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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 3 - Loans › Section 40-14-360 - Pawn Finance Charge; Limits on Amount Financed and Terms; Minimum Pawn Finance Charge.

40-14-360. Pawn finance charge; limits on amount financed and terms; minimum pawn finance charge.
(a) No pawnbroker may contract for, charge or receive any amount as a charge in connection with a pawn transaction other than a pawn finance charge. No pawn finance charge shall exceed twenty percent (20%) per month on the unpaid principal balance of the pawn transaction.
(b) The amount financed in any one (1) pawn transaction to any one (1) customer shall not exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000.00).
(c) The maturity date of a pawn transaction shall be one (1) calendar month. The period shall expire on the same date in the succeeding month if there is such a date, otherwise on the last day of the succeeding month. If the expiration date is not a business day, the period expires on the next business day.
(d) Pawn finance charges are fully earned on the day the loan is made.
(e) Pawn transactions may be renewed from month to month without additional disclosures provided:
(i) There is no change in the original terms; and
(ii) Pawn finance charges are not compounded.
(f) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the lender may contract for and receive a minimum pawn finance charge of not more than five dollars ($5.00).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 3 - Loans › Section 40-14-361 - Limitation on Agreement and Practices.

40-14-361. Limitation on agreement and practices.
(a) No pawnbroker shall make an agreement requiring the personal liability of a customer in connection with a pawn transaction. No customer may be required to redeem pledged goods or make any payment on a pawn transaction. The sole remedy of a pawnbroker for nonpayment of a loan by a customer or failure to redeem or repurchase tangible personal property by a customer in a pawn transaction is the right to title of the pledged tangible personal property.
(b) Pawnbrokers shall not make any charge for insurance in connection with a pawn transaction.
(c) Pawnbrokers shall post in a conspicuous place on their premises a schedule of business days and hours during which pawn transactions may be redeemed.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 3 - Loans › Section 40-14-362 - Definitions.

40-14-362. Definitions.
(a) As used in W.S. 40-14-362 through 40-14-367:
(i) "Post-dated check or similar arrangement" means the act of lending money in which a check or draft is dated on a date subsequent to the date it was written or dated on the date written but held for any period of days prior to deposit or presentment due to the check casher's agreement with or representations to a debtor, whether express or implied;
(ii) "Post-dated check casher" means a person engaged in the business of lending money by means of post-dated check transactions or similar arrangements.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 3 - Loans › Section 40-14-363 - License Required; Post-Dated Check Finance Charge; Limits on Amount Financed and Terms; Minimum Finance Charge.

40-14-363. License required; post-dated check finance charge; limits on amount financed and terms; minimum finance charge.
(a) No person shall engage in business as a post-dated check casher in this state unless licensed in accordance with W.S. 40-14-634. No post-dated check casher may contract for, charge or receive any amount as a charge in connection with a post-dated check or similar arrangement other than a post-dated check finance charge as stated in this subsection. No post-dated check finance charge shall exceed the greater of thirty dollars ($30.00) or twenty percent (20%) per month on the principal balance of the post-dated check or similar arrangement.
(b) The maximum term of any post-dated check or similar arrangement subject to this part shall be one (1) calendar month. Extended payment plans under W.S. 40-14-366 are not subject to this subsection.
(c) Post-dated check finance charges are fully earned on the day the post-dated check or similar arrangement is made.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 3 - Loans › Section 40-14-364 - Limitation on Multiple Agreements.

40-14-364. Limitation on multiple agreements.
No post-dated check or similar arrangement shall be repaid, refinanced or otherwise consolidated by proceeds of another post-dated check or similar arrangement accepted by the same post-dated check casher.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 3 - Loans › Section 40-14-365 - Right to Rescind.

40-14-365. Right to rescind.
(a) A post-dated check or similar arrangement with a post-dated check casher may be rescinded by the consumer on or before 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time of the following business day, provided that the consumer returns to the post-dated check casher in cash or certified funds the full original amount of funds advanced. A rescission under this section shall be at no cost to the consumer.
(b) Information regarding how to exercise the right to rescind shall be provided in writing to the consumer at the consummation of every post-dated check or similar arrangement.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 3 - Loans › Section 40-14-366 - Extended Payment Plan; Terms and Conditions.

