, is registered in beneficiary form when the registration includes a designation of a beneficiary to take the ownership at the death of the owner or the deaths of all multiple owners.
WY Stat § 2-16-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 16 - Uniform TOD Security Registration|Section 2-16-106 - Form of Registration in Beneficiary Form.

2-16-106. Form of registration in beneficiary form.| Registration in beneficiary form may be shown by the words "transfer on death" or the abbreviation "TOD," or by the words "pay on death" or the abbreviation "POD," after the name of the registered owner and before the name of a beneficiary.
WY Stat § 2-16-107 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 16 - Uniform TOD Security Registration|Section 2-16-107 - Effect of Registration in Beneficiary Form.

2-16-107. Effect of registration in beneficiary form.| The designation of a TOD beneficiary on a registration in beneficiary form has no effect on ownership until the owner's death. A registration of a security in beneficiary form may be canceled or changed at any time by the sole owner or all then surviving owners without the consent of the beneficiary.
WY Stat § 2-16-108 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 16 - Uniform TOD Security Registration|Section 2-16-108 - Ownership on Death of Owner.

2-16-108. Ownership on death of owner.| On death of a sole owner or the last to die of all multiple owners, ownership of securities registered in beneficiary form passes to the beneficiary or beneficiaries who survive all owners. On proof of death of all owners and compliance with any applicable requirements of the registering entity, a security registered in beneficiary form may be reregistered in the name of the beneficiary or beneficiaries who survived the death of all owners. Until division of the security after the death of all owners, multiple beneficiaries surviving the death of all owners hold their interest as tenants in common. If no beneficiary survives the death of all owners, the security belongs to the estate of the deceased sole owner or the estate of the last to die of all multiple owners.
WY Stat § 2-16-109 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 16 - Uniform TOD Security Registration|Section 2-16-109 - Protection of Registering Entity.

2-16-109. Protection of registering entity.| (a) A registering entity is not required to offer or to accept a request for security registration in beneficiary form. If a registration in beneficiary form is offered by a registering entity, the owner requesting registration in beneficiary form assents to the protections given to the registering entity by this act.  (b) By accepting a request for registration of a security in beneficiary form, the registering entity agrees that the registration will be implemented on death of the deceased owner as provided in this act.  (c) A registering entity is discharged from all claims to a security by the estate, creditors, heirs or devisees of a deceased owner if it registers a transfer of the security in accordance with W.S. 2-16-108 and does so in good faith reliance (1) on the registration, (2) on this act, and (3) on information provided to it by affidavit of the personal representative of the deceased owner, or by the surviving beneficiary or by the surviving beneficiary's representatives, or other information available to the registering entity. The protections of this act do not extend to a reregistration or payment made after a registering entity has received written notice from any claimant to any interest in the security objecting to implementation of a registration in beneficiary form. No other notice or other information available to the registering entity affects its right to protection under this act.  (d) The protection provided by this act to the registering entity of a security does not affect the rights of beneficiaries in disputes between themselves and other claimants to ownership of the security transferred or its value or proceeds.
WY Stat § 2-16-110 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 16 - Uniform TOD Security Registration|Section 2-16-110 - Nontestamentary Transfer on Death.

2-16-110. Nontestamentary transfer on death.| (a) A transfer on death resulting from a registration in beneficiary form is effective by reason of the contract regarding the registration between the owner and the registering entity and this act and is not testamentary.  (b) This act does not limit the rights of creditors of security owners against beneficiaries and other transferees under other laws of this state.
WY Stat § 2-16-111 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 16 - Uniform TOD Security Registration|Section 2-16-111 - Terms, Conditions and Forms for Registration.

2-16-111. Terms, conditions and forms for registration.| A registering entity offering to accept registrations in beneficiary form may establish the terms and conditions under which it will receive requests (1) for registrations in beneficiary form, and (2) for implementation of registrations in beneficiary form, including requests for cancellation of previously registered TOD beneficiary designations and requests for reregistration to effect a change of beneficiary. The terms and conditions so established may provide for proving death, avoiding or resolving any problems concerning fractional shares, designating primary and contingent beneficiaries, and substituting a named beneficiary's descendants to take in the place of the named beneficiary in the event of the beneficiary's death. Substitution may be indicated by appending to the name of the primary beneficiary the letters LDPS, standing for "lineal descendants per stirpes." This designation substitutes a deceased beneficiary's descendants who survive the owner for a beneficiary who fails to so survive, the descendants to be identified and to share in accordance with the law of the beneficiary's domicile at the owner's death governing inheritance by descendants of an intestate. Other forms of identifying beneficiaries who are to take on one (1) or more contingencies, and rules for providing proofs and assurances needed to satisfy reasonable concerns by registering entities regarding conditions and identities relevant to accurate implementation of registrations in beneficiary form, may be contained in a registering entity's terms and conditions.
WY Stat § 2-16-112 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 16 - Uniform TOD Security Registration|Section 2-16-112 - Application of Act.

