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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 3 - Mines, Quarries, Oil, Gas or Other Wells › Article 1 - In General › Section 29-3-103 - Extent of Liens; Generally.

29-3-103. Extent of liens; generally.
(a) Every person who works upon or furnishes material, whether incorporated into the real property or not, under contract with the owner of any interest in real estate or with an agent, trustee or receiver of an owner has a lien to secure payment for:
(i) Constructing, altering, digging, drilling, driving, boring, operating, completing or repairing any wells, mines or quarries;
(ii) Altering, repairing or constructing any oil derrick, oil tank or any pipelines;
(iii) Transportation and related mileage charges plus interest from the date due;
(iv) Advertising, selling and preparing for sale;
(v) Sheriff's fees; and
(vi) Attorney's fees and other costs of collection.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section and W.S. 29-3-105(a)(iii) through (ix):
(i) If work is performed for or materials are furnished the owner of an estate less than a fee the lien granted by this chapter shall not extend to the underlying fee or royalty interest unless expressly provided by contract with the owner of the underlying fee or royalty interest;
(ii) If work is performed for or materials furnished to the owner, part owner or lessee of the working interest in only a portion of the acreage covered by a lease, the lien granted by this chapter shall be restricted to that portion of the acreage; and
(iii) If work is performed for, or materials furnished to the owners or an agent, trustee of [or] receiver of the owners of lands, leases or interests therein validly pooled or unitized by agreement of the owners thereof or by operation of law, the lien granted by this chapter shall extend to the lands, leases or interests so pooled or unitized.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 3 - Mines, Quarries, Oil, Gas or Other Wells › Article 1 - In General › Section 29-3-104 - Extent of Liens; Persons Furnishing Material or Work Under Contract.

29-3-104. Extent of liens; persons furnishing material or work under contract.
Any person, who furnishes or rents any materials or provides any work under contract with any contractor or subcontractor shall have a lien on all the property on which the lien of the contractor may attach to the same extent as the contractor's lien to secure payment.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 3 - Mines, Quarries, Oil, Gas or Other Wells › Article 1 - In General › Section 29-3-105 - Extent of Liens; on Oil, or Proceeds Thereof; Notice to Purchaser Required; Effect of Notice; Purchaser to Withhold Payments.

29-3-105. Extent of liens; on oil, or proceeds thereof; notice to purchaser required; effect of notice; purchaser to withhold payments.
(a) The lien provided by this chapter covers:
(i) All the production of oil, gas and ore and minerals in solid form attributable to the interest subject to the lien;
(ii) The proceeds of production attaching to the working interest as the working interest existed on the date labor was first performed or materials were first furnished;
(iii) Any well;
(iv) Oil derricks;
(v) Oil tanks;
(vi) Any pipelines including rights-of-way;
(vii) Any mine or quarry;
(viii) All materials furnished for use with work done; and
(ix) The whole of the land or leasehold (or, in the case of validly pooled or unitized lands, leases or interests, the lands, leases or interests so pooled or unitized) and including all other wells, buildings, property and appurtenances, including water rights, located on the land or leasehold (or pooled or unitized lands, leases or interests) where work was performed or materials furnished.
(b) Any lien claimed pursuant to this chapter covering oil, gas or ore and minerals in solid form or the proceeds of their sale is not effective against any purchaser of the oil, gas or ore and minerals in solid form until written notice of the claim is delivered by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the purchaser at his principal place of business. Notice shall state:
(i) The name of the claimant;
(ii) His address;
(iii) The amount of the lien; and
(iv) The description of the interest on which the lien is claimed.
(c) The production of any mineral interest or working interest otherwise subject to a lien under this chapter is not to be encumbered until notice of the lien is delivered as provided in subsection (b) of this section to the holder of the interest. At the time notice is given any proceeds remaining unpaid or any proceeds yet to be paid on future sales of the mineral production shall be encumbered by the lien.
(d) A purchaser shall withhold payments for oil or gas runs or ore and minerals in solid form to the extent of the lien amount claimed until delivery of written notice the claim is settled or until otherwise ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 3 - Mines, Quarries, Oil, Gas or Other Wells › Article 1 - In General › Section 29-3-106 - Lien Statement to Be Filed; $750 Minimum; Place and Time of Filing.

29-3-106. Lien statement to be filed; $750 minimum; place and time of filing.
(a) To perfect the lien provided by this chapter, a lien statement shall be filed with the county clerk and notice by certified mail shall be given by the lien claimant.
(b) The lien statement may be filed and the lien shall attach and be enforced if any sum exceeding seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) for materials furnished or work performed according to this chapter is owing. The lien claimant may file a lien statement in the office of the county clerk in any county where any part of the land, leasehold, mine, quarry, pipeline or other property to which a lien may attach under this chapter is situated within one hundred eighty (180) days:
(i) After the last day materials were delivered or work was performed under contract;
(ii) From the date the work was substantially completed as determined by the facts in each case; or
(iii) With respect to an employee or subcontractor, after the last day he performed work at the direction of his employer or contractor.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 3 - Mines, Quarries, Oil, Gas or Other Wells › Article 1 - In General › Section 29-3-107 - Property Not to Be Sold or Removed After Perfected Lien Attaches Without Lienholder's Consent; Lienholder's Rights Upon Violation.

