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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 27 - Psychology and Behavior Analysts › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 33-27-123 - Privileged Communication.

33-27-123. Privileged communication.
(a) In judicial proceedings, whether civil, criminal, or juvenile, in legislative and administrative proceedings, in proceedings related to the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact, W.S. 33-27-202, and in proceedings preliminary and ancillary thereto, a patient or client, or his guardian or personal representative, may refuse to disclose or prevent the disclosure of confidential information, including information contained in administrative records, communicated to a person licensed or otherwise authorized to practice under this act, the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact, W.S. 33-27-202 or to persons reasonably believed by the patient or client to be so licensed, and their agents, for the purpose of diagnosis, evaluation or treatment of any mental or emotional condition or disorder. The psychologist, behavior analyst or assistant behavior analyst shall not disclose any information communicated as described above in the absence of an express waiver of the privilege except in the following circumstances:
(i) Where abuse or harmful neglect of children, the elderly or disabled or incompetent individuals is known or reasonably suspected;
(ii) Where the validity of a will of a former patient or client is contested;
(iii) Where such information is necessary for the psychologist, behavior analyst or assistant behavior analyst to defend against a malpractice action brought by the patient or client;
(iv) Where an immediate threat of physical violence against a readily identifiable victim is disclosed to the psychologist, behavior analyst or assistant behavior analyst;
(v) In the context of civil commitment proceedings, where an immediate threat of self-inflicted damage is disclosed to the psychologist, behavior analyst or assistant behavior analyst;
(vi) Where the patient or client, by alleging mental or emotional damages in litigation, puts his mental state in issue and production of those materials by the patient or client is required by law;
(vii) Where the patient or client is examined pursuant to court order; or
(viii) In the context of investigations and hearings brought by the patient or client and conducted by the board where violations of this act or the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact, W.S. 33-27-202 are at issue. Information that is deemed to be of sensitive nature shall be inspected by the board in camera and the board shall determine whether or not the information shall become a part of the record and subject to public disclosure.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 27 - Psychology and Behavior Analysts › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 33-27-124 - Requirements for Licensure; Behavior Analysis.

33-27-124. Requirements for licensure; behavior analysis.
(a) The board shall issue a license as a behavior analyst or an assistant behavior analyst to any applicant who files an application upon a form and in a manner as prescribed by the board, accompanied by the appropriate fee and who furnishes satisfactory evidence to the board of the applicant's competence and of the following which evidence shall comply with rules of the board:
(i) For licensure as a behavior analyst, the applicant holds a current certification as a board certified behavior analyst verified by the board with the certifying entity; or
(ii) For licensure as an assistant behavior analyst, the applicant holds a current certification as a board certified assistant behavior analyst verified by the board with the certifying entity.
(b) A license may be issued to any person who is verified by the board to be currently licensed as a behavior analyst or assistant behavior analyst and in good standing in another jurisdiction that has licensure requirements comparable to and who otherwise meets the requirements of this act.
(c) Any person licensed under this section as an assistant behavior analyst may engage in the practice of behavior analysis only under the supervision of a licensed behavior analyst or licensed psychologist in compliance with the requirements of the certifying entity and as provided by rule of the board.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 28 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons › Article 1 - General Licensing Provisions › Section 33-28-101 - Short Title; License Required.

33-28-101. Short title; license required.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Real Estate License Act." It is unlawful for any person to engage in or conduct, directly or indirectly, or to advertise or hold himself out as engaging in real estate activity or acting in the capacity of a licensee within this state without first obtaining a license as provided in this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 28 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons › Article 1 - General Licensing Provisions › Section 33-28-103 - Exemptions.

