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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 17 - Enforcement of Judgments › Article 7 - Enforcement of Foreign Judgments › Section 1-17-705 - Stay of Enforcement.

1-17-705. Stay of enforcement.
If the judgment debtor shows the court that an appeal from the foreign judgment is pending or will be taken, or that a stay of execution has been granted, and upon proof that the judgment debtor has furnished the security for satisfaction of the judgment required by the law of the state where it was rendered, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment until the appeal is concluded, the time for appeal expires, or until the stay of execution expires or is vacated. If the judgment debtor shows the court any ground upon which enforcement of a judgment of the court of this state would be stayed, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment for an appropriate period, upon requiring the security for satisfaction of the judgment which is required in this state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 17 - Enforcement of Judgments › Article 7 - Enforcement of Foreign Judgments › Section 1-17-706 - Fees.

1-17-706. Fees.
Any person filing a foreign judgment shall pay to the clerk of court the fee for filing instruments in a civil action under W.S. 5-3-206(a)(i). Fees for docketing, transcription or other enforcement proceedings shall be the same as for judgments of the courts of this state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 17 - Enforcement of Judgments › Article 7 - Enforcement of Foreign Judgments › Section 1-17-707 - Right of Action Unimpaired.

1-17-707. Right of action unimpaired.
The right of a judgment creditor to bring an action to enforce his judgment in the appropriate court in this state instead of proceeding under this act remains unimpaired.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 18 - Sale and Redemption of Realty Sold Under Mortgage or Execution › Section 1-18-101 - Sale to Be at Public Vendue; Hours of Sale; Notice Required; Mortgagee, Judgment Creditor or Lienor Must Be Present or Waive; Penalty.

1-18-101. Sale to be at public vendue; hours of sale; notice required; mortgagee, judgment creditor or lienor must be present or waive; penalty.
(a) No lands or tenements shall be sold by virtue of any execution or decree of foreclosure unless:
(i) The sale is by public vendue between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. of the same day;
(ii) The time and place of holding the sale was previously advertised for four (4) consecutive weeks in a legal newspaper of general circulation in the county where the lands and tenements are situate; and
(iii) The foreclosing mortgagee, judgment creditor, other foreclosing lienor or an authorized agent of the foreclosing party is present at the sale or has previously waived to the sheriff conducting the sale the right to appear and bid at the sale. The sheriff conducting the sale shall not be considered to be the authorized agent of the foreclosing party unless the foreclosing party has given the sheriff a specified opening bid to be presented by the sheriff on behalf of the foreclosing party and the sheriff actually presents the opening bid. Any foreclosure sale conducted without complying with the terms of this section is void, in which case the mortgage, power of sale, judgment or other lien which is the subject of the voided sale is not extinguished or exhausted, but may be properly foreclosed in a subsequent foreclosure sale in compliance with applicable law.
(b) The notice shall state the names of the plaintiff and defendant in the action, and the time and place of sale. In all notices the lands or tenements to be sold shall be described with reasonable certainty by appropriate description. The notice shall state "The property being foreclosed upon may be subject to other liens and encumbrances that will not be extinguished at the sale and any prospective purchaser should research the status of title before submitting a bid." If any officer sells any lands or tenements by virtue of any execution or decree, otherwise than as provided, the officer so offending shall forfeit and pay five hundred dollars ($500.00) for every offense, to be recovered with costs in any court of record in this state by the person whose lands were advertised and sold.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 18 - Sale and Redemption of Realty Sold Under Mortgage or Execution › Section 1-18-102 - Certificate of Purchase in Lieu of Deed; Contents; Recordation of Duplicate; Admissibility.

1-18-102. Certificate of purchase in lieu of deed; contents; recordation of duplicate; admissibility.
When real property is sold by virtue of an execution, order of sale, decree of foreclosure or foreclosure by advertisement and sale, the sheriff or other officer, instead of executing a deed to the premises sold, shall give to the purchaser of the lands a certificate in writing describing the property purchased and the sum paid therefor, or if purchased by the plaintiff in execution or by the mortgagee, the amount of his bid. The certificate shall state that the purchaser is entitled to a deed for the property at the expiration of the period of redemption, unless the property is redeemed prior to that date as provided by law. The sheriff or other officer shall record in the office of the recorder of the county a duplicate of the certificate, signed and acknowledged by him, and the certificate or a certified copy thereof is admissible as evidence of the facts therein contained.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 18 - Sale and Redemption of Realty Sold Under Mortgage or Execution › Section 1-18-103 - Right of Redemption; Redemption of Agricultural Real Estate; "Agricultural Real Estate" Defined.