40-14-366. Extended payment plan; terms and conditions.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this section, a consumer who is unable to repay a post-dated check or similar arrangement when due may elect once every twelve (12) months to repay the post-dated check or similar arrangement by means of an extended payment plan. The twelve (12) month period shall be measured from the date the consumer pays in full one extended payment plan with the post-dated check casher until the date that the consumer enters into another extended payment plan with the post-dated check casher.
(b) To request an extended payment plan, the consumer, before 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time on the last business day before the due date of the outstanding post-dated check or similar arrangement, shall request the plan and sign an amendment to the original agreement which memorializes the plan's terms.
(c) The extended payment plan's terms shall allow the consumer to repay the outstanding post-dated check or similar arrangement including any fee due in at least four (4) substantially equal installments and over a time period of at least sixty (60) days. Each plan installment shall be due on or after a date on which the consumer receives regular income, or if the consumer has no regular income due dates shall be a minimum of two (2) weeks between installments. The consumer may prepay an extended payment plan in full at any time without penalty. As long as the consumer complies with the terms of the extended payment plan, the plan shall be at no additional cost to the consumer and the post-dated check casher shall not charge the consumer any interest or additional fees during the term of the extended payment plan. The post-dated check casher may, with each payment under the plan by a consumer, provide for the return of the consumer's prior held check and require a new check for the remaining balance under the plan.
(d) If the consumer fails to pay any extended payment plan installment when due, the consumer shall be in default of the payment plan and the post-dated check casher immediately may accelerate payment on the remaining balance and take action to collect all amounts due. Upon default, notwithstanding W.S. 40-14-363(a), the post-dated check casher may charge the consumer interest on the outstanding balance at an annual rate equal to six percent (6%) plus the prime rate as listed in the Wall Street Journal on January 1 of the year in which the consumer defaults.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 3 - Loans › Section 40-14-367 - Notification.

40-14-367. Notification.
(a) A post-dated check casher shall provide the following written notice with each post-dated check or similar arrangement and obtain the signature of the consumer at least annually indicating receipt of the notice:
NOTICE
1. STATE LAW PROHIBITS A POST-DATED CHECK OR SIMILAR ARRANGEMENT FROM BEING REPAID, REFINANCED OR OTHERWISE CONSOLIDATED BY PROCEEDS OF ANOTHER POST-DATED CHECK OR SIMILAR ARRANGEMENT ACCEPTED BY THE SAME POST-DATED CHECK CASHER.
2. POST-DATED CHECK ADVANCES SHOULD BE USED FOR SHORT-TERM FINANCIAL NEEDS ONLY, NOT AS A LONG-TERM FINANCIAL SOLUTION. CUSTOMERS WITH CREDIT DIFFICULTIES SHOULD SEEK CREDIT COUNSELING.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 3 - Loans › Section 40-14-368 - Violations.

40-14-368. Violations.
The administrator is authorized to enforce an appropriate remedy, penalty, action or license revocation or suspension, as provided in articles 5 and 6 of this chapter, against a person licensed under the act for a violation of 10 U.S.C. 987, or any regulation promulgated thereunder.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 4 - Insurance › Section 40-14-402 - Scope.

40-14-402. Scope.
(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (d) of this section, this article applies to insurance provided or to be provided in relation to a consumer credit sale (W.S. 40-14-204), a consumer lease (W.S. 40-14-206) or a consumer loan (W.S. 40-14-304).
(b) The provision on cancellation by a creditor (W.S. 40-14-453) applies to loans the primary purpose of which is the financing of insurance. No other provision of this article applies to insurance so financed.
(c) This article supplements and does not repeal W.S. 26-21-101 through 26-22-101. The provisions of this act concerning administrative controls, liabilities, and penalties do not apply to persons acting as insurers, and the similar provisions of W.S. 26-21-101 through 26-21-114 and 26-23-201 do not apply to creditors and debtors.
(d) W.S. 40-14-454 applies to insurance and other products that provide protection to a consumer and that terminate upon prepayment, default or other circumstances that end an agreement, including guaranteed asset protection waivers and debt cancellation contracts.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 4 - Insurance › Section 40-14-403 - Definitions.

40-14-403. Definitions.
(a) In this act:
(i) "Consumer credit insurance" means insurance, other than insurance on property, by which the satisfaction of debt in whole or in part is a benefit provided, but does not include:
(A) Insurance provided in relation to a credit transaction in which a payment is scheduled more than ten (10) years after the extension of credit;
(B) Insurance issued as an isolated transaction on the part of the insurer not related to an agreement or plan for insuring debtors of the creditor; or
(C) Insurance indemnifying the creditor against loss due to the debtor's default.
(ii) "Credit Insurance Act" means W.S. 26-21-101 through 26-21-114 and 26-23-201.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 4 - Insurance › Section 40-14-404 - Creditor's Provision of and Charge for Insurance; Excess Amount of Charge.