33-28-103. Exemptions.
(a) The provisions of this act shall not apply to:
(i) An owner of real estate or to a member of his immediate family or to his regular employees with respect to property owned by him unless the owner, his immediate family or regular employee is a licensee;
(ii) An attorney in fact under a duly executed and recorded power of attorney to convey real estate from the owner or lessor, or the services rendered by an attorney-at-law in the performance of his duties as an attorney unless the attorney is a licensee;
(iii) Any individual acting as receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, administrator, executor, or guardian, or while acting under a court order or under the authority of a will or of a trust instrument or as a witness in any judicial proceeding or other proceeding conducted by the state or any governmental subdivision or agency unless that individual is a licensee;
(iv) Any officer or employee of a federal agency in the conduct of his official duties, unless that individual is a licensee;
(v) Any officer or employee of the state government or any political subdivision thereof performing his official duties, unless that individual is a licensee;
(vi) Any person or employee acting as the resident manager for the owner or an employee acting as the resident manager for a responsible broker managing an apartment building, duplex, apartment complex or court, when the resident manager resides on the premises and is engaged in the leasing of real estate in connection with his employment, unless that individual is a licensee; or
(vii) A home owner's association formed and acting pursuant to its declaration and bylaws or a resort association formed and acting pursuant to its association agreement and bylaws.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 28 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons › Article 1 - General Licensing Provisions › Section 33-28-104 - Acts Constituting Person as Licensee.

33-28-104. Acts constituting person as licensee.
Any person who, for another, with the intention or upon the promise of receiving compensation offers, attempts or agrees to perform, or performs any single act of real estate activity, whether as a part of a transaction or as the entire transaction shall be deemed to be acting as a licensee within the meaning of this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 28 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons › Article 1 - General Licensing Provisions › Section 33-28-107 - Examinations; Responsible Broker, Associate Broker and Salesperson's Licenses.

33-28-107. Examinations; responsible broker, associate broker and salesperson's licenses.
(a) In addition to proof of honesty, trustworthiness and good reputation, each applicant desiring to become licensed as a real estate responsible broker, associate broker or a real estate salesperson shall execute and file an application for examination upon a form prescribed by the commission and shall pass a written examination prepared by or under the supervision of the commission. The examination shall be given at times and at places within the state as the commission shall prescribe. The examination for a salesperson's license shall include business ethics, composition, arithmetic, elementary principles of land economics and appraisal, a general knowledge of the statutes of this state relating to deeds, mortgages, contracts of sale, agency and the provisions of this act. The examinations for responsible broker and associate broker's licenses shall be of a more exacting nature and scope and more stringent than the examination for a salesperson's license.
(b) No applicant shall engage in real estate activity until he has satisfactorily passed the examination, complied with the other requirements of this act and until a license has been issued to him.
(c) Repealed by Laws 1983, ch. 156, 3.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 28 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons › Article 1 - General Licensing Provisions › Section 33-28-108 - Fees.

33-28-108. Fees.
Pursuant to W.S. 33-1-201, the commission shall establish fees for examinations, original licenses, modified licenses, renewals, certifications, change of place of business and transfers. The fees shall be used to pay the expense of maintaining and operating the office of the commission and the enforcement of this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 28 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons › Article 1 - General Licensing Provisions › Section 33-28-112 - Enjoining Violations of Chapter; Penalties for Violation of Injunction.

33-28-112. Enjoining violations of chapter; penalties for violation of injunction.
(a) Any person who violates or proposes to violate any provisions of this act, or any rules and regulations promulgated under this act, may be restrained or enjoined from the action at any time by an order issued by the district court. An action may be initiated by the attorney general or the district attorney for the county in which the violation has or is about to occur.
(b) Any defendant so enjoined who violates an injunction shall be punished for contempt of court by a fine of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six (6) months or both.
(c) Repealed by Laws 1983, ch. 156, 3.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 28 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons › Article 1 - General Licensing Provisions › Section 33-28-113 - Contested Cases; Independent Hearing Officers; Appeals.

33-28-113. Contested cases; independent hearing officers; appeals.
(a) The commission may contract with independent hearing officers to hear all contested cases arising under this act. The hearing officer shall not be an employee of the office of the attorney general, or an employee or member of the commission.
(b) All hearings shall be conducted pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act. A hearing officer has the power specified in W.S. 16-3-112(b). The hearing officer shall make in each contested case and forward to the commission written findings of fact and conclusions of law.
(c) Any judicial review of the administrative decision under the Administrative Procedure Act may be in the district court in the county where the violation allegedly occurred.
(d) Repealed by Laws 1983, ch. 156, 3.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 28 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons › Article 1 - General Licensing Provisions › Section 33-28-114 - Conducting Business Without License Prohibited; Penalties; Civil Liability.