1-18-103. Right of redemption; redemption of agricultural real estate; "agricultural real estate" defined.
(a) Except as provided with respect to agricultural real estate, it is lawful for any person, his heirs, executors, administrators, assigns or guarantors whose real property has been sold by virtue of an execution, decree of foreclosure, or foreclosure by advertisement and sale within three (3) months from the date of sale, to redeem the real estate by paying to the purchaser, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, or to the sheriff or other officer who sold the property, for the benefit of the purchaser, the amount of the purchase price or the amount given or bid if purchased by the execution creditor or by the mortgagee under a mortgage, together with interest at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum from the date of sale plus the amount of any assessments or taxes and the amount due on any prior lien which the purchaser paid after the purchase, with interest. On payment of this amount the sale and certificate granted are void and the sheriff or other officer shall issue a certificate of redemption.
(b) In the case of any mortgage upon one (1) or more parcels of real estate any or all of which were agricultural real estate on the date of execution of the mortgage as stated in the mortgage, the period within which the owner, his heirs, executors, administrators, assigns or guarantors may redeem the premises sold is twelve (12) months from the date of the sale.
(c) The term "agricultural real estate" means any single parcel of land in excess of eighty (80) acres lying outside the exterior boundaries of any incorporated city, town or recorded subdivision or any property that is used substantially for agricultural purposes, which, if combined with other property in the mortgage that is used substantially for agricultural purposes, equals eighty (80) acres or more in aggregate. If the mortgage recites that the real estate involved is agricultural real estate, it is presumed the parties to the mortgage, their heirs, executors, administrators, assigns, guarantors or successors in interest have agreed to and are bound by all the provisions of law relative to the twelve (12) month right of redemption provided in subsection (b) of this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 18 - Sale and Redemption of Realty Sold Under Mortgage or Execution › Section 1-18-105 - Redemption of Whole or Portion Permitted.

1-18-105. Redemption of whole or portion permitted.
Any person entitled may redeem the whole or any part or portion of lands previously sold upon execution or by foreclosure, but such redemption must be made in the distinct quantities or parcels in which they were sold.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 18 - Sale and Redemption of Realty Sold Under Mortgage or Execution › Section 1-18-106 - Certificate of Redemption; Recordation; Fee.

1-18-106. Certificate of redemption; recordation; fee.
In all cases of redemption of lands from sale under any judicial process, or by virtue of any mortgage foreclosure, the purchaser or other person from whom the redemption is made shall certify the redemption in writing and record the certificate in the recorder's office of the proper county as other writings affecting the titles to real estate are filed and recorded. The recording fee shall be paid by the party redeeming.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 18 - Sale and Redemption of Realty Sold Under Mortgage or Execution › Section 1-18-107 - Commission of Officers.

1-18-107. Commission of officers.
No commission upon the amount of the redemption money paid shall be allowed to the officer receiving the money, but the usual commission shall be allowed the officer selling the premises, on the excess made over and above the amount of the redemption money and interest.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 18 - Sale and Redemption of Realty Sold Under Mortgage or Execution › Section 1-18-108 - Assignment of Certificate of Purchase.

1-18-108. Assignment of certificate of purchase.
Every certificate given by any officer to any purchaser under W.S. 1-18-101 through 1-18-110, is assignable by endorsement under the hand of the purchaser, his heirs, executor, administrator or assignee. Every person to whom the certificate is assigned is entitled to the same benefits therefrom in every respect that the person named would have been if the certificate had not been assigned, including a deed if the property is not redeemed as provided by law.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 18 - Sale and Redemption of Realty Sold Under Mortgage or Execution › Section 1-18-109 - Contents of Deed; Form.

1-18-109. Contents of deed; form.
The deed to be executed by the officer to the purchaser under W.S. 1-18-101 through 1-18-110 shall contain a statement of the judgment upon which the lands described were sold, and the date of the execution in the case of an execution sale; a statement of the mortgage, with its date and place of record, the parties thereto, and a statement of the decree in case of foreclosure by suit; or a statement of the time and place of sale in the case of a foreclosure by advertisement and sale. The deed shall also contain a recital showing the issuance of a certificate of purchase and any assignment of the certificate that has been made. The deed shall also contain substantially the following words:
Now, therefore, know all men by this deed, that I, ...., of the county of .... in consideration of the premises, have granted and sold and do hereby convey to ...., his heirs and assigns, the following described tract of land, ...., to have and to hold the described premises with all appurtenances to the said ...., his heirs and assigns forever.
Witness my hand and seal this .... day of ...., A.D. ....
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 18 - Sale and Redemption of Realty Sold Under Mortgage or Execution › Section 1-18-110 - Effect of Deed.