40-14-404. Creditor's provision of and charge for insurance; excess amount of charge.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this article and subject to the provisions on additional charges (W.S. 40-14-213 and 40-14-311) and maximum charges (part 2 of article 2 and article 3), a creditor may agree to provide insurance, and may contract for and receive a charge for insurance separate from and in addition to other charges. A creditor need not make a separate charge for insurance provided or required by him. This act does not authorize the issuance of any insurance prohibited under any statute, or rule thereunder, governing the business of insurance.
(b) The excess amount of a charge for insurance provided for in agreements in violation of this article is an excess charge for the purposes of the provisions of the article on remedies and penalties (article 5) as to effect of violations on rights of parties (W.S. 40-14-521) and of the provisions of the article on administration (article 6) as to civil actions by the administrator (W.S. 40-14-613).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 4 - Insurance › Section 40-14-405 - Conditions Applying to Insurance to Be Provided by Creditor.

40-14-405. Conditions applying to insurance to be provided by creditor.
(a) If a creditor agrees with a debtor to provide insurance:
(i) The insurance shall be evidenced by an individual policy or certificate of insurance delivered to the debtor, or sent to him at his address as stated by him, within thirty (30) days after the term of the insurance commences under the agreement between the creditor and debtor; or
(ii) The creditor shall promptly notify the debtor of any failure or delay in providing the insurance.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 4 - Insurance › Section 40-14-406 - Unconscionability.

40-14-406. Unconscionability.
(a) In applying the provisions of this act on unconscionability (W.S. 40-14-508 and 40-14-611) to a separate charge for insurance, consideration shall be given, among other factors, to:
(i) Potential benefits to the debtor including the satisfaction of his obligations;
(ii) The creditor's need for the protection provided by the insurance; and
(iii) The relation between the amount and terms of credit granted and the insurance benefits provided.
(b) If consumer credit insurance otherwise complies with this article and other applicable law, neither the amount nor the term of the insurance nor the amount of a charge therefor is in itself unconscionable.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 4 - Insurance › Section 40-14-407 - Maximum Charge by Creditor for Insurance.

40-14-407. Maximum charge by creditor for insurance.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, if a creditor contracts for or receives a separate charge for insurance, the amount charged to the debtor for the insurance may not exceed the premium to be charged by the insurer, as computed at the time the charge to the debtor is determined, conforming to any rate filings required by law and made by the insurer with the commissioner of insurance.
(b) A creditor who provides consumer credit insurance in relation to a revolving charge account (W.S. 40-14-208) or revolving loan account (W.S. 40-14-308) may calculate the charge to the debtor in each billing cycle by applying the current premium rate to:
(i) The average daily unpaid balance of the debt in the cycle;
(ii) The unpaid balance of the debt or a median amount within a specified range of unpaid balances of debt on approximately the same day of the cycle. The day of the cycle need not be the day used in calculating the credit service charge (W.S. 40-14-218) or loan finance charge (W.S. 40-14-310), but the specified range shall be the range used for that purpose; or
(iii) The unpaid balances of principal calculated according to the actuarial method.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 4 - Insurance › Section 40-14-408 - Refund or Credit Required; Amount.

40-14-408. Refund or credit required; amount.
(a) Upon prepayment in full of a consumer credit sale or consumer loan by the proceeds of consumer credit insurance, the debtor or his estate is entitled to a refund of any portion of a separate charge for insurance which by reason of prepayment is retained by the creditor or returned to him by the insurer unless the charge was computed from time to time on the basis of the balances of the debtor's account.
(b) This article does not require a creditor to grant a refund or credit to the debtor if all refunds and credits due to the debtor under this article amount to less than one dollar ($1.00), and except as provided in subsection (a) of this section does not require the creditor to account to the debtor for any portion of a separate charge for insurance because:
(i) The insurance is terminated by performance of the insurer's obligation;
(ii) The creditor pays or accounts for premiums to the insurer in amounts and at times determined by the agreement between them; or
(iii) The creditor receives directly or indirectly under any policy of insurance a gain or advantage not prohibited by law.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the creditor shall promptly make or cause to be made an appropriate refund or credit to the debtor with respect to any separate charge made to him for insurance if:
(i) The insurance is not provided or is provided for a shorter term than that for which the charge to the debtor for insurance was computed; or
(ii) The insurance terminates prior to the end of the term for which it was written because of prepayment in full or otherwise.
(d) A refund or credit required by subsection (c) of this section is appropriate as to amount if it is computed according to a method prescribed or approved by the commissioner of insurance or a formula filed by the insurer with the commissioner of insurance at least thirty (30) days before the debtor's right to a refund or credit becomes determinable, unless the method or formula is employed after the commissioner of insurance notifies the insurer that he disapproves it.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 4 - Insurance › Section 40-14-409 - Existing Insurance; Choice of Insurer.