33-28-114. Conducting business without license prohibited; penalties; civil liability.
(a) Any individual performing real estate activity without first obtaining a license is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed six (6) months. Upon conviction of a subsequent violation the individual shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed one (1) year or both. If a corporation, partnership or association is convicted it shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00).
(b) If any person receives any money or the equivalent thereof as a fee, compensation or profit by or in consequence of a violation of any provision of this act, he shall, in addition, be liable to a penalty of not less than the amount of the sum of money so received and not more than three (3) times the sum so received as may be determined by the court, which penalty may be recovered in a court of competent jurisdiction by any person aggrieved.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 28 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons › Article 1 - General Licensing Provisions › Section 33-28-115 - Unlicensed Person May Not Maintain Action for Fee.

33-28-115. Unlicensed person may not maintain action for fee.
No action or suit shall be instituted, nor recovery be had, in any court of this state by any person for compensation for any real estate activity unless the person was licensed by the commission under this act at the time of engaging in real estate activity.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 28 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons › Article 1 - General Licensing Provisions › Section 33-28-116 - Real Estate Institutes and Seminars; Assistance in Sponsoring Studies and Programs.

33-28-116. Real estate institutes and seminars; assistance in sponsoring studies and programs.
(a) The commission may conduct or assist in conducting real estate institutes and seminars and incur and pay the necessary expenses in connection therewith. The institutes or seminars shall be open to all licensees and the public.
(b) The commission is authorized to assist libraries and educational institutions in sponsoring studies and programs for the purpose of raising the standards of the real estate business and the competency of licensees.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 28 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons › Article 1 - General Licensing Provisions › Section 33-28-117 - Directory of Licensees.

33-28-117. Directory of licensees.
The commission shall maintain and make publicly available a directory of licensees, including licenses suspended and revoked which shall contain other data as the commission may determine to be in the interest of real estate licensees and the public.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 28 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons › Article 1 - General Licensing Provisions › Section 33-28-118 - License Renewals; Continuing Education; Payment of Fees; Effect of Failure to Renew; Inactive Status.

33-28-118. License renewals; continuing education; payment of fees; effect of failure to renew; inactive status.
(a) Licenses issued under this act may be renewed for successive three (3) year periods. The commission may establish a grace period for license renewal not to exceed sixty (60) days. The commission may establish a late fee for license renewal not to exceed seventy-five dollars ($75.00).
(b) The commission may adopt rules and regulations providing for mandatory continuing education allocable over each three (3) year period not to exceed sixty (60) hours.
(c) Failure to timely submit a complete renewal application including proof of required continuing education and renewal fees when due shall automatically cause a license to expire. Presentation of a check to the commission as a fee for either an original or renewal license or for examination for license, which is returned to the state treasurer unpaid, is cause for revocation or denial of license unless it is established that the dishonor of the check was not the fault of the applicant or licensee.
(d) Any licensee whose license has expired as provided in this section after the grace period has ended, shall comply with all requirements of a new applicant, including writing the appropriate examination, before a license will be reissued.
(e) Any real estate associate broker or salesperson who is not employed by or associated with a responsible broker, or any responsible broker who desires to become inactive, may renew his license in an inactive status prior to the renewal deadline established in this section, by submitting the renewal fee together with a completed renewal application on which he has noted his present inactive status.
(f) A license on inactive status for more than three (3) years shall not be reissued on an active status unless the licensee has first met the educational requirements under subsection (b) of this section.
(g) A license on an inactive status for less than three (3) years may be renewed on an active status prior to the renewal deadline by submitting the renewal fee together with a renewal application.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 28 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons › Article 1 - General Licensing Provisions › Section 33-28-119 - Advertising; Licensing Under One Name; Trade Names; Advertisement of Licensees.