1-18-110. Effect of deed.
Any deed so executed is prima facie evidence that the provisions of law in relation to sale of real property upon execution, or upon foreclosure, were complied with. The deed conveys to the grantee all the title, estate and interest of defendant in the execution, or the mortgagor or owner, in the lands thereby conveyed, but the deed shall not be construed to contain any covenant upon the part of the officer executing the same.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 18 - Sale and Redemption of Realty Sold Under Mortgage or Execution › Section 1-18-111 - Sale on Foreclosure of Mortgage; Generally.

1-18-111. Sale on foreclosure of mortgage; generally.
(a) When a mortgage is foreclosed a sale of the premises shall be ordered. The decree directing the sale is sufficient warrant for the sheriff or other officer to proceed to advertise and conduct the sale. An order of sale issued by the clerk of court or an appraisement of the real property to be sold is not necessary. When the premises to be sold are in one (1) or more tracts, the court may direct the officer who makes the sale to subdivide and sell the same in parcels, or to sell any one (1) of the tracts as a whole.
(b) Upon the sale of the premises, a purchaser shall have a limited right of entry to ensure the property does not significantly deteriorate during the full redemption period. As used in this subsection, "limited right of entry" means entrance into the premises which is not occupied by a legal inhabitant.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 18 - Sale and Redemption of Realty Sold Under Mortgage or Execution › Section 1-18-112 - Sale on Foreclosure of Mortgage; Property in More Than Single County.

1-18-112. Sale on foreclosure of mortgage; property in more than single county.
When the mortgaged property is situated in more than one (1) county, the court may order the sheriff or other officer of each to make the sale of the property in his county, or may direct one (1) officer to sell the whole. The court shall direct whether publication of the sale shall be made in all the counties or in one (1) county only.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 18 - Sale and Redemption of Realty Sold Under Mortgage or Execution › Section 1-18-113 - Payment of Proceeds.

1-18-113. Payment of proceeds.
After any sale of real estate as provided in this chapter, proceeds from the sale shall be paid over by the officer or other person making the sale in accordance with W.S. 34-4-113.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 18 - Sale and Redemption of Realty Sold Under Mortgage or Execution › Section 1-18-114 - Omitted Parties; Definitions.

1-18-114. Omitted parties; definitions.
(a) For purposes of this section:
(i) "Omitted party" means any person who:
(A) Subsequent to the recording of a mortgage, deed of trust or other lien instrument pursuant to which a foreclosure sale has been conducted, has either acquired a record interest in the property subject to a mortgage foreclosure, deed of trust or execution sale, or has obtained a valid possessory interest and is in actual possession of the property; and
(B) Is not included as a party defendant in a judicial foreclosure action or, if included, is entitled to notice, but was not served with process, or was not mailed notice of the execution sale or is not notified pursuant to W.S. 34-4-104 of a mortgage foreclosure sale.
(ii) "Interested person" means any holder of a certificate of purchase or certificate of redemption issued pursuant to W.S. 1-18-102 and 1-18-106 or any owner of the property by virtue of a sheriff's or public trustee's deed or person claiming through such owner.
(b) The interest of an omitted party in the property which is the subject of a mortgage foreclosure, execution or sheriff's or trustee's sale may be terminated in a civil action commenced by any interested person if the omitted party is afforded rights of redemption upon terms as the district court for the district in which the property is located may deem just under the circumstances, which terms shall not, however, be more favorable than the person's statutory rights had the person been provided notice of the sale.
(c) For purposes of this section, the mortgage, judgment or other lien which is the subject of the sale shall not be extinguished by merger with the title to the property acquired upon issuance and delivery of the sheriff's deed until the interest of any omitted party has been terminated as provided in subsection (b) of this section or by operation of law.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 18 - Sale and Redemption of Realty Sold Under Mortgage or Execution › Section 1-18-115 - Rescission of Foreclosure Sale.