40-14-409. Existing insurance; choice of insurer.
If a creditor requires insurance, upon notice to the creditor the debtor shall have the option of providing the required insurance through an existing policy of insurance owned or controlled by the debtor, or through a policy to be obtained and paid for by the debtor, but the creditor may for reasonable cause decline the insurance provided by the debtor. The creditor shall promptly notify the debtor of his rights under this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 4 - Insurance › Section 40-14-410 - Charge for Insurance in Connection With a Deferral, Refinancing, or Consolidation; Duplicate Charges.

40-14-410. Charge for insurance in connection with a deferral, refinancing, or consolidation; duplicate charges.
(a) A creditor may not contract for or receive a separate charge for insurance in connection with a deferral (W.S. 40-14-215 or 40-14-313), a refinancing (W.S. 40-14-216 or 40-14-314), or a consolidation (W.S. 40-14-217 or 40-14-315), unless:
(i) The debtor agrees at or before the time of the deferral, refinancing, or consolidation that the charge may be made;
(ii) The debtor is or is to be provided with insurance for an amount or a term, or insurance of a kind, in addition to that to which he would have been entitled had there been no deferral, refinancing, or consolidation;
(iii) The debtor receives a refund or credit on account of any unexpired term of existing insurance in the amount that would be required if the insurance were terminated (W.S. 40-14-408); and
(iv) The charge does not exceed the amount permitted by this article (W.S. 40-14-407).
(b) A creditor may not contract for or receive a separate charge for insurance which duplicates insurance with respect to which the creditor has previously contracted for or received a separate charge.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 4 - Insurance › Section 40-14-411 - Cooperation Between Administrator and Commissioner of Insurance.

40-14-411. Cooperation between administrator and commissioner of insurance.
The administrator and the commissioner of insurance are authorized and directed to consult and assist one another in maintaining compliance with this article. They may jointly pursue investigations, prosecute suits, and take other official action, as may seem to them appropriate, if either of them is otherwise empowered to take the action. If the administrator is informed of a violation or suspected violation by an insurer of this article, or of the insurance laws, rules, and regulations of this state, he shall advise the commissioner of insurance of the circumstances.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 4 - Insurance › Section 40-14-430 - Term of Insurance.

40-14-430. Term of insurance.
(a) Consumer credit insurance provided by a creditor may be subject to the furnishing of evidence of insurability satisfactory to the insurer. Whether or not such evidence is required, the term of the insurance shall commence no later than when the debtor becomes obligated to the creditor or when the debtor applies for the insurance, whichever is later, except as follows:
(i) If any required evidence of insurability is not furnished until more than thirty (30) days after the term would otherwise commence, the term may commence on the date when the insurer determines the evidence to be satisfactory; or
(ii) If the creditor provides insurance not previously provided covering debts previously created, the term may commence on the effective date of the policy.
(b) The originally scheduled term of the insurance shall extend at least until the due date of the last scheduled payment of the debt except as follows:
(i) If the insurance relates to a revolving charge account or revolving loan account, the term need extend only until the payment of the debt under the account and may be sooner terminated after at least thirty (30) days notice to the debtor; or
(ii) If the debtor is advised in writing that the insurance will be written for a specified shorter time, the term need extend only until the end of the specified time.
(c) The term of the insurance shall not extend more than fifteen (15) days after the originally scheduled due date of the last scheduled payment of the debt unless it is extended without additional cost to the debtor or as an incident to a deferral, refinancing, or consolidation.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 4 - Insurance › Section 40-14-431 - Amount of Insurance.