2-16-112. Application of act.| This act applies to registrations of securities in beneficiary form made before or after July 1, 1993, by decedents dying on or after July 1, 1993.
WY Stat § 2-18-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 18 - Nontestamentary Transfer on Death of Real Property|Section 2-18-101 - Short Title.

2-18-101. Short title.| This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the "Nontestamentary Transfer of Real Property on Death Act."
WY Stat § 2-18-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 18 - Nontestamentary Transfer on Death of Real Property|Section 2-18-102 - Definitions.

2-18-102. Definitions.| (a) As used in this chapter:  (i) "Grantee beneficiary" or "grantee" means the person to whom an owner grants an interest in the real property that is the subject of the transfer on death deed;  (ii) "Owner" means a person who executes a transfer on death deed as provided in W.S. 2-18-103;  (iii) "Successor grantee beneficiary" means the person to whom an owner grants an interest in the real property that is the subject of the transfer on death deed if the primary grantee beneficiary does not survive the owner;  (iv) "Transfer on death deed" means a deed authorized by W.S. 2-18-103.
WY Stat § 2-18-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 18 - Nontestamentary Transfer on Death of Real Property|Section 2-18-104 - Form of Transfer on Death Deed.

2-18-104. Form of transfer on death deed.| A transfer on death deed is sufficient if it complies with other applicable law and if it is in substantially the following form:  Transfer on Death Deed  I (we) .... (owner) hereby convey to .... (grantee beneficiary) effective on my (our) death the following described real property:  (Legal Description)  If a grantee beneficiary predeceases the owner, the conveyance to that grantee beneficiary must either (choose one):  [ ] Become void.  [ ] Become part of the estate of the grantee beneficiary.  Dated this .... day of .... year).  ............................................  (Signature of grantor(s))  (Acknowledgment)
WY Stat § 2-18-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 18 - Nontestamentary Transfer on Death of Real Property|Section 2-18-105 - Form for Revoking a Transfer on Death Deed.

2-18-105. Form for revoking a transfer on death deed.| An instrument revoking a transfer on death deed is sufficient if it complies with other applicable law and is in substantially the following form:  Revocation of Transfer on Death Deed  The undersigned hereby revokes the transfer on death deed recorded on .... (date), in deed book .... on page ...., in the office of the clerk of .... county, Wyoming, concerning the following described real property:  (Legal Description)  Dated this .... day of .... (year).  ............................................  (Signature of grantor(s))  (Acknowledgment)
WY Stat § 2-18-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 18 - Nontestamentary Transfer on Death of Real Property|Section 2-18-106 - Disclaimer.

2-18-106. Disclaimer.| A grantee beneficiary may refuse to accept all or any part of the real property interest conveyed by a transfer on death deed. If a grantee beneficiary refuses to accept or disclaims any real property interest, the grantee beneficiary shall have no liability under this chapter by reason of being designated as grantee beneficiary.
WY Stat § 3-6-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 3 - Guardian and Ward|Chapter 6 - Veterans' Guardianship|Section 3-6-101 - Short Title.

3-6-101. Short title.| This act may be cited as the "Uniform Veterans' Guardianship Act".
WY Stat § 3-6-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 3 - Guardian and Ward|Chapter 6 - Veterans' Guardianship|Section 3-6-102 - Definitions.

3-6-102. Definitions.| (a) As used in this act:  (i) The term "person" includes a partnership, corporation or an association;  (ii) The term "bureau" means the United States veterans' bureau or its successor;  (iii) The terms "estate" and "income" shall include only moneys received by the guardian from the bureau and all earnings, interest and profits derived therefrom;  (iv) The term "benefits" shall mean all moneys payable by the United States through the bureau;  (v) The term "director" means the director of the United States veterans' bureau or his successor;  (vi) The term "ward" means a beneficiary of the bureau;  (vii) The term "guardian" as used herein shall mean any person acting as a fiduciary for a ward.
WY Stat § 3-6-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 3 - Guardian and Ward|Chapter 6 - Veterans' Guardianship|Section 3-6-103 - Appointment, Confirmation or Removal of Guardian; Administrator of Veterans' Affairs Party in Interest.