33-28-119. Advertising; licensing under one name; trade names; advertisement of licensees.
(a) Every real estate licensee, when promoting himself as a licensee, advertising or promoting his real estate activities, shall use the real estate company name under which he is licensed by the commission and shall use no slogans or phraseology in a manner which would indicate or suggest to the public that real estate may be listed or is being offered for sale, exchange, lease or rent by a private party not licensed by the commission.
(b) Repealed By Laws 2011, Ch. 104, 2.
(c) No person shall act or advertise as a licensee in this state by use of letterheads, billboards, radio or television announcements or any other media of advertising, without first obtaining a license from the commission.
(d) No person shall conduct or promote a real estate company other than the real estate company under which the person or company is licensed by the commission.
(e) A trade name, with the permission of the owner of the trade name, may be used concurrently with the licensed name of the real estate company in the promotion or conduct of the responsible broker's business. On promotional materials the real estate company name shall be displayed in a conspicuous manner that the general public may easily identify, as prescribed in commission rules.
(f) A licensed responsible broker shall not advertise the sale, purchase, exchange or lease of real estate, unless owned by him, without including in the advertisement the real estate company name under which he is licensed by the commission.
(g) A licensed associate broker or salesperson shall not advertise the sale, purchase, exchange or lease of real estate, unless owned by him, without including in the advertisement the real estate company name under which he is licensed by the commission.
(h) A licensee shall not advertise the sale, purchase, exchange or lease of real estate owned by the licensee unless the advertisement includes the fact that an owner of the real estate is a licensee.
(j) If a licensee uses his individual name in advertising, the first and last name shall be included. A common shortened spelling of the first name of the licensee is permitted. The use of a nickname is permitted if the nickname is reflected on the license.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 28 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons › Article 1 - General Licensing Provisions › Section 33-28-120 - Assistance of Attorney General; Independent Counsel.

33-28-120. Assistance of attorney general; independent counsel.
(a) The attorney general shall render opinions to the commission on all questions of law relating to the interpretation and administration of this act. The attorney general shall act as attorney for the commission in all actions and proceedings brought by or against it under this act.
(b) In addition to or instead of the attorney general the commission may hire other legal counsel with the approval of the attorney general.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 28 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons › Article 1 - General Licensing Provisions › Section 33-28-121 - Temporary Licenses to Complete Affairs of Deceased Brokers.

33-28-121. Temporary licenses to complete affairs of deceased brokers.
In the event of the death of a responsible broker who is the sole proprietor of a real estate company, upon application by his personal representative, the director shall issue, without examination and for a specified period of time, a temporary license to the personal representative, or to a licensed individual designated by him and approved by the director. The license shall authorize the holder of the temporary license to continue to transact business for the sole purpose of completing the affairs of the deceased responsible broker.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 28 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons › Article 1 - General Licensing Provisions › Section 33-28-123 - Retention of Records.

33-28-123. Retention of records.
Every responsible broker licensed by the commission in this state shall keep and maintain a full set of records of every real estate transaction in which he participates on behalf of or to assist any party to the transaction. The records shall be maintained not less than two (2) years from the latest date on which the real estate company participated in the transaction.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 28 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons › Article 1 - General Licensing Provisions › Section 33-28-124 - Act, Error or Omission in the Rendering of Real Estate Services.

33-28-124. Act, error or omission in the rendering of real estate services.
A cause of action arising from an act, error or omission in the rendering of services provided by a licensee under this act shall be brought within the time limits provided under W.S. 1-3-107. Nothing in this section shall be construed to extend the limitation period specified in W.S. 33-28-203 for actions for payment from the real estate recovery account.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 28 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons › Article 1 - General Licensing Provisions › Section 33-28-125 - Broker's Price Opinions.

33-28-125. Broker's price opinions.
(a) A licensee may prepare a broker's price opinion:
(i) To a potential seller or third party, recommending a listing price of real estate;
(ii) To a potential buyer or third party, recommending a purchase price of real estate; or
(iii) To any third party, for any purpose permitted by law.
(b) Every printed or electronic broker's price opinion prepared as provided in subsection (a) of this section shall include the statement: "This is an opinion of price and is not a certified appraisal of the market value of the property. If such an appraisal is desired, the service of a certified appraiser must be obtained."
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 28 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons › Article 2 - Wyoming Real Estate Recovery and Education Funds › Section 33-28-201 - Real Estate Recovery Account Created; Funding of Account; No Liability of State.

33-28-201. Real estate recovery account created; funding of account; no liability of state.
(a) There is created a real estate recovery account which shall be under the direction of the commission under W.S. 33-28-201 through 33-28-206.
(b) Every person obtaining or renewing a license shall pay an additional fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) which shall be deposited in the real estate recovery fund account. When the balance of the real estate recovery fund account reaches twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) one-half (1/2) of the fee shall be deposited in the real estate recovery fund account and one-half (1/2) of the fee shall be deposited in the educational fund account. When the real estate recovery fund account balance reaches fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) all fees shall be deposited in the education fund account.
(c) No monies shall be appropriated from the general fund for payment of any expenses incurred under W.S. 33-28-201 through 33-28-206 and those expenses shall not be paid by the state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 28 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons › Article 2 - Wyoming Real Estate Recovery and Education Funds › Section 33-28-203 - Limitation on Action for Payment From Account; Notice of Action; Order of Payment; Showing Required.