40-14-431. Amount of insurance.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section:
(i) In the case of consumer credit insurance providing life coverage, the amount of insurance may not initially exceed the debt and, if the debt is payable in installments, may not at any time exceed the greater of the scheduled or actual amount of the debt; or
(ii) In the case of any other consumer credit insurance, the total amount of periodic benefits payable may not exceed the total of scheduled unpaid installments of the debt, and the amount of any periodic benefit may not exceed the original amount of debt divided by the number of periodic installments in which it is payable.
(b) If consumer credit insurance is provided in connection with a revolving charge account or revolving loan account, the amounts payable as insurance benefits may be reasonably commensurate with the amount of debt as it exists from time to time. If consumer credit insurance is provided in connection with a commitment to grant credit in the future, the amounts payable as insurance benefits may be reasonably commensurate with the total from time to time of the amount of debt and the amount of the commitment.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 4 - Insurance › Section 40-14-432 - Filing and Approval of Rates and Forms.

40-14-432. Filing and approval of rates and forms.
(a) A creditor may not use a form or a schedule of premium rates or charges, the filing of which is required by this section, if the commissioner of insurance has disapproved the form or schedule and has notified the insurer of his disapproval. A creditor may not use a form or schedule unless:
(i) The form or schedule has been on file with the commissioner of insurance for thirty (30) days, or has earlier been approved by him; and
(ii) The insurer has complied with this section with respect to the insurance.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, all policies, certificates of insurance, notices of proposed insurance, applications for insurance, endorsements and riders relating to consumer credit insurance delivered or issued for delivery in this state, and the schedules of premium rates or charges pertaining thereto, shall be filed by the insurer with the commissioner of insurance. Within thirty (30) days after the filing of any form or schedule, he shall disapprove it if the premium rates or charges are unreasonable in relation to the benefits provided under the form, or if the form contains provisions which are unjust, unfair, inequitable, or deceptive, or encourage misrepresentation of the coverage, or are contrary to any provision of the Insurance Code or of any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder.
(c) If a group policy has been delivered in another state, the forms to be filed by the insurer with the commissioner of insurance are the group certificates and notices of proposed insurance. He shall approve them if:
(i) They provide the information that would be required if the group policy were delivered in this state; and
(ii) The applicable premium rates or charges do not exceed those established by his rules or regulations.
Part 3. Property and Liability Insurance
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 4 - Insurance › Section 40-14-450 - Property Insurance.

40-14-450. Property insurance.
(a) A creditor may not contract for or receive a separate charge for insurance against loss of or damage to property unless:
(i) The insurance covers a substantial risk of loss of or damage to property related to the credit transaction;
(ii) The amount, terms, and conditions of the insurance are reasonable in relation to the character and value of the property insured or to be insured; and
(iii) The term of the insurance is reasonable in relation to the terms of credit.
(b) The term of the insurance is reasonable if it is customary and does not extend substantially beyond a scheduled maturity.
(c) A creditor may not contract for or receive a separate charge for insurance against loss of or damage to property unless the amount financed or principal exclusive of changes for the insurance is three hundred dollars ($300.00) or more, and the value of the property is three hundred dollars ($300.00) or more.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 4 - Insurance › Section 40-14-451 - Risk of Loss or Damage.

40-14-451. Risk of loss or damage.
If a creditor contracts for or receives a separate charge for insurance against loss of or damage to property, the risk of loss or damage not willfully caused by the debtor is on the debtor only to the extent of any deficiency in the effective coverage of the insurance, even though the insurance covers only the interest of the creditor.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 4 - Insurance › Section 40-14-452 - Liability Insurance.

40-14-452. Liability insurance.
A creditor may not contract for or receive a separate charge for insurance against liability unless the insurance covers a substantial risk of liability arising out of the ownership or use of property related to the credit transaction.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 4 - Insurance › Section 40-14-453 - Cancellation by Creditor.

40-14-453. Cancellation by creditor.
A creditor shall not request cancellation of a policy of property or liability insurance except after the debtor's default or in accordance with a written authorization by the debtor, and in either case the cancellation does not take effect until written notice is delivered to the debtor or mailed to him at his address as stated by him. The notice shall state that the policy may be cancelled on a date not less than ten (10) days after the notice is delivered, or, if the notice is mailed, not less than thirteen (13) days after it is mailed.
Part 4. Refund of Certain Credit Insurance Products
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 4 - Insurance › Section 40-14-454 - Refund of Certain Credit Insurance Products Upon Prepayment; Method.

