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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 19 - Liability of Owners of Land › Article 1 - Liability of Owners of Land Used for Recreation Purposes › Section 34-19-104 - Application to Land Leased to State or Political Subdivision Thereof.

34-19-104. Application to land leased to state or political subdivision thereof.
(a) Unless otherwise agreed in writing W.S. 34-19-102 and 34-19-103 shall be deemed applicable to the duties and liability of:
(i) An owner of land leased to the state or any subdivision of this state for recreational purposes;
(ii) An owner of land on which the state or any subdivision of the state has an easement for vehicle parking and land access for recreational purposes.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 19 - Liability of Owners of Land › Article 1 - Liability of Owners of Land Used for Recreation Purposes › Section 34-19-105 - When Landowner's Liability Not Limited.

34-19-105. When landowner's liability not limited.
(a) Nothing in this act limits in any way any liability which otherwise exists:
(i) For willful or malicious failure to guard or warn against a dangerous condition, use, structure, or activity, except an owner whose land is adjacent to a national scenic trail designated by the United States congress and who has conveyed an easement across his lands for purposes of a designated national scenic trail shall owe no duty of care to keep the adjacent lands safe or to give any warning of a dangerous condition, use, structure or activity on the adjacent lands. The installation of a sign, other form of warning or modification made to improve safety shall not create liability on the part of an owner of the adjacent land if there is no other basis for liability;
(ii) For injury suffered in any case where the owner of land charges the persons who enter or go on the land for recreational purposes, except that in the case of land leased to the state or a subdivision of this state, any consideration received by the owner for the lease shall not be deemed a charge within the meaning of this section;
(iii) Under W.S. 1-39-107.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 19 - Liability of Owners of Land › Article 1 - Liability of Owners of Land Used for Recreation Purposes › Section 34-19-106 - Duty of Care, Not Created; Duty of Care of Persons Using Land.

34-19-106. Duty of care, not created; duty of care of persons using land.
(a) Nothing in this act shall be construed to:
(i) Create a duty of care or ground of liability for injury to persons or property;
(ii) Relieve any person using the land of another for recreational purposes from any obligation which he may have in the absence of this act to exercise care in his use of the land and in his activities on the land, or from the legal consequences of failure to employ such care.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 19 - Liability of Owners of Land › Article 1 - Liability of Owners of Land Used for Recreation Purposes › Section 34-19-107 - User Liability for Damages.

34-19-107. User liability for damages.
Any person using the land of another for recreational purposes, with or without permission, shall assume the inherent risk of using the land for recreational purposes and shall be liable for any damage or injury to property, livestock or crops or to a third party, whether or not on the property, caused by the person while on the property.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 19 - Liability of Owners of Land › Article 2 - Liability of Landowners to Trespassers › Section 34-19-201 - Definitions

34-19-201. Definitions
(a) As used in this article:
(i) "Land" means land, including state land, roads, water, watercourses, private ways and buildings, structures, and machinery or equipment when attached to the realty;
(ii) "Owner" means the owner of an interest in land, a tenant, renter, lessee, including a lessee of state lands, lawful occupant or person in control of the premises;
(iii) "Trespasser" means a person or persons who enter or remain upon land in the possession of another without a privilege to do so created by the owner's consent or otherwise.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 19 - Liability of Owners of Land › Article 2 - Liability of Landowners to Trespassers › Section 34-19-202 - Duty of Owner of Land to Trespasser.

34-19-202. Duty of owner of land to trespasser.
Except as provided in W.S. 34-19-203, an owner of land owes no duty of care to a trespasser and is not liable for any injury to a trespasser, except that the owner owes a duty not to willfully or wantonly injure a trespasser.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 19 - Liability of Owners of Land › Article 2 - Liability of Landowners to Trespassers › Section 34-19-203 - Artificial Conditions Highly Dangerous to Trespassing Children.