33-28-203. Limitation on action for payment from account; notice of action; order of payment; showing required.
(a) No order for payment from the real estate recovery account shall be issued unless the suit in which the order subsequently results was commenced within one (1) year after the cause of action accrued. If any person commences an action for a judgment which may result in an order for payment from the account, the person shall notify the commission in writing of the commencement of the action. The commission, under W.S. 33-28-111, shall investigate the complaint and may hold a suspension or revocation hearing.
(b) If any person files a petition for an order directing payment from the real estate recovery account, the court may order payment out of the real estate recovery account under subsection (c) of this section if it finds:
(i) The petitioner is not a spouse of the judgment debtor or a person representing the spouse;
(ii) The petitioner has obtained a judgment of the kind described in W.S. 33-28-202(a); and
(iii) The judgment debtor has insufficient property upon which execution may be levied to satisfy the judgment or that a writ of execution has been returned unsatisfied.
(c) Upon receipt of an order by the court directing that payment be made out of the real estate recovery account, the state auditor shall draw a warrant for the payment of the amount directed upon a voucher approved by the commission and the state treasurer shall pay the amount directed out of the real estate recovery account.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 28 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons › Article 2 - Wyoming Real Estate Recovery and Education Funds › Section 33-28-204 - Suspension of Licenses Following Payment From Account; Reinstatement.

33-28-204. Suspension of licenses following payment from account; reinstatement.
If the commission is required to make any payment from the real estate recovery account in settlement of a claim or toward the satisfaction of a judgment, the commission shall immediately suspend the judgment debtor's license. The judgment debtor shall not be licensed by the commission or have his license reinstated by the commission until he has repaid in full the amount paid from the real estate recovery account with interest thereon of eighteen percent (18%) per annum. Repayment under this section shall not prohibit the commission from acting in accordance with W.S. 33-28-111. A discharge in bankruptcy shall not relieve a person from the disabilities and penalties of the section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 28 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons › Article 2 - Wyoming Real Estate Recovery and Education Funds › Section 33-28-205 - Subrogation of Commission to Rights of Judgment Creditor.

33-28-205. Subrogation of commission to rights of judgment creditor.
If, upon order of any court, the commission has caused payment to be made from the real estate recovery account to a judgment creditor, the commission is subrogated to the rights of the judgment creditor with respect to the amount so paid. Any recovery by the commission under this section shall be deposited in the real estate recovery account.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 28 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons › Article 2 - Wyoming Real Estate Recovery and Education Funds › Section 33-28-206 - Fund Balances; Use of Education Fund and Interest From Recovery Fund.

33-28-206. Fund balances; use of education fund and interest from recovery fund.
(a) When the real estate recovery fund and education fund balances exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) each, the commission shall not collect annual fees under W.S. 33-28-201(b).
(b) The commission may use the funds in the education fund, plus interest earned on the recovery fund, as appropriated by the legislature, for the purposes of raising the standards of practice in the real estate profession and the competency of licensees by:
(i) Promoting the advancement of education and research in the field of real estate for the benefit of those licensed under this act;
(ii) Underwriting educational seminars and all other similar forms of educational projects for the benefit of licensees;
(iii) Establishing a chair in real estate or courses at Wyoming state institutions of higher learning for the purpose of making those courses available to businesses and the general public;
(iv) Contracting for particular education or research projects in the field of real estate to further the purposes of this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 28 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons › Article 3 - Broker Relationships › Section 33-28-304 - Agent Engaged by Buyer.