40-14-454. Refund of certain credit insurance products upon prepayment; method.
(a) Not later than sixty (60) days after termination of a consumer credit sale or consumer loan, a creditor shall facilitate any refund or credit otherwise required by law for insurance or other loan products that provide protection to a consumer and cease when termination of the credit transaction occurs, including guaranteed asset protection waivers and debt cancellation contracts. The duty to facilitate a refund or credit under this subsection shall also apply to voluntary cancellation of insurance or other products by a consumer. As used in this subsection:
(i) "Creditor" means the person to whom payment is due at the time of termination;
(ii) "Termination" includes prepayment, default or other circumstances that end an agreement.
(b) Unless otherwise provided by law, any required refund or credit made under subsection (a) of this section shall be calculated on a pro rata basis or on an alternative basis that reflects the remaining risk if authorized and defined by rule of the administrator.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 5 - Remedies and Penalties › Section 40-14-502 - Scope.

40-14-502. Scope.
This part applies to actions or other proceedings to enforce rights arising from consumer credit sales, consumer leases, and consumer loans; and, in addition, to extortionate extensions of credit (W.S. 40-14-507).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 5 - Remedies and Penalties › Section 40-14-503 - Restrictions on Deficiency Judgments in Consumer Credit Sales.

40-14-503. Restrictions on deficiency judgments in consumer credit sales.
(a) This section applies to a consumer credit sale of goods or services.
(b) If the seller repossesses or voluntarily accepts surrender of goods which were the subject of the sale and in which he has a security interest and the cash price of the goods repossessed or surrendered was one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or less, the buyer is not personally liable to the seller for the unpaid balance of the debt arising from the sale of the goods, and the seller is not obligated to resell the collateral.
(c) If the seller repossesses or voluntarily accepts surrender of goods which were not the subject of the sale but in which he has a security interest to secure a debt arising from a sale of goods or services or a combined sale of goods and services and the cash price of the sale was one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or less, the buyer is not personally liable to the seller for the unpaid balance of the debt arising from the sale.
(d) For the purpose of determining the unpaid balance of consolidated debts or debts pursuant to revolving charge accounts, the allocation of payments to a debt shall be determined in the same manner as provided for determining the amount of debt secured by various security interests (W.S. 40-14-243).
(e) The buyer may be liable in damages to the seller if the buyer has wrongfully damaged the collateral or if, after default and demand, the buyer has wrongfully failed to make the collateral available to the seller.
(f) If the seller elects to bring an action against the buyer for a debt arising from a consumer credit sale of goods or services, when under this section he would not be entitled to a deficiency judgment if he repossessed the collateral, and obtains judgment:
(i) He may not repossess the collateral; and
(ii) The collateral is not subject to levy or sale on execution or similar proceedings pursuant to the judgment.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 5 - Remedies and Penalties › Section 40-14-504 - No Garnishment Before Judgment.

40-14-504. No garnishment before judgment.
Prior to entry of judgment in an action against the debtor for debt arising from a consumer credit sale, a consumer lease, or a consumer loan, the creditor may not attach unpaid earnings of the debtor by garnishment or like proceedings.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 5 - Remedies and Penalties › Section 40-14-505 - Limitation on Garnishment.

40-14-505. Limitation on garnishment.
(a) For the purposes of this part:
(i) "Disposable earnings" means that part of the earnings of an individual remaining after the deduction from those earnings of amounts required by law to be withheld; and
(ii) "Garnishment" means any legal or equitable procedure through which the earnings of an individual are required to be withheld for payment of a debt.
(b) The maximum part of the aggregate disposable earnings of an individual for any workweek which is subjected to garnishment to enforce payment of a judgment arising from a consumer credit sale, consumer lease, or consumer loan may not exceed the lesser of:
(i) Twenty-five percent (25%) of his disposable earnings for that week; or
(ii) The amount by which his disposable earnings for that week exceed thirty (30) times the federal minimum hourly wage prescribed by section (6)(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, U.S.C. tit. 29, 206(a)(1), in effect at the time the earnings are payable;
(iii) In the case of earnings for a pay period other than a week, the administrator shall prescribe by rule a multiple of the federal minimum hourly wage equivalent in effect to that set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) of this section.
(c) No court may make, execute, or enforce an order or process in violation of this section.
(d) An individual's disposable earnings shall remain exempt to the extent provided in subsection (b) of this section if the earnings were deposited in the individual's account with a financial institution within twenty (20) calendar days prior to service of a writ of garnishment against the individual's account with the financial institution, on the day of service of the writ or within ten (10) business days after service of the writ. This subsection does not create any obligation on the part of a financial institution to conduct an investigation of the individual's account or otherwise make any determination about a judgment creditor's rights to funds in the account other than the financial institution's obligation to file with the court and serve on the individual an answer to the writ of garnishment. A judgment creditor may request that the court issue writs of garnishment to an individual's employer and the individual's financial institution at the same time; provided, however, that should the judgment creditor successfully garnish earnings as shown on an individual's pay advice, then the remaining proceeds from such pay advice deposited into an account with a financial institution shall be entirely exempt from execution, notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section.
(e) As used in this section, "financial institution" means as defined in W.S. 13-1-401(a)(ii).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 5 - Remedies and Penalties › Section 40-14-506 - No Discharge From Employment for Garnishment.