34-19-203. Artificial conditions highly dangerous to trespassing children.
(a) An owner of land is subject to liability for physical harm to a child trespassing on the land caused by an artificial condition upon the land if:
(i) The place where the condition exists is one upon which the owner knows or has reason to know that a child is likely to trespass;
(ii) The condition is one of which the owner knows or has reason to know and which he realizes or should realize will involve an unreasonable risk of death or serious bodily harm to the child;
(iii) The child because of his youth does not discover the condition or realize the risk involved in intermeddling with it or in coming within the area made dangerous by it;
(iv) The utility to the owner of maintaining the condition and the burden of eliminating the danger are slight as compared with the risk to the child involved; and
(v) The owner fails to exercise reasonable care to eliminate the danger or otherwise to protect the child.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 19 - Liability of Owners of Land › Article 2 - Liability of Landowners to Trespassers › Section 34-19-204 - Conflicts.

34-19-204. Conflicts.
If a statute other than a statute in this article prescribes a standard or duty of care that differs from that prescribed in this article, the other standard or duty of care shall control over the provisions of this article.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 20 - Condominium Ownership › Section 34-20-102 - Condominium Ownership Recognized; Fee Simple Estate in Air Space and Common Elements; Inseparability.

34-20-102. Condominium ownership recognized; fee simple estate in air space and common elements; inseparability.
Condominium ownership of real property is recognized in this state. Whether created before or after the date of this chapter, such ownership shall be deemed to consist of a separate fee simple estate in an individual air space unit of a multi-unit property together with an undivided fee simple interest in common elements. The separate estate of any condominium owner of an individual air space unit and his common ownership of such common elements as are appurtenant to his individual air space unit by the terms of the recorded declaration shall be inseparable for any period of condominium ownership that is prescribed by the said recorded declaration.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 20 - Condominium Ownership › Section 34-20-103 - Definitions.

34-20-103. Definitions.
(a) As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires:
(i) An "individual air space unit" shall consist of any enclosed room or rooms occupying all or part of a floor or floors in a building of one (1) or more floors to be used for residential, professional, commercial or industrial purposes and which has access to a public street;
(ii) Unless otherwise provided in the declaration or by written consent of all the condominium owners:
(A) "General common elements" means the land on which a building or buildings are located; the foundations, columns, girders, beams, supports, main walls, roofs, halls, corridors, lobbies, stairs, stairways, fire escapes, entrances and exits of such building or buildings; the basements, yards, gardens, parking areas and storage spaces; the premises for the lodging of custodians or persons in charge of the property; installations of central services such as power, light, gas, hot and cold water, heating, refrigeration, central air conditioning and incinerating; the elevators, tanks, pumps, motors, fans, compressors, ducts and in general all apparatus and installations existing for common use; such community and commercial facilities as may be provided for in the declaration; and all other parts of the property necessary or convenient to its existence, maintenance and safety, or normally in common use;
(B) "Limited common elements" means those common elements designated in the declaration as reserved for use by fewer than all the owners of the individual air space units;
(iii) "Condominium unit" means an individual air space unit together with the interest in the common elements appurtenant to such unit;
(iv) "Declaration" is an instrument which defines the character, duration, rights, obligations and limitations of condominium ownership.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 20 - Condominium Ownership › Section 34-20-104 - Notice to Tax Assessor; Apportionment of Taxes; Recording Declaration; Covenants Running With Land.

34-20-104. Notice to tax assessor; apportionment of taxes; recording declaration; covenants running with land.
(a) Whenever condominium ownership of real property is created, or separate assessment of condominium units is desired, a written notice thereof shall be delivered to the assessor of the county in which said real property is situated, which notice shall set forth descriptions of the condominium units. Thereafter all taxes, assessments and other charges of this state or of any political subdivision or of any special improvement district or any other taxing or assessing authority shall be assessed against and collected on each condominium unit, each of which shall be carried on the tax books as a separate and distinct parcel for the purpose, and not on the building or property as a whole. The valuation of the general and limited common elements shall be assessed proportionately upon the individual air space unit in the manner provided in the declaration. The lien for taxes assessed to any individual condominium owner shall be confined to his condominium unit and to his undivided interest in the general and limited common elements. No forfeiture or sale of any condominium unit for delinquent taxes, mechanics, laborers or materialmen's liens, assessments or charges shall divest or in any way affect the title of other condominium units.
(b) The declaration shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk where the condominium property is located. Such declaration shall provide for the filing for record of a map properly locating condominium units. Any instrument affecting the condominium unit may legally describe it by the identifying condominium unit number or symbol as shown on such map. If such declaration provides for the disposition of condominium units in the event of the destruction or obsolescence of buildings in which such units are situated and restricts partition of the common elements, the rules or laws known as the rule against perpetuities and the rule prohibiting unlawful restraints on alienation shall not be applied to defeat or limit any such provisions.
(c) To the extent that any such declaration shall contain a mandatory requirement that all condominium unit owners shall be members of an association or corporation, or provide for the payment of charges assessed by the association upon condominium units, or the appointment of an attorney-in-fact to deal with the property upon its destruction or obsolescence, any rule of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the same shall be considered as covenants running with the land binding upon all condominium owners and their successors in interest. Any common law rule terminating agency upon death or disability of a principal shall not be applied to defeat or limit any such provisions.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 21 - Uniform Commercial Code › Article 11 - Central Filing System - Agricultural Products › Section 34-21-1103 - Filing.