33-28-304. Agent engaged by buyer.
(a) A licensee engaged by a buyer to act as a buyer's agent shall have the following duties and obligations:
(i) To perform the terms of the written agreement made with the buyer;
(ii) To exercise reasonable skill and care for the buyer;
(iii) To promote the interests of the buyer with the utmost good faith, loyalty and fidelity, including:
(A) To seek a price and terms which are acceptable to the buyer, except that the licensee shall not be obligated to seek other properties while the buyer is a party to a contract to purchase property;
(B) To present all offers to and from the buyer in a timely manner regardless of whether the buyer is already a party to a contract to purchase property;
(C) To disclose to the buyer adverse material facts actually known by the licensee;
(D) To counsel the buyer as to any material benefits or risks of a transaction which are actually known by the licensee;
(E) To advise the buyer to obtain expert advice as to material matters about which the licensee knows but the specifics of which are beyond the expertise of the licensee;
(F) To account in a timely manner for all money and property received; and
(G) To inform the buyer that the buyer may be vicariously liable for the acts of the buyer's agent that are approved, directed or ratified by the buyer.
(iv) To comply with all requirements of this article; and
(v) To comply with any applicable federal, state or local laws, rules, regulations or ordinances.
(b) The following information shall not be disclosed by a licensee acting as a buyer's agent without the informed consent of the buyer:
(i) That a buyer is willing to pay more than the purchase price for the property;
(ii) What the motivating factors are for the party buying the property;
(iii) That the buyer will agree to financing terms other than those offered;
(iv) Any material information about the buyer unless disclosure is required by law or failure to disclose the information would constitute fraud or dishonest dealing.
(c) A licensee acting as a buyer's agent owes no duty or obligation to the seller, except that a licensee acting as a buyer's agent shall not make any material misrepresentation or fraudulent misrepresentation regarding an adverse material fact actually known by the licensee.
(d) A buyer's agent owes no duty to conduct an independent investigation of the buyer's financial condition and owes no duty to independently verify the accuracy or completeness of statements made by the buyer or any independent inspector.
(e) A buyer's agent may show properties in which the buyer is interested to other prospective buyers without breaching any duty or obligation to the buyer. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a buyer's agent from showing competing buyers the same property and from assisting competing buyers in attempting to purchase or lease a particular property.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 28 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons › Article 3 - Broker Relationships › Section 33-28-306 - Relationship Disclosures.

33-28-306. Relationship disclosures.
(a) For purposes of this section, open house showings, preliminary conversations and requests for factual information do not constitute discussions or arrangements incidental to a sale, purchase, exchange or lease of real estate. Prior to engaging in any discussion or arrangement incidental to a sale, purchase, exchange or lease of real estate, and, prior to entering into any written agreement with a buyer or seller, a licensee shall make a written disclosure of applicable agency, intermediary or customer relationships which shall contain at a minimum the following:
(i) A description of all the different agency, intermediary and customer relationships allowed by this article and a statement that the compensation for different relationships is negotiable;
(ii) An explanation of the duties and obligations owed under each such relationship;
(iii) A conspicuous statement of duties and obligations owed by an agent but which are not owed by an intermediary;
(iv) A statement that any established relationship cannot be modified without the written consent of the buyer or seller and that the buyer or seller may, but is not required to, negotiate different compensation as a condition of consenting to a change in relationship;
(v) A statement that an intermediary is not an agent or advocate for any party and has only the obligations set forth in W.S. 33-28-305;
(vi) A statement that the seller or buyer may be vicariously liable for acts of the agent, subagent or intermediary if the seller or buyer approves, directs or ratifies the acts; and
(vii) A statement that a customer shall not be afforded any confidentiality in any communication to or with the licensee.
(b) The written disclosure shall contain a signature line for the buyer or seller to acknowledge receipt of the disclosure. The disclosure and acknowledgment, by itself, shall not constitute a contract or agreement with the licensee. Until the buyer or seller executes such acknowledgment, no representation agreement shall be executed or valid except, provided if a buyer or seller refuses to sign the disclosure after presentation by the licensee:
(i) The licensee may document the refusal with a signed acknowledgement by the licensee and continue with the transaction; and
(ii) The disclosure and acknowledgement shall be attached to and may become incorporated into any written agreements with the buyer or seller as prescribed in W.S. 33-28-302(b) and (c).
(c) A licensee who has established an agency relationship, a subagency relationship or an intermediary relationship with a seller or buyer shall provide notice of that relationship to any other party to the transaction at the earliest reasonable opportunity.
(d) Disclosures made in accordance with this article shall be sufficient to disclose agency, intermediary and customer relationships to the parties to the transaction and to the public.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 28 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons › Article 3 - Broker Relationships › Section 33-28-307 - Change From Agent to Intermediary.