1-18-115. Rescission of foreclosure sale.
(a) A judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure sale may be rescinded in accordance with this section at any time after the sale but before the sheriff's deed has been recorded.
(b) If the purchaser at the foreclosure sale was the foreclosing mortgagee, then the foreclosing mortgagee may rescind the sale for any reason by executing and recording a notice of foreclosure sale rescission in the office of the county clerk of the county where the real estate is located.
(c) If the purchaser at the foreclosure sale was not the foreclosing mortgagee, then the foreclosing mortgagee and the certificate holder may agree to rescind the foreclosure sale for any reason. In order to rescind such a foreclosure sale, the foreclosing mortgagee shall refund to the certificate holder either an amount agreed upon by the foreclosing mortgagee and the certificate holder, or the foreclosure sale bid amount plus ten percent (10%) interest per annum, calculated daily. In addition, both the foreclosing mortgagee and the certificate holder shall execute a notice of foreclosure sale rescission which shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk of the county where the real estate is located.
(d) If the purchaser at the foreclosure sale was not the foreclosing mortgagee, and the certificate holder will not agree to rescind the foreclosure sale, then the foreclosing mortgagee may still rescind the sale if the statutory requirements for the foreclosure sale were not fulfilled or if the foreclosure sale did not comply with applicable federal or state law. In order to rescind such a foreclosure sale, the foreclosing mortgagee shall refund to the certificate holder the purchase price, plus ten percent (10%) interest per annum, calculated daily, and the foreclosing mortgagee shall execute and record a notice of foreclosure sale rescission in the office of the county clerk of the county where the real estate is located which shall recite that the foreclosure sale is being rescinded pursuant to this subsection. The refund of the certificate holder's bid amount, plus interest, shall be the certificate holder's only remedy notwithstanding any other provision of law.
(e) Upon recording a notice of foreclosure sale rescission:
(i) The mortgage and power of sale which are the subject of the rescinded sale are revived and the mortgage may be properly foreclosed in a subsequent foreclosure sale in compliance with applicable law, and all junior liens and rights of junior lienholders are revived with the same lien priority as if no foreclosure sale had taken place;
(ii) The certificate of sale is rendered null and void as if no foreclosure sale had taken place; and
(iii) The mortgagor's indebtedness to the foreclosing mortgagee and all evidence thereof are revived as of the date of the foreclosure sale and as if no certificate of sale had been issued, or as otherwise agreed to by the mortgagor and mortgagee.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 19 - Sale of Corporate Stock Under Execution or Attachment › Section 1-19-101 - Right to Levy and Sale.

1-19-101. Right to levy and sale.
Rights and shares of stock in any corporation owned or held by any defendant in execution or attachment, or in trust for such person, may be levied upon under any execution or writ of attachment, and may be sold under any execution in the manner provided.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 19 - Sale of Corporate Stock Under Execution or Attachment › Section 1-19-102 - Duty to Furnish Statement of Defendant's Rights or Shares.

1-19-102. Duty to furnish statement of defendant's rights or shares.
When any execution or writ of attachment is issued against the owner of any rights or shares in any corporation or for whom any rights or shares are held by any person other than the defendant, it is the duty of any officer of the corporation, or if there is no officer in the state, then the resident manager or agent, upon the request of the officer having the execution or writ of attachment, to furnish him a certificate under his hand stating the number of rights or shares which the defendant holds, or which are held in trust for defendant, or for his use, in the corporation.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 19 - Sale of Corporate Stock Under Execution or Attachment › Section 1-19-103 - Manner of Making Levy.

1-19-103. Manner of making levy.
To levy execution or attachment on rights or shares in a corporation, the officer making the levy shall leave a true copy of the writ, with any officer of the corporation and if there is no officer, then with the resident manager or agent thereof, together with the officer's certificate stating that he levies upon and takes in execution or attachment the rights or shares to satisfy the writ.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 19 - Sale of Corporate Stock Under Execution or Attachment › Section 1-19-104 - Sale of Rights or Shares.

1-19-104. Sale of rights or shares.
Rights or shares in any corporation levied upon by writ of attachment shall be held subject to the judgment rendered in the action in which the writ is issued. Whenever execution is levied upon such rights or shares, they shall be sold as personal property as provided by law, at the front door of the courthouse in the county in which the levy is made.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 19 - Sale of Corporate Stock Under Execution or Attachment › Section 1-19-105 - Certificate of Sale; Transfer on Corporate Books.

1-19-105. Certificate of sale; transfer on corporate books.
Every officer who sells any rights or shares of stock in any corporation under an execution shall execute to the purchaser a certificate in writing reciting the sale and payment of the consideration, and conveying to the purchaser the rights and shares. The officer shall also leave with an officer of the corporation or the resident manager or agent, a true copy of the certificate. The person having charge of the books of the corporation shall make entries in the books as necessary to vest the legal and equitable title to the rights or shares in the purchaser.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 19 - Sale of Corporate Stock Under Execution or Attachment › Section 1-19-106 - Rights and Privileges of Purchasers.

1-19-106. Rights and privileges of purchasers.
A purchaser of rights or shares in a corporation at a sale made by an officer, upon receiving a certificate of the sale as provided in W.S. 1-19-105 is deemed to be the legal and equitable owner of the rights or shares and is entitled to all dividends and to the same rights and privileges as a shareholder of the corporation as was the defendant in execution, even though the rights and shares of stock may not have been transferred upon the books of the company.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 19 - Sale of Corporate Stock Under Execution or Attachment › Section 1-19-107 - Effect of Levy.