34-21-1103. Filing.
(a) Presentation for filing of an effective financing statement, tender of the filing fee and the acceptance of the statement by the secretary of state constitutes filing under this act.
(b) A continuation statement may be filed by the secured party within six (6) months immediately prior to the expiration of the five (5) year period specified in W.S. 34-21-1101(a)(v)(F). Any continuation statement shall identify the original statement by file number and state that the original statement is still effective. The continuation statement need not be signed by the secured party or the debtor, whether filed by electronic means or filed in written form. Upon timely filing of the continuation statement, the effectiveness of the original statement shall be continued for five (5) years after the last date to which the filing was effective whereupon it shall lapse unless another continuation statement is filed in accordance with this subsection. If an effective financing statement exists at the time insolvency proceedings are commenced by or against the debtor, the effective financing statement shall remain effective until termination of the insolvency proceedings and thereafter for a period of sixty (60) days or until the expiration of the five (5) year period, whichever occurs later. Succeeding continuation statements may be filed in the same manner to continue the effectiveness of the original statement.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 21 - Uniform Commercial Code › Article 11 - Central Filing System - Agricultural Products › Section 34-21-1104 - Termination; Notice.

34-21-1104. Termination; notice.
(a) Whenever there is no outstanding secured obligation and no commitment to make advances, incur obligations or otherwise give value, the secured party shall notify the debtor in writing of his right to have a notice of lapse of his effective financing statement filed which shall lead to the removal of his name from the files and lists compiled by the secretary of state. In lieu of that notice, the secured party may acquire a waiver of the debtor of that right and a request by the debtor that his effective financing statement be retained on file. The notice may be given or waiver acquired by the secured party at any time prior to the time specified in this subsection for giving the notice.
(b) If the secured party does not furnish the notice or obtain the waiver specified in subsection (a) of this section, the secured party shall, within ten (10) days of final payment of all secured obligations, file a notice of termination with the secretary of state. The secured party shall on written demand by the debtor send the debtor a notice of termination to the effect that he no longer claims a security interest under the effective financing statement, which shall be identified by file number. The notice of termination is valid if signed by the secured party.
(c) If the affected secured party fails to send a notice of lapse within ten (10) days after proper demand under subsection (b) of this section, he is liable to the debtor for the amount of one hundred dollars ($100.00) and for any loss caused to the debtor by the failure.
(d) On presentation to the secretary of state of a notice of lapse, he shall treat it as a termination statement and note it in the index.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 21 - Uniform Commercial Code › Article 11 - Central Filing System - Agricultural Products › Section 34-21-1105 - Information Requests.

34-21-1105. Information requests.
(a) Oral and written inquiries regarding information provided by the filing of effective financing statements may be made at the office of the secretary of state during regular business hours or at such other times as the secretary of state may set. The secretary of state shall, within twenty-four (24) hours after the request, furnish oral confirmation of any effective financing statement in the system to any buyer of farm products buying from a debtor, commission merchant or selling agent selling for a seller covered by such statement. If requested, oral confirmation shall be followed by written confirmation mailed by the end of the next business day.
(b) The secretary of state and his employees or agents are exempt from all liability as a result of any error or omission in providing information as required by this act, except in cases of willful misconduct or gross negligence.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 21 - Uniform Commercial Code › Article 11 - Central Filing System - Agricultural Products › Section 34-21-1106 - Sales Subject to Security Interest; Release of Security Interest.