29-3-107. Property not to be sold or removed after perfected lien attaches without lienholder's consent; lienholder's rights upon violation.
(a) Property subject to a perfected lien shall not be sold or removed from the premises where it is located without the written consent of the holder of the lien and as may be appropriate by:
(i) The owner of the land;
(ii) The owner of any associated oil, gas or mineral leasehold interest;
(iii) The owner of any oil, gas or water pipeline;
(iv) Any contractor or subcontractor;
(v) The purchaser, trustee, receiver or agent of any owner;
(vi) Any lessor or lessee; or
(vii) Any agent of any contractor, subcontractor or purchaser.
(b) If a violation of this section occurs, the lienholder is entitled to possession of the property against which a perfected lien has attached wherever located and is entitled to have the property sold for payment of the debt whether the debt is due or not.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 3 - Mines, Quarries, Oil, Gas or Other Wells › Article 1 - In General › Section 29-3-108 - Fraudulent Violation of Section 29-3-107; Penalty.

29-3-108. Fraudulent violation of section 29-3-107; penalty.
If any person removes any property covered by the lien created by this chapter from its location when the lien is filed and recorded without the written consent of the holder of the lien and with intent to defraud the lienholder, either originally or by transfer, the person removing or causing the property to be removed is guilty of a misdemeanor. On conviction he shall be punished by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 3 - Mines, Quarries, Oil, Gas or Other Wells › Article 1 - In General › Section 29-3-109 - Limitation of Actions and Duration of Liens; Procedure When Property Subject to Lien Removed to Another County.

29-3-109. Limitation of actions and duration of liens; procedure when property subject to lien removed to another county.
(a) Every person holding a lien created by this chapter may proceed to obtain a judgment for the amount claimed by civil action commenced on the account within one hundred eighty (180) days after filing of the lien statement required by W.S. 29-3-106. The lien shall continue until the case is finally determined.
(b) If any person removes any property subject to a lien to a county other than the one in which the lien is filed, the lien claimant may within thirty (30) days thereafter file with the county clerk of the county to which it has been removed an itemized inventory of the property removed. The inventory shall show the amount due and unpaid on the lien. The inventory shall be recorded in the lien records of that county. The filing shall operate as a notice of the continuing existence of the lien. The lien shall attach and extend to the land or leasehold and other premises, properties and appurtenances to which the property removed is attached.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 3 - Mines, Quarries, Oil, Gas or Other Wells › Article 1 - In General › Section 29-3-110 - Limitation Upon Owner's Liability and Rights.

29-3-110. Limitation upon owner's liability and rights.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to fix a greater liability against the owner of the land or leasehold (or pooled or unitized lands, leases or interests, as the case may be) than the price or sum stipulated by the owner to be paid for the materials or services furnished or labor performed. The owner shall not have the right to offset obligations of the contractor unless these obligations arise out of the original contract.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 3 - Mines, Quarries, Oil, Gas or Other Wells › Article 1 - In General › Section 29-3-111 - Claim Against Contractor Submitted to Owner; Reduction of Subsequent Payments to Contractor by Owner; Duty of Owner to Notify Contractor and of Contractor to Dispute or Adjust Claim.

29-3-111. Claim against contractor submitted to owner; reduction of subsequent payments to contractor by owner; duty of owner to notify contractor and of contractor to dispute or adjust claim.
(a) Every person performing any work or furnishing any material, as specified in this chapter, under contract whose demand to be reimbursed for the work done or material furnished has not been paid shall serve the owner by certified mail return receipt requested, with an account signed before a notarial officer of the amount and value of the work performed or the material furnished remaining unpaid. Thereafter the owner or his agent shall retain out of any subsequent payments to the contractors the value of the work performed or material furnished for the person making the claim.
(b) When notice is served on the owner according to subsection (a) of this section he shall immediately furnish the contractor with a copy of the notice.
(c) Within ten (10) days of receipt of the notice required by this section the contractor shall give the owner affirmative written notice of:
(i) His intent to dispute the claim; or
(ii) His intent the claim should be settled as filed.
(d) If within ten (10) days after receiving notice the contractor takes no action he shall be presumed to have agreed to the validity of the claim. The owner is then authorized to withhold enough of all subsequent payments to be made to the contractor to pay all claims as they come due.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 4 - Labor and Materials on Ditches, Canals and Reservoirs › Section 29-4-101 - Persons Entitled to Lien; Extent Thereof.

29-4-101. Persons entitled to lien; extent thereof.
(a) Any person who performs any work or furnishes any materials for the construction or improvement of any ditch, canal or reservoir under contract with the owner or his contractor or subcontractor, on complying with W.S. 29-2-101 through 29-2-109, is entitled to a lien for work done or material furnished upon the ditch, canal or reservoir. The lien covers:
(i) The right-of-way for the ditch, canal or reservoir;
(ii) The pertinent water permits and water rights; and
(iii) The reclaimed lands for which the ditch, canal or reservoir was constructed.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 4 - Labor and