3-6-103. Appointment, confirmation or removal of guardian; administrator of veterans' affairs party in interest.| (a) Whenever, pursuant to any law of the United States or regulation of the bureau, the director requires, prior to payment of benefits, that a guardian be appointed for a ward, such appointment shall be made in the manner hereinafter provided.  (b) The administrator of veterans' affairs, or his successor, is and shall be a party in interest in any proceeding, heretofore or hereafter brought under the Uniform Veterans' Guardianship Act of this state for the appointment, confirmation, or removal of any guardian of the person or estate, or of both, of a minor, or insane or other mentally incompetent person, to whom or in whose behalf benefits have been paid or are payable by the veterans' administration or its predecessors or successors, and in any suit or other proceeding arising out of the administration of such person's estate, or in which the purpose thereof is to remove the disability of minority or of mental incompetency of such person.
WY Stat § 3-6-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 3 - Guardian and Ward|Chapter 6 - Veterans' Guardianship|Section 3-6-104 - Guardian Limited to 5 Wards; Exceptions.

3-6-104. Guardian limited to 5 wards; exceptions.| (a) Except as hereinafter provided it shall be unlawful for any person to accept appointment as guardian of any ward if such proposed guardian shall at that time be acting as guardian for five (5) wards. In any case, upon presentation of a petition by an attorney of the bureau under this section alleging that a guardian is acting in a fiduciary capacity for more than five (5) wards and requesting his discharge for that reason, the court, upon proof substantiating the petition, shall require a final accounting forthwith from such guardian and shall discharge such guardian in said case.  (b) The limitations of this section shall not apply where the guardian is a bank or trust company acting for the wards' estates only. An individual may be guardian of more than five (5) wards if they are all members of the same family.
WY Stat § 3-6-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 3 - Guardian and Ward|Chapter 6 - Veterans' Guardianship|Section 3-6-105 - Petition for Appointment of Guardian; Contents Thereof.

3-6-105. Petition for appointment of guardian; contents thereof.| (a) A petition for the appointment of a guardian may be filed in any court of competent jurisdiction by or on behalf of any person who under existing law is entitled to priority of appointment. If there be no person so entitled or if the person so entitled shall neglect or refuse to file such a petition within thirty (30) days after mailing of notice by the bureau to the last known address of such person indicating the necessity for the same a petition for such appointment may be filed in any court of competent jurisdiction by or on behalf of any responsible person residing in this state.  (b) The petition for appointment shall set forth the name, age, place of residence of the ward, the names and places of residence of the nearest relatives, if known, and the fact that such ward is entitled to receive moneys payable by or through the bureau and shall set forth the amount of moneys then due and the amount of probable future payments.  (c) The petition shall also set forth the name and address of the person or institution, if any, having actual custody of the ward.  (d) In the case of a mentally incompetent ward the petition shall show that such ward has been rated incompetent on examination by the bureau in accordance with the laws and regulations governing the bureau.
WY Stat § 3-6-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 3 - Guardian and Ward|Chapter 6 - Veterans' Guardianship|Section 3-6-106 - Prima Facie Evidence of Necessity for Appointment; Certificate of Minor's Age and That Appointment Condition Precedent to Payments.

3-6-106. Prima facie evidence of necessity for appointment; certificate of minor's age and that appointment condition precedent to payments.| Where a petition is filed for the appointment of a guardian of a minor ward a certificate of the director, or his representative, setting forth the age of such minor as shown by the records of the bureau and the fact that the appointment of a guardian is a condition precedent to the payment of any moneys due the minor by the bureau, shall be prima facie evidence of the necessity for such appointment.
WY Stat § 3-6-107 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 3 - Guardian and Ward|Chapter 6 - Veterans' Guardianship|Section 3-6-107 - Prima Facie Evidence of Necessity for Appointment; Certificate of Incompetency and That Appointment Condition Precedent to Payments.

3-6-107. Prima facie evidence of necessity for appointment; certificate of incompetency and that appointment condition precedent to payments.| Where a petition is filed for the appointment of a guardian of a mentally incompetent ward a certificate of the director, or his representative, setting forth the fact that such person has been rated incompetent by the bureau on examination in accordance with the laws and regulations governing such bureau, and that the appointment of a guardian is a condition precedent to the payment of any moneys due such person by the bureau, shall be prima facie evidence of the necessity for such appointment.