40-14-506. No discharge from employment for garnishment.
No employer shall discharge an employee for the reason that a creditor of the employee has subjected or attempted to subject unpaid earnings of the employee to garnishment or like proceedings directed to the employer for the purpose of paying a judgment arising from a consumer credit sale, consumer lease, or consumer loan.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 5 - Remedies and Penalties › Section 40-14-507 - Extortionate Extensions of Credit.

40-14-507. Extortionate extensions of credit.
(a) If it is the understanding of the creditor and the debtor at the time an extension of credit is made that delay in making repayment or failure to make repayment could result in the use of violence or other criminal means to cause harm to the person, reputation, or property of any person, the repayment of the extension of credit is unenforceable through civil judicial processes against the debtor.
(b) If it is shown that an extension of credit was made at an annual rate exceeding forty-five percent (45%) calculated according to the actuarial method and that the creditor then had a reputation for the use or threat of use of violence or other criminal means to cause harm to the person, reputation, or property of any person to collect extensions of credit or to punish the nonrepayment thereof, there is prima facie evidence that the extension of credit was unenforceable under subsection (a) of this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 5 - Remedies and Penalties › Section 40-14-508 - Unconscionability.

40-14-508. Unconscionability.
(a) With respect to a consumer credit sale, consumer lease, or consumer loan, if the court as a matter of law finds the agreement or any clause of the agreement to have been unconscionable at the time it was made the court may refuse to enforce the agreement, or it may enforce the remainder of the agreement without the unconscionable clause, or it may so limit the application of any unconscionable clause as to avoid any unconscionable result.
(b) If it is claimed or appears to the court that the agreement or any clause thereof may be unconscionable the parties shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to present evidence as to its setting, purpose, and effect to aid the court in making the determination.
(c) For the purpose of this section, a charge or practice expressly permitted by this act is not in itself unconscionable.
Part 2. Debtors' Remedies
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 5 - Remedies and Penalties › Section 40-14-520 - Interests in Land.

40-14-520. Interests in land.
(a) For purposes of the provisions of this part on civil liability for violation of disclosure provisions (W.S. 40-14-522) and on a debtor's right to rescind certain transactions as otherwise provided by law:
(i) Consumer credit sale includes a sale of an interest in land without regard to the rate of the credit service charge if the sale is otherwise a consumer credit sale (W.S. 40-14-204); and
(ii) Consumer loan includes a loan primarily secured by an interest in land, as defined in W.S. 40-14-304(c).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 5 - Remedies and Penalties › Section 40-14-524 - Refunds and Penalties as Setoff to Obligation.

40-14-524. Refunds and penalties as setoff to obligation.
Refunds or penalties to which the debtor is entitled pursuant to this part may be set off against the debtor's obligation, and may be raised as a defense to a suit on the obligation without regard to the time limitations prescribed by this part.
Part 3. Criminal Penalties
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 5 - Remedies and Penalties › Section 40-14-540 - Willful Violations.

40-14-540. Willful violations.
(a) A person who makes a consumer loan and who willfully makes charges in excess of those permitted by the provisions of the article on loans (article 3) is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction may be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or to imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months, or both.
(b) A person, other than a supervised financial organization, who willfully engages in the business of making consumer loans without a license in violation of W.S. 40-14-302 is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction may be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or to imprisonment not exceeding one (1) year, or both.
(c) A person who willfully engages in the business of making consumer credit sales, consumer leases, or consumer loans, or of taking assignments of rights against debtors arising therefrom and undertakes direct collection of payments or enforcement of these rights, without complying with the provisions of this act concerning notification (W.S. 40-14-631) or payment of fees (W.S. 40-14-632), is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction may be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 5 - Remedies and Penalties › Section 40-14-541 - Disclosure Violations.