1-19-107. Effect of levy.
Rights and shares of stock in a corporation levied upon as provided by W.S. 1-19-101 through 1-19-107 shall be held and bound from the time of the levy.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 19 - Sale of Corporate Stock Under Execution or Attachment › Section 1-19-108 - Liability of Shares Pledged or Used as Collateral.

1-19-108. Liability of shares pledged or used as collateral.
When shares of any corporation are pledged in good faith, or pledged as collateral security for any loan or debt, and the certificate is delivered upon the pledge or debt, the shares are not liable to be taken on execution against the pledgor except for the excess of their value over the sum for which they have been pledged.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 20 - Property Exempt From Execution or Attachment › Section 1-20-101 - Homestead Exemption; Right.

1-20-101. Homestead exemption; right.
Every resident of the state is entitled to a homestead not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) in value, exempt from execution and attachment arising from any debt, contract or civil obligation entered into or incurred.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 20 - Property Exempt From Execution or Attachment › Section 1-20-102 - Homestead Exemption; When Operative.

1-20-102. Homestead exemption; when operative.
(a) The homestead is only exempt as provided in W.S. 1-20-101 while occupied as such by the owner or the person entitled thereto, or his or her family.
(b) When two (2) or more persons jointly own and occupy the same residence, each shall be entitled to the homestead exemption.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 20 - Property Exempt From Execution or Attachment › Section 1-20-103 - Homestead Exemption; Right of Family Survivors.

1-20-103. Homestead exemption; right of family survivors.
When any person dies seized of a homestead leaving as survivor a widow, husband or minor children, the survivor is entitled to the homestead. If there is no such survivor, the homestead is liable for the debts of the deceased.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 20 - Property Exempt From Execution or Attachment › Section 1-20-104 - Homestead Exemption; Composition.

1-20-104. Homestead exemption; composition.
The homestead may consist of a house on a lot or lots or other lands of any number of acres, or a house trailer or other movable home on a lot or lots, whether or not the house trailer or other movable home is equipped with wheels or resting upon immovable support.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 20 - Property Exempt From Execution or Attachment › Section 1-20-105 - Wearing Apparel.

1-20-105. Wearing apparel.
The necessary wearing apparel of every person not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) in value, determined in the manner provided in W.S. 1-20-106 is exempt from levy or sale upon execution, writ of attachment or any process issuing out of any court in this state. Necessary wearing apparel shall not include jewelry of any type other than wedding rings.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 20 - Property Exempt From Execution or Attachment › Section 1-20-106 - Exemption of Other Personal Property; Personalty Used in Livelihood; Appraisement.

1-20-106. Exemption of other personal property; personalty used in livelihood; appraisement.
(a) The following property, when owned by any person, is exempt from levy or sale upon execution, writ of attachment or any process issuing out of any court in this state and shall continue to be exempt while the person or the family of the person is moving from one (1) place of residence to another in this state:
(i) The family bible, pictures and school books;
(ii) A lot in any cemetery or burial ground;
(iii) Furniture, bedding, provisions and other household articles of any kind or character as the debtor may select, not exceeding in all the value of four thousand dollars ($4,000.00). When two (2) or more persons occupy the same residence, each shall be entitled to a separate exemption;
(iv) The value in a motor vehicle not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000.00);
(v) Not more than three (3) firearms not exceeding in all the value of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) and their associated ammunition not to exceed one thousand (1,000) rounds per firearm.
(b) The tools, team, implements or stock in trade of any person, used and kept for the purpose of carrying on his trade or business, not exceeding in value four thousand dollars ($4,000.00), or the library, instruments and implements of any professional person, not exceeding in value four thousand dollars ($4,000.00), are exempt from levy or sale upon execution, writ of attachment or any process out of any court in this state.
(c) The value of the property selected by any debtor shall be ascertained by the appraisement of three (3) disinterested appraisers, to be selected and summoned by the officer claiming to levy upon, attach or sell the property. The appraisers shall be sworn by the officer to make a true appraisement of the value of the property.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 20 - Property Exempt From Execution or Attachment › Section 1-20-107 - Exemptions When Head of Family Dies.

1-20-107. Exemptions when head of family dies.
Whenever the head of a family dies, deserts, or ceases to reside with the family, the family is entitled to all the benefits and privileges conferred upon the head of a family residing with the same, and the family, or any member thereof, may select the property claimed as exempt. Where the exempt property is the sole and separate property of the wife, it is, to the same extent and for all purposes, exempt for the debts of the wife.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 20 - Property Exempt From Execution or Attachment › Section 1-20-108 - Exception; Residency Required.