34-21-1106. Sales subject to security interest; release of security interest.
(a) In the case of a farm product produced in Wyoming, a buyer in the ordinary course of business buying farm products takes subject to a security interest created by the seller, and a commission merchant or selling agent who sells a farm product for others shall be subject to a security interest created by the seller in such farm product, if:
(i) The buyer, commission merchant or selling agent has failed to register with the secretary of state prior to the purchase of farm products, and the secured party has filed an effective financing statement or notice that covers the farm products being sold; or
(ii) The buyer, commission merchant or selling agent received from the secretary of state written notice as provided in W.S. 34-21-1102(a)(v) that specifies both the seller and the farm products being sold by the seller as being subject to an effective financing statement or notice, and does not secure a waiver or release of the security interest specified in the effective financing statement or notice from the secured party by performing any payment obligation or otherwise. If a buyer in the ordinary course of business buying farm products covered by the central filing system tenders to the seller the total purchase price by means of a check or other instrument payable to the seller and each security interest holder of the seller identified in the central filing system for those products and if the security interest holder authorizes the negotiation of the check or other instrument, the authorization or endorsement and payment thereof constitutes a waiver or release of the security interest specified to the extent of the amount of the instrument.
(b) A buyer in the ordinary course of business buying farm products covered by the central filing system shall take subject to the security interest identified under the system, except that a registrant or a buyer in the ordinary course of business making an inquiry under W.S. 34-21-1105 shall not take subject to the security interest if the central filing system's failure to correctly provide any of the information specified in W.S. 34-21-1101(a)(v)(D) prevents the buyer from having knowledge of the effective financing statement.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 21 - Uniform Commercial Code › Article 11 - Central Filing System - Agricultural Products › Section 34-21-1107 - Fees.

34-21-1107. Fees.
The secretary of state shall, while determining appropriate fees under W.S. 34.1-9-525 for original financing statements, determine appropriate fees for effective financing statement filings, statements of amendments, continuation, assignment and release and for statements of termination by rules. The rules must be adopted in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 22 - Solar Rights › Section 34-22-102 - Definitions.

34-22-102. Definitions.
(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Solar collector," except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, is one (1) of the following which is capable of collecting, storing or transmitting at least twenty-five thousand (25,000) BTU's on a clear winter solstice day:
(A) A wall, clerestory or skylight window designed to transmit solar energy into a structure for heating purposes;
(B) A greenhouse attached to another structure and designed to provide part of the heating load for the structure to which it is attached;
(C) A trombe wall, "drum wall" or other wall or roof structural element designed to collect and transmit solar energy into a structure;
(D) A photovoltaic collector designed to convert solar energy into electric energy;
(E) A plate-type collector designed to use solar energy to heat air, water or other fluids for use in hot water or space heating or for other applications; or
(F) A massive structural element designed to collect solar energy and transmit it to internal spaces for heating.
(ii) "Solar right" is a property right to an unobstructed line-of-sight path from a solar collector to the sun which permits radiation from the sun to impinge directly on the solar collector. The extent of the solar right shall be described by that illumination provided by the path of the sun on the winter solstice day which is put to a beneficial use or otherwise limited by this act;
(iii) "Winter solstice day" is the solstice on or about December 21 which marks the beginning of winter in the northern hemisphere and is the time when the sun reaches its southernmost point;
(iv) "Local government" means a city, town or county;
(v) "This act" means W.S. 34-22-101 through 34-22-106.
(b) For purposes of this act, "solar collector" shall not include a solar collector that is part of a facility that:
(i) Has a rated power capacity of more than five hundred (500) kilowatts; or
(ii) Would result in a surface disturbance equal to or greater than one hundred (100) acres.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 22 - Solar Rights › Section 34-22-103 - Declaration of Solar Rights.

34-22-103. Declaration of solar rights.
(a) The beneficial use of solar energy is a property right.
(b) In disputes over the use of solar energy:
(i) Beneficial use shall be the basis, the measure and the limit of the solar right, except as otherwise provided by written contract. If the amount of solar energy which a solar user can beneficially use varies with the season of the year, then the extent of the solar right shall vary likewise;
(ii) Priority in time shall have the better right, except as provided in this act; and
(iii) Nothing in this act diminishes the right of eminent domain.
(c) Solar rights are property rights and as such shall be freely transferable within the bounds of law.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 22 - Solar Rights › Section 34-22-104 - Restrictions on Solar Rights.