33-28-307. Change from agent to intermediary.
(a) For in-house transactions, a licensee acting as an agent to a buyer or seller with respect to a particular real estate transaction may instead act as an intermediary to the parties when:
(i) Repealed By Laws 2009, Ch. 20, 3.
(ii) Both parties execute a written consent, at the earliest reasonable opportunity after the events creating the potential conflict in agency relationships develops. The written consent shall contain a conspicuous statement of the duties and obligations that would no longer be owed to the parties if the licensee becomes an intermediary and not an agent.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 28 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons › Article 3 - Broker Relationships › Section 33-28-308 - Compensation.

33-28-308. Compensation.
(a) In any real estate transaction, the responsible broker's compensation may be paid by the seller, the buyer, a third party, or by the sharing or splitting of compensation between responsible brokers.
(b) Payment of compensation shall not be construed to establish an agency relationship or intermediary relationship between the responsible broker and the party who paid the compensation.
(c) A seller may agree that an intermediary, buyer's agent, subagent or a licensee working with a buyer as a customer may share in the compensation paid by the seller with another responsible broker.
(d) A buyer may agree that a seller's agent, intermediary, subagent or a licensee working with a seller as a customer may share in the compensation paid by the buyer with another responsible broker.
(e) A buyer's agent shall obtain the written approval of the buyer before the buyer's agent may propose to the seller's agent that the buyer's agent be compensated by sharing compensation paid by the seller.
(f) Prior to entering into a written agreement with the seller and buyer, or prior to entering into a contract to buy or sell, the responsible broker shall disclose in writing to the seller and buyer to the transaction, the agency, intermediary or customer relationships of all parties, persons and entities paying compensation to the responsible broker.
(g) A responsible broker may be compensated by more than one (1) party for services in a transaction, if those parties have consented in writing to the shared payment prior to seller and buyer entering into a contract to buy or sell.
(h) An agreement authorizing a responsible broker who originally agreed in writing to act as an agent to a buyer or seller with respect to a particular real estate transaction to act instead as an intermediary to that party, shall provide that the party agreeing to the new relationship shall not be liable for any compensation greater than the compensation the party would have been liable to pay under the initial agreement. Any contract provision in violation of this subsection is void and unenforceable.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 28 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons › Article 3 - Broker Relationships › Section 33-28-309 - Disclosure Type.

33-28-309. Disclosure type.
Any disclosure under W.S. 33-28-306 shall be in a font size of 12 point or greater.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 28 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons › Article 3 - Broker Relationships › Section 33-28-310 - Licensees Working With Buyers and Sellers as Customers; Duties; Exceptions.

33-28-310. Licensees working with buyers and sellers as customers; duties; exceptions.
(a) A licensee working with a buyer or seller who is a customer shall owe the following duties and obligations to the buyer or seller:
(i) To exercise reasonable skill and care including:
(A) Presenting all offers and counteroffers in a timely manner regardless of whether the property is subject to a contract for sale;
(B) Advising the parties to obtain expert advice as to material matters about which the licensee knows but the specifics of which are beyond the expertise of the licensee;
(C) Accounting in a timely manner for all money and property received by the licensee;
(D) Keeping the parties fully informed regarding the transaction;
(E) Assisting the parties in complying with the terms and conditions of any contract which may include closing the transaction;
(F) Disclosing to all prospective buyers any adverse material facts actually known by the licensee, including but not limited to adverse material facts pertaining to the title, the physical condition of the property, any defects in the property and any environmental hazards affecting the property required by law to be disclosed;
(G) Disclosing to any prospective seller all adverse material facts actually known by the licensee, including but not limited to adverse material facts pertaining to the buyer's financial ability to perform the terms of the transaction.
(ii) To comply with all requirements of this article;
(iii) To comply with any applicable federal, state or local laws, rules, regulations or ordinances.
(b) A licensee has no duty to conduct an independent inspection of the property for the benefit of the buyer and has no duty to independently verify the accuracy or completeness of statements made by the seller or independent inspectors.
(c) A licensee has no duty to conduct an independent investigation of the buyer's financial condition or to verify the accuracy of completeness of any statement made by the buyer.
(d) A licensee may do the following without breaching any obligation or responsibility:
(i) Show alternative properties not owned by the seller to a prospective buyer;
(ii) List competing properties for sale or lease;
(iii) Show properties in which the buyer is interested to other prospective buyers; and
(iv) Serve as an agent, subagent or intermediary for the same or for different parties in other real estate transactions.
(e) A licensee working with a buyer or seller who is a customer shall provide the customer an agency disclosure.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 28 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons › Article 3 - Broker Relationships › Section 33-28-311 - Licensees Working With Landlords and Tenants.