1-20-108. Exception; residency required.
(a) No property claimed as exempt under W.S. 1-20-101 through 1-20-106 is exempt from attachment or sale upon execution for the purchase money of the property.
(b) Any person claiming these exemptions shall be a bona fide resident of this state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 20 - Property Exempt From Execution or Attachment › Section 1-20-109 - Exemptions From Estates in Bankruptcy.

1-20-109. Exemptions from estates in bankruptcy.
In accordance with 11 U.S.C. 522(b)(1), the exemptions from property of the estate in bankruptcy provided in 11 U.S.C. 522(d) are not authorized in cases where Wyoming law is applicable on the date of the filing of the petition and the debtor's domicile has been located in Wyoming for the one hundred eighty (180) days immediately preceding the date of the filing of the petition or for a longer portion of the one hundred eighty (180) day period than in any other place.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 20 - Property Exempt From Execution or Attachment › Section 1-20-111 - Exemption for Contributions to a Medical Savings Account.

1-20-111. Exemption for contributions to a medical savings account.
Contributions by an individual to a qualified medical savings account are exempt from execution, attachment, garnishment or any other process issued by any court, except for judgments against an individual or other dependents for medical expenses, to the extent the contributions are allowable as a deduction under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 21 - Procedure and Actions › Article 1 - In General › Section 1-21-101 - Docket to Be Kept; Contents.

1-21-101. Docket to be kept; contents.
(a) Every judge shall keep a docket in which he shall enter:
(i) The title of all causes commenced before him;
(ii) The time when process was issued against the defendant, its particular nature and to what officer delivered;
(iii) The time when the parties appeared before him, either without or upon the return of process;
(iv) A brief statement of the nature of the plaintiff's demand and the amount claimed, and if any setoff was pleaded, a similar statement of the setoff and the amount claimed;
(v) Every adjournment stating at whose request and for what time;
(vi) The time when the trial was had, stating whether the trial was by the jury or by the justice;
(vii) The verdict of the jury, when rendered and the judgment thereon;
(viii) The judgment of the court;
(ix) The time of issuing execution and the name of the officer to whom delivered;
(x) The fact of an appeal taken and allowed, and when taken and allowed;
(xi) Satisfaction of judgment and when made;
(xii) Any other entries material to the cause, showing the proceedings before the justice.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 21 - Procedure and Actions › Article 1 - In General › Section 1-21-102 - Proceedings When Title or Boundaries to Land in Question.

1-21-102. Proceedings when title or boundaries to land in question.
If it appears from the pleadings or the evidence of either party at the trial of any case in circuit court that the title or boundaries to lands are in question, the judge shall immediately make an entry thereof in the docket, cease all further proceedings, and certify to the district court of the county a transcript of all entries made in the docket relating to the case in the same manner and within the same time as upon appeal. The case shall then be conducted in the district court as though appealed to the district court for trial de novo, except that no bond as on appeal or payment of costs in the circuit court is required for the transfer to the district court.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 21 - Procedure and Actions › Article 1 - In General › Section 1-21-103 - Payment of Costs for Witness Not Examined.

1-21-103. Payment of costs for witness not examined.
If any witness is subpoenaed, attends and is not examined by either party, the costs of the witness shall be paid by the party ordering the subpoena, unless the adverse party confesses the matter or otherwise renders unnecessary the examination of the witness.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 21 - Procedure and Actions › Article 2 - Procedure for Small Claims › Section 1-21-201 - Procedure Generally; Jurisdiction Extended.

1-21-201. Procedure generally; jurisdiction extended.
In the trial of civil cases before any circuit court in which the amount claimed, exclusive of costs, does not exceed six thousand dollars ($6,000.00), the procedure is as defined in W.S. 1-21-201 through 1-21-205. The department of revenue may consolidate claims for collection of taxes against a single taxpayer into a single case under the procedures in W.S. 1-21-201 through 1-21-205 subject to specified dollar limitations.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 21 - Procedure and Actions › Article 2 - Procedure for Small Claims › Section 1-21-202 - Commencement of Actions; Remedy Cumulative; Continuance to Obtain Attorney; Docketing.

1-21-202. Commencement of actions; remedy cumulative; continuance to obtain attorney; docketing.
(a) Actions may be commenced, heard and determined under W.S. 1-21-201 through 1-21-205 if the state, any governmental entity, any natural person, corporation, partnership, association or other organization appears before any circuit court and executes an affidavit reciting the full address of the defendant, the nature of the claim, the amount due and stating that demand has been made and payment refused. The remedy provided by this article is cumulative and not exclusive.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 5 of Title 33 of the Wyoming Statutes, in small claims court, the state, governmental entities, natural persons, corporations, partnerships, associations or other organizations may litigate actions on behalf of themselves in person or through authorized employees, with or without an attorney, provided that if an attorney appears, the opposing party is entitled to a continuance for the purpose of obtaining an attorney of its own.
(c) The circuit judge shall docket the case as provided by law.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 21 - Procedure and Actions › Article 2 - Procedure for Small Claims › Section 1-21-203 - Affidavit of Claim; Service of Summons; Venue Jurisdiction.