40-14-541. Disclosure violations.
(a) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction may be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or to imprisonment not exceeding one (1) year, or both, if he willfully and knowingly:
(i) Gives false or inaccurate information or fails to provide information which he is required to disclose under the provisions of this act on disclosure and advertising (part 3) of the article on credit sales (article 2) or of the article on loans (article 3), or of any related rule of the administrator adopted pursuant to this act;
(ii) Uses any rate table or chart, the use of which is authorized by rule of the administrator adopted pursuant to the provisions on calculation of rate to be disclosed (W.S. 40-14-225 and 40-14-323), in a manner which consistently understates the annual percentage rate determined according to those provisions; or
(iii) Otherwise fails to comply with any requirement of provisions of this act on disclosure and advertising (part 3) of the article on credit sales (article 2) or of the article on loans (article 3), or of any related rule of the administrator adopted pursuant to this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 6 - Administration › Section 40-14-602 - Applicability.

40-14-602. Applicability.
(a) This part applies to persons who in this state:
(i) Make or solicit consumer credit sales, consumer leases or consumer loans; or
(ii) Directly collect payments from or enforce rights against debtors arising from sales, leases, or loans specified in paragraph (i) of this subsection, wherever they are made.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 6 - Administration › Section 40-14-605 - Administrative Powers With Respect to Supervised Financial Organizations.

40-14-605. Administrative powers with respect to supervised financial organizations.
(a) With respect to supervised financial organizations, the powers of examination and investigation (W.S. 40-14-606) and administrative enforcement (W.S. 40-14-608) shall be exercised by the official or agency to whose supervision the organization is subject. All other powers of the administrator under this act may be exercised by him with respect to a supervised financial organization.
(b) If the administrator receives a complaint or other information concerning noncompliance with this act by a supervised financial organization, he shall inform the official or agency having supervisory authority over the organization concerned. The administrator may request information about supervised financial organizations from the officials or agencies supervising them.
(c) The administrator and any official or agency of this state having supervisory authority over a supervised financial organization are authorized and directed to consult and assist one another in maintaining compliance with this act. They may jointly pursue investigations, prosecute suits, and take other official action, as they deem appropriate, if either of them otherwise is empowered to take the action.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 40 - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code › Article 6 - Administration › Section 40-14-606 - Examination and Investigatory Powers.

40-14-606. Examination and investigatory powers.
(a) The administrator may conduct examinations of persons licensed under this act at intervals he deems necessary to determine whether violations of this act and other applicable laws, rules and regulations pertaining to consumer credit are occurring and the frequency and seriousness of such violations.
(b) In addition to the examinations provided for in subsection (a) of this section, if the administrator has probable cause to believe that a person has engaged in an act which is subject to action by the administrator, he may make an investigation to determine if the act has been committed, and, to the extent necessary for this purpose, may administer oaths or affirmations, and, upon his own motion or upon request of any party, may subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, adduce evidence, and require the production of any matter which is relevant to the investigation, including the existence, description, nature, custody, condition, and location of any books, documents, or other tangible things and the identity and location of persons having knowledge of relevant facts, or any other matter reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence.
(c) If the person's records are located outside this state, the person at his option shall either make them available at a location within this state convenient to the administrator or pay the reasonable and necessary expenses for the administrator or his representative to examine them at the place where they are maintained. For the purpose of this section, the administrator shall have free and reasonable access during normal business hours to the offices, place of business and records of the person being examined or investigated. The administrator may designate representatives, including comparable officials of the state in which the records are located, to inspect them on his behalf.
(d) Upon failure without lawful excuse to obey a subpoena or to give testimony and upon reasonable notice to all persons affected thereby, the administrator may apply to the district court for an order compelling compliance.
(e) The administrator shall not make public the name or identity of a person whose acts or conduct he investigates pursuant to this section or the facts disclosed in the investigation, but this subsection does not apply to disclosures in actions or enforcement proceedings pursuant to this act.
(f) Each licensee or person subject to examination or investigation under this act shall pay to the administrator an amount assessed by the administrator to cover the direct and indirect cost of examinations or investigations conducted pursuant to this section.