33-28-311. Licensees working with landlords and tenants.
(a) For the purposes of this article, a licensee shall be deemed to be working with:
(i) The landlord as an agent or intermediary pursuant to a written agreement; and
(ii) The tenant who is a customer unless otherwise provided for in writing between the parties.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 28 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons › Article 4 - Errors and Omissions Insurance › Section 33-28-401 - Errors and Omissions Insurance; Rulemaking Authority; Commission Duties; Certificate of Coverage; Administrative Fee.

33-28-401. Errors and omissions insurance; rulemaking authority; commission duties; certificate of coverage; administrative fee.
(a) Beginning January 1, 2008, an applicant for a real estate license pursuant to W.S. 33-28-106, a licensee renewing a license or an inactive licensee activating a license pursuant to W.S. 33-28-118, shall submit proof of insurance coverage through the group program provided pursuant to this section or through certification of individual coverage. All licensees shall obtain and maintain errors and omissions insurance coverage under the group program or individual coverage.
(b) The commission shall make errors and omissions insurance available to all licensees by contracting with an insurer for a group program after competitive bidding. Any group program obtained by the commission shall be available to all licensees and shall prevent the insurer from canceling any licensee. Licensees may obtain errors and omissions insurance independently if the coverage complies with the minimum requirements established by the commission.
(c) The commission shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to specify the terms and conditions of coverage required under this section, including the minimum limits and terms of the coverage, the permissible deductible and permissible exemptions. Each licensee shall be notified of the required terms and conditions at least thirty (30) days prior to the license renewal date. Each licensee who elects not to participate in the group program administered by the commission shall file a certificate of coverage showing compliance with the required terms and conditions with the commission by the license renewal date.
(d) If the commission is unable to obtain errors and omissions insurance coverage to insure all licensees who elect to participate in the group program, at a reasonable annual premium not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300.00) per licensee, the errors and omissions insurance requirement of this section shall not apply during the year for which the commission cannot obtain the errors and omissions insurance coverage. The maximum premium amount shall be adjusted annually by the annual rate of inflation in this state for the preceding twelve (12) month period as calculated by the department of administration and information.
(e) The commission shall charge and collect an administrative fee in addition to the premium paid from each licensee who obtains errors and omissions insurance through the group program. This administrative fee shall be of an amount sufficient to cover the administration of this section and shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the premium. The maximum premium specified in subsection (d) of this section applies only to premium cost and not to any administrative fee charged.
(f) Repealed By Laws 2011, Ch. 104, 2.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 30 - Veterinarians › Article 1 - In General › Section 33-30-101 - Filing of Forged or Fictitious Diploma.

33-30-101. Filing of forged or fictitious diploma.
Any person, filing, or attempting to file, as his own, the diploma of another, or a forged or fictitious diploma, or a fraudulently obtained diploma, certificate, license, or affidavit, upon conviction thereof shall be subject to the penalty provided by the statutes of the state of Wyoming for the crime of forgery.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 30 - Veterinarians › Article 1 - In General › Section 33-30-102 - Veterinary Officers to Be Licensed.

33-30-102. Veterinary officers to be licensed.
No person shall hereafter in this state or in any county or city thereof be appointed or elected to any public position requiring veterinary skill or knowledge, who has not, prior to his appointment or election become a duly licensed veterinarian.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 30 - Veterinarians › Article 2 - Medical Practice › Section 33-30-201 - Citation and Purpose of Article.

33-30-201. Citation and purpose of article.
(a) This act shall be known as the Wyoming Veterinary Medical Practice Act.
(b) It is hereby declared that the practice of veterinary medicine is a privilege which is granted by legislative authority in the interest of the public health, safety and welfare, and to assure the public of the highest competency and professional standards by persons licensed to practice veterinary medicine.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 30 - Veterinarians › Article 2 - Medical Practice › Section 33-30-205 - Veterinarians Presently Licensed.

33-30-205. Veterinarians presently licensed.
Any person holding a valid license to practice veterinary medicine in this state on the date when this act becomes effective shall be recognized as a licensed veterinarian and shall be entitled to retain this status so long as he complies with the provisions of this act, including annual renewal of license.