1-21-203. Affidavit of claim; service of summons; venue jurisdiction.
(a) The claimant shall prepare the affidavit as set forth. When the affidavit is executed by the claimant the court shall file the same and have summons served on the defendant in the manner provided by law or, if the defendant resides in the state, service may be made by the court by certified mail addressed to the defendant at his address within the state with return receipt requested. Upon receipt by the circuit judge of the return receipt signed by the defendant or his agent, service is complete.
(b) Venue provisions in W.S. 1-5-104(b) and 1-5-105 through 1-5-109 apply to actions commenced under this article.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 21 - Procedure and Actions › Article 2 - Procedure for Small Claims › Section 1-21-204 - Time for Appearance.

1-21-204. Time for appearance.
The date of appearance of the defendant as provided in the summons shall be not more than twenty (20) days nor less than twelve (12) days from the date of service of the summons. When the circuit judge has fixed the date for the appearance of the defendant he shall inform the plaintiff of the date and at the same time order the plaintiff to appear with such books, papers and witnesses as necessary to prove his claim.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 21 - Procedure and Actions › Article 2 - Procedure for Small Claims › Section 1-21-205 - Pleading and Hearing; Execution.

1-21-205. Pleading and hearing; execution.
At any hearing the plaintiff and defendant and their witnesses may offer evidence. No formal pleading other than the claim and notice is necessary. The hearing and disposition of the hearing shall be informal. No prejudgment attachment or garnishment shall issue, but execution, including post judgment garnishment in aid of execution, may issue as prescribed by law for circuit court.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 21 - Procedure and Actions › Article 4 - Judgments › Section 1-21-401 - Endorsement of Payments and Satisfaction and Release; Requirements.

1-21-401. Endorsement of payments and satisfaction and release; requirements.
Every person recovering a judgment in circuit court shall endorse on the original judgment docket all payments made on the judgment, and when the judgment is satisfied by settlement or other payment, endorse the satisfaction and release on the judgment docket in the circuit court in which the judgment was entered. Endorsement of partial payment or satisfaction of the whole shall be made by the party recovering the judgment or his attorney in the case within fifteen (15) days after the payment has been made, and after each payment when more than one (1) payment is made on any judgment. Each endorsement shall be dated and signed by the person executing the same.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 21 - Procedure and Actions › Article 4 - Judgments › Section 1-21-402 - Endorsement of Payments and Satisfaction and Release; Penalty.

1-21-402. Endorsement of payments and satisfaction and release; penalty.
Every person who collects or is paid any money or other thing of value upon any judgment rendered in any circuit court who fails to comply with the provisions of W.S. 1-21-401 is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine for each offense of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 21 - Procedure and Actions › Article 4 - Judgments › Section 1-21-403 - Appeal of Forcible Entry and Detainer Actions.

1-21-403. Appeal of forcible entry and detainer actions.
In any forcible entry and detainer action appealed to the district court which is thereby determined against the defendant in possession, the court shall hear evidence concerning and render judgment for the rental value of the premises in controversy for the whole period of the unlawful detainer.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 21 - Procedure and Actions › Article 5 - Execution and Stay Thereof › Section 1-21-501 - Issuance of Execution.

1-21-501. Issuance of execution.
Execution for the enforcement of a judgment except during the time it may be stayed, may be issued by the judge who renders the judgment, or by his successor in office, on the application of the party entitled thereto, any time within five (5) years of entry of the judgment, or the date of the last execution issued thereon.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 21 - Procedure and Actions › Article 5 - Execution and Stay Thereof › Section 1-21-502 - Form and Contents of Execution.

1-21-502. Form and contents of execution.
(a) The execution shall be directed to the sheriff of the county, subscribed by the judge by whom the judgment was rendered, or by his successor in office, and dated the day of delivery to the officer for execution. The execution shall refer to the judgment by stating the names of the parties, the name of the judge, the county where and the time when the judgment was rendered and the true amount of the unsatisfied judgment. The execution shall direct the sheriff to:
(i) Collect the amount of the judgment out of the personal property of the judgment debtor and pay it to the judgment creditor; and
(ii) Make return on the execution within thirty (30) days after receipt showing the manner of execution.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 21 - Procedure and Actions › Article 5 - Execution and Stay Thereof › Section 1-21-503 - Endorsement on Execution.