34-22-104. Restrictions on solar rights.
(a) The solar right to radiation of the sun before 9:00 a.m. or after 3:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time is de minimus and may be infringed without compensation to the owner of the solar collector.
(b) A solar right which is not applied to a beneficial use for a period of five (5) years or more shall be deemed abandoned and without priority.
(c) Solar collectors shall be located on the solar user's property so as not to unreasonably or unnecessarily restrict the uses of neighboring property. Unless otherwise permitted by the local government, no solar right attaches to a solar collector, or a portion of a solar collector, which would be shaded by a ten (10) foot wall located on the property line on a winter solstice day.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 22 - Solar Rights › Section 34-22-105 - County and Municipal Authority.

34-22-105. County and municipal authority.
(a) Land-use regulations of local governments may encourage the use of solar energy systems. To encourage the use of solar energy systems, local governments may regulate:
(i) The height, location, setback and energy efficiency of structures;
(ii) The height and location of vegetation with respect to property lines;
(iii) The platting and orientation of land developments; and
(iv) The type and location of energy systems or their components.
(b) The local government shall establish permit systems for the use and application of solar energy. Where a local government establishes a permit system for the use and application of solar energy:
(i) A solar permit shall be granted before a solar right may be established;
(ii) The local government shall grant a solar permit to any proposed or existing solar collector which complies with this act. If a local government sets height or locational limits on structures or vegetation, the local government may restrict the solar permit to the airspace above or surrounding the restrictions. The extent of the solar right granted by this act shall not exceed the extent of the solar right granted by the solar permit;
(iii) The solar right vests on the date the solar permit is granted. The solar collector shall be put to beneficial use within two (2) years except the local government may allow additional time for good cause shown. The local government shall certify the right and its beneficial use within two (2) years of its vesting;
(iv) The priority of new construction with regard to interference in solar rights shall vest as of the date the building permit is applied for;
(v) Cities and towns shall regulate solar rights within their boundaries. Counties shall regulate solar rights within the county and outside city limits. Local governments which agree may regulate solar rights jointly;
(vi) Existing solar collector users shall apply for permits within five (5) years after the date permit systems are established by their local governments. The priority date for these solar rights shall be the first date the solar collector was beneficially used.
(c) No local government shall prohibit the construction or use of solar collectors except for reasons of public health and safety or as authorized in W.S. 18-5-501 through 18-5-513.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 22 - Solar Rights › Section 34-22-106 - Recording Solar Rights.

34-22-106. Recording solar rights.
The granting of solar permits and the transfer of solar rights shall be recorded pursuant to W.S. 34-1-101 through 34-1-140. The instrument granting a solar permit shall include a description of the collector surface, or that portion of the collector surface to which the solar permit is granted. The description shall include the dimensions of the collector surface, the direction of orientation, the height above ground level and the location of the collector on the solar user's property.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 23 - Museums - Loaned Property › Section 34-23-101 - Definitions.

34-23-101. Definitions.
(a) For purposes of this chapter:
(i) "Lender" means the actual owner of loaned property or his duly authorized agent, trustee, conservator, custodian, heir, fiduciary or any other person capable of having an interest in property;
(ii) "Lender's address" means the most recent address as shown on the museum's records pertaining to the property on loan from the lender;
(iii) "Loan" means all deposits of property with a museum which are not accompanied by a transfer of title to the property or other evidence of donative intent;
(iv) "Museum" means an institution located in Wyoming and operated by a nonprofit corporation or a public agency primarily for educational, scientific or aesthetic purposes and which owns, borrows, cares for, exhibits, studies or archives property;
(v) "Property" means all tangible objects, organic and inorganic, under a museum's care which have intrinsic scientific, historic, artistic or cultural value.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 23 - Museums - Loaned Property › Section 34-23-102 - Notice to Lender.

34-23-102. Notice to lender.
(a) If a museum accepts a loan of property on or after July 1, 1992 for a period of time exceeding ninety (90) days that is not subject to a written loan agreement, the museum shall give the lender the written notice required by this section.
(b) If a museum holds loaned property acquired between July 1, 1982 and June 30, 1992 which is not subject to a written loan agreement, or holds loaned property acquired prior to July 1, 1982 which is not subject to a written loan agreement and which is not subject to subsection (f) of this section, the museum may give the lender the written notice required by this section.
(c) Notice to a lender by a museum shall be deemed given under this chapter if sent by certified mail to the lender's address, return receipt requested. If the lender's address is not available to the museum or if proof of receipt is not received by the museum, notice shall be by publication at least once a week for three (3) successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in both the county in which the museum is located and the county of the lender's address, if any.
(d) The notice shall contain the lender's name, the lender's address, the date of the loan, a description of the property loaned, the name, address and telephone number of the appropriate office or official to be contacted at the museum for information regarding the loan, an explanation of the lender's responsibilities to notify the museum of any change of address or ownership pursuant to W.S. 34-23-103, an explanation of the lender's right to file a notice of intent to preserve an interest pursuant to W.S. 34-23-104 and an explanation of when a museum acquires title to property originally loaned to it as provided in W.S. 34-23-104(b).
(e) For purposes of this section, a museum is located in the county of its principal place of business or in the county in which any branch of the museum is located if the loan is made to the museum branch.
(f) If a museum holds loaned property acquired prior to July 1, 1982 which is not subject to a written loan agreement, and more than ten (10) years have elapsed without written donor contact indicating the deposit is not a gift, the deposit is presumed to be a gift. The presumption of a gift under this subsection may be rebutted by submission of written documentation by the lender prior to July 1, 1995 establishing that the deposit was a loan. Failure by the lender to submit documentation to the museum under this subsection prior to July 1, 1995 shall result in transfer of ownership of the loaned property to the museum.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 23 - Museums - Loaned Property › Section 34-23-103 - Lender's Duties.

34-23-103. Lender's duties.
The lender of property on loan to a museum shall notify the museum promptly in writing of any change of address or change in ownership of the property. Failure to notify the museum pursuant to this section may result in the lender's loss of ownership in the property.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 23 - Museums - Loaned Property › Section 34-23-105 - Conservation or Disposal of Loaned Property.

34-23-105. Conservation or disposal of loaned property.
(a) A museum may apply measures to or dispose of property on loan to the museum without the permission of the lender if:
(i) No notice of intent to preserve an interest has been filed or refiled pursuant to W.S. 34-23-104(a) and any applicable lending agreement has terminated;
(ii) No notice of intent to preserve an interest has been filed and the lending agreement is still in effect or a notice of intent to preserve an interest has been filed within ten (10) years of the proposed conservation measure or disposal but:
(A) Immediate action is required to protect the property on loan or other property in the custody of the museum and the lender cannot be reached at his last known address;
(B) Immediate action is required because the property on loan has become a hazard to the health and safety of the public or the museum staff and the lender cannot be reached at his last known address; or
(C) The lender does not agree to the conservation measures or to the disposal but is not willing or able to terminate the loan and retrieve the property.
(iii) The museum holds the property as a presumed gift pursuant to W.S. 34-23-102(f).
(b) Any museum applying conservation measures to property pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii) or (iii) of this section shall acquire ownership of the property or any proceeds from the disposition of the property. Any museum disposing of property pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii) or (iii) of this section shall not be liable for damage caused by sale of the property.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 23 - Museums - Loaned Property › Section 34-23-107 - Notice of Intent to Terminate Loan.

34-23-107. Notice of intent to terminate loan.
(a) A museum may provide notice of the museum's intent to terminate a loan:
(i) To a lender who has filed a notice of intent to preserve an interest;
(ii) To a lender who has not filed a notice of intent to preserve an interest if a lending agreement is still in effect; or
(iii) To a lender of property held pursuant to W.S. 34-23-102(f) if the lender has submitted written documentation that the deposit was a loan within the period provided by W.S. 34-23-102(f).
(b) The notice shall include a description of the property, the name, address and telephone number of the appropriate office or official to be contacted at the museum, and a statement containing substantially the following information:
"The records of ....(name of museum) indicate that you have property on loan to the museum. The museum intends to terminate the loan. You are required by law to contact the museum, establish your ownership of the property and make arrangements to collect the property. If you fail to do so within one (1) year following the date of notice, you will be considered to have donated the property to the museum as provided under W.S. 34-23-108."
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 23 - Museums - Loaned Property › Section 34-23-108 - Limitations on Actions Against the Museum.

34-23-108. Limitations on actions against the museum.
(a) Any action against a museum for damages because of injury to or loss of property loaned to the museum is barred unless commenced within one (1) year from the date the museum provides notice to the lender of the injury or loss or within three (3) years from the date of the injury or loss, whichever occurs earlier.
(b) Any action against a museum to recover property on loan is barred unless commenced within one (1) year from the date the museum provides notice to the lender of its intent to terminate the loan provided under W.S. 34-23-107 or within ten (10) years from the date of notice of intent to preserve an interest in the property is filed with the museum under W.S. 34-23-104, whichever date is earlier.
(c) Property loaned to the museum for which the lender fails to file an action for damages or recovery within the periods specified by subsections (a), (b) and (f) of this section shall be considered donated to the museum.
(d) Notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c) of this section, a lender of property, other than property held by a museum pursuant to W.S. 34-23-102(f), not provided notice of the intention of the museum to terminate a loan and providing proof that the museum received a notice of intent to preserve an interest in loaned property within ten (10) years immediately preceding the filing of an action to recover the property, may recover the property or if the property has been disposed of, the reasonable value of the property at the time of disposition plus interest at five percent (5%) per year.
(e) Any person purchasing property from a museum acquires good title to the property if the museum represents that title to the property has been acquired pursuant to this chapter.
(f) Any action against a museum to recover property held by the museum pursuant to W.S. 34-23-102(f) is barred from and after July 1, 1995 unless the lender submits the documentation required by W.S. 34-23-102(f) to the museum prior to July 1, 1995.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 24 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act › Section 34-24-101 - Short Title; Policy Statement; Uniform Construction.

34-24-101. Short title; policy statement; uniform construction.
(a) This act may be cited as the "Uniform Unclaimed Property Act."
(b) Property shall be deemed to be "abandoned" or "unclaimed" when:
(i) It is held, issued or owing by a holder;
(ii) The identity, status or present location of the apparent owner is unknown; and
(iii) The property cannot be paid, distributed or given to the apparent owner after the dormancy period stated for the type of unclaimed property in this act.
(c) Property shall not be deemed to be "abandoned" or "unclaimed" while the character or degree of ownership interest of the apparent owner in the property is unsettled or disputed and the holder is notified of this fact.
(d) All unclaimed property shall be placed in the custody of the administrator, subject to the perpetual right of the party originally owning or being entitled to the property to reclaim it upon proper proof of ownership and identity. Except for escrow agreements pursuant to W.S. 30-5-302, any provision, contract, agreement, practice, resolution, ordinance, decision, order or understanding, shall be void as contrary to this public policy, if the purpose of that provision is to avoid or contradict the custodial taking of unclaimed property by the administrator.
(e) This act shall be liberally construed in favor of the state and so as to foster the report and turnover of unclaimed property to the administrator.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 24 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act › Section 34-24-103 - Property Deemed Abandoned; General Rule.

34-24-103. Property deemed abandoned; general rule.
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this act, all intangible property, including any income or increment derived therefrom, less any lawful charges, that is held, issued or owing in the ordinary course of a holder's business and has remained unclaimed by the owner for more than five (5) years after it became payable or distributable is deemed abandoned.
(b) Property is payable or distributable for the purpose of this act notwithstanding the owner's failure to make demand or to present any instrument or document required to receive payment.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 24 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act › Section 34-24-104 - General Rules for Taking Custody of Intangible Unclaimed Property.

34-24-104. General rules for taking custody of intangible unclaimed property.
(a) Unless otherwise provided in this act or by other statute of this state, intangible property is subject to the custody of this state as unclaimed property if the property is deemed abandoned under W.S. 34-24-103 and 34-24-106 through 34-24-117 and 34-24-140 are satisfied and:
(i) The last known address, as shown on the records of the holder, of the apparent owner is in this state;
(ii) The records of the holder do not reflect the identity of the person entitled to the property and it is established that the last known address of the person entitled to the property is in this state;
(iii) The records of the holder do not reflect the last known address of the apparent owner and it is established that:
(A) The last known address of the person entitled to the property is in this state; or
(B) The holder is a domiciliary or a government or governmental subdivision or agency of this state and has not previously paid or delivered the property to the state of the last known address of the apparent owner or other person entitled to the property.
(iv) The last known address, as shown on the records of the holder, of the apparent owner is in a state that does not provide by law for the escheat or custodial taking of the property or its escheat or unclaimed property law is not applicable to the property and the holder is a domiciliary or a government or governmental subdivision or agency of this state;
(v) The last known address, as shown on the records of the holder, of the apparent owner is in a foreign nation and the holder is a domiciliary or a government or governmental subdivision or agency of this state; or
(vi) The transaction out of which the property arose occurred in this state and:
(A) The holder is a domiciliary of a state that does not provide by law for the escheat or custodial taking of the property or its escheat or unclaimed property law is not applicable to the property; and
(B) The last known address of the apparent owner or other person entitled to the property is:
(I) Unknown; or
(II) In a state that does not provide by law for the escheat or custodial taking of the property or its escheat or unclaimed property law is not applicable to the property.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 24 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act › Section 34-24-105 - Traveler's Checks and Money Orders.

34-24-105. Traveler's checks and money orders.
(a) Subject to subsection (d) of this section, any sum payable on a traveler's check that has been outstanding for more than fifteen (15) years after its issuance is deemed abandoned unless the owner, within fifteen (15) years, has communicated in writing with the issuer concerning it or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file prepared by an employee of the issuer.
(b) Subject to subsection (d) of this section, any sum payable on a money order that has been outstanding for more than seven (7) years after its issuance is deemed abandoned unless the owner, within seven (7) years, has communicated in writing with the issuer concerning it or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file prepared by an employee of the issuer.
(c) A holder may not deduct from the amount of a traveler's check or money order any charge imposed by reason of the failure to present the instrument for payment unless there is a valid and enforceable written contract between the issuer and the owner of the instrument pursuant to which the issuer may impose a charge and the issuer regularly imposes such charges and does not regularly reverse or otherwise cancel them.
(d) No sum payable on a traveler's check or money order described in subsections (a) and (b) of this section may be subjected to the custody of this state as unclaimed property unless:
(i) The records of the issuer show that the traveler's check or money order was purchased in this state;
(ii) The issuer has its principal place of business in this state and the records of the issuer do not show the state in which the traveler's check or money order was purchased; or
(iii) The issuer has its principal place of business in this state, the records of the issuer show the state in which the traveler's check or money order was purchased, and the laws of the state of purchase do not provide for the escheat or custodial taking of the property or its escheat or unclaimed property law is not applicable to the property.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, subsection (d) of this section applies to sums payable on traveler's checks or money orders deemed abandoned on the effective date of this act.
(f) As used in this section, "money order" means a money order issued by a business association and includes a personal money order or other similar instrument issued by a banking or financial organization, but not a bank money order, which is deemed a cashier's check.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 24 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act › Section 34-24-106 - Checks, Drafts and Similar Instruments Issued or Certified by Banking and Financial Organizations.

34-24-106. Checks, drafts and similar instruments issued or certified by banking and financial organizations.
(a) Any sum payable on a check, draft or similar instrument, except those subject to W.S. 34-24-105, on which a banking or financial organization is directly liable, including a cashier's check and a certified check, which has been outstanding for more than five (5) years after it was payable or after its issuance if payable on demand, is deemed abandoned, unless the owner, within five (5) years, has communicated in writing with the banking or financial organization concerning it or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file prepared by an employee thereof.
(b) A holder may not deduct from the amount of any instrument subject to this section any charge imposed by reason of the failure to present the instrument for payment unless there is a valid and enforceable written contract between the holder and the owner of the instrument pursuant to which the holder may impose a charge, and the holder regularly imposes such charges and does not regularly reverse or otherwise cancel them.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 24 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act › Section 34-24-109 - Deposits Held by Utilities.

34-24-109. Deposits held by utilities.
(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a deposit, including any interest thereon, made by a subscriber with a utility to secure payment or any sum paid in advance for utility services to be furnished, less any lawful deductions, that remains unclaimed by the owner for more than one (1) year after termination of the services for which the deposit or advance payment was made is deemed abandoned.
(b) The provisions of this act shall not apply to deposits or advance payments made to a cooperative utility subject to the provisions of the Wyoming Cooperative Utilities Act.