1-21-503. Endorsement on execution.
Before any execution is delivered, the judge shall state in his docket and on the back of his execution the amount of the debt or damages and costs, and the officer receiving the execution shall endorse on it the time of receiving the execution.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 21 - Procedure and Actions › Article 5 - Execution and Stay Thereof › Section 1-21-504 - Renewal of Execution.

1-21-504. Renewal of execution.
If any execution is not satisfied, it may be renewed at the request of the plaintiff by the judge or his successor, by an endorsement thereon and dated when made. If any part of the execution has been satisfied, the endorsement of renewal shall state the sum due and every such endorsement shall continue the execution in full force for no longer than thirty (30) days. An entry of renewal shall be made in the docket.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 21 - Procedure and Actions › Article 5 - Execution and Stay Thereof › Section 1-21-506 - Receipt of Money.

1-21-506. Receipt of money.
The officer holding an execution shall receive all money tendered to him in payment thereof and shall endorse the same on the execution. He shall give the payor a receipt stating the amount paid and the account for which it is received.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 21 - Procedure and Actions › Article 5 - Execution and Stay Thereof › Section 1-21-507 - Rights of Surety.

1-21-507. Rights of surety.
When any judgment is obtained against any surety the original judgment remains valid for the use of the surety, who thereafter may obtain execution on the judgment against the goods and chattels of the defendant. The surety is entitled to a transcript of the judgment for his own use, which has the same force and effect as transcripts in other cases.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 21 - Procedure and Actions › Article 5 - Execution and Stay Thereof › Section 1-21-508 - Execution Against Joint Debtors.

1-21-508. Execution against joint debtors.
An execution on a judgment against joint debtors, one (1) or more of whom was not served with summons, shall contain a direction to collect the judgment from the joint property of all the defendants, or the separate property of the debtors served with summons, specified by name.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 21 - Procedure and Actions › Article 5 - Execution and Stay Thereof › Section 1-21-511 - Right to Stay of Execution.

1-21-511. Right to stay of execution.
Except as otherwise provided, any person against whom judgment is rendered may have stay of execution by entering into a bond with the adverse party within ten (10) days after rendition of the judgment, with good and sufficient surety, resident property holders of the county, approved by the judge, conditioned on the payment of the amount of the judgment, interest and costs that may accrue. The bond shall be entered on the docket and signed by the surety.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 21 - Procedure and Actions › Article 5 - Execution and Stay Thereof › Section 1-21-512 - Time for Which Stay Granted.

1-21-512. Time for which stay granted.
(a) Stay of execution shall be granted as follows:
(i) For thirty (30) days on any judgment not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00), excluding costs;
(ii) For four (4) months on any judgment over fifty dollars ($50.00) and not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00), excluding costs;
(iii) For six (6) months on any judgment in excess of one hundred dollars ($100.00), excluding costs.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 21 - Procedure and Actions › Article 5 - Execution and Stay Thereof › Section 1-21-513 - Cases in Which Stay Not Allowed.

1-21-513. Cases in which stay not allowed.
(a) No stay of execution is allowed in the following cases:
(i) On a judgment rendered against a circuit court judge for refusing to pay over money collected or received in his official capacity;
(ii) On a judgment rendered against a sheriff for failing to make return, making a false return or refusing to pay over money collected in his official capacity;
(iii) On a judgment against a surety for the stay of execution;
(iv) Where judgment is rendered in favor of a surety who has been ordered by judgment to pay over money on account of the principal;
(v) On a judgment obtained by a sheriff on a bond executed to him for the delivery of property.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 21 - Procedure and Actions › Article 5 - Execution and Stay Thereof › Section 1-21-514 - Recall of Execution.

1-21-514. Recall of execution.
If the execution issued before the bond for stay or for appeal is given, and such bond is given afterward and within the time allowed, the judge shall recall the execution.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 21 - Procedure and Actions › Article 5 - Execution and Stay Thereof › Section 1-21-515 - Conditions Under Which Execution Issued Notwithstanding Stay.

1-21-515. Conditions under which execution issued notwithstanding stay.
When any person who is surety for stay of execution moves from the county before expiration of the stay, the judge shall issue execution on demand against the goods and chattels of the party against whom the original judgment was rendered. When any surety for the stay of execution becomes apprehensive that by delaying the execution until expiration of the stay he may be compelled to pay the judgment, the surety may file an affidavit of the facts with the judge who rendered judgment whereupon the judge shall issue execution against the judgment debtor. The surety is not thereby discharged from liability, but may be proceeded against after expiration of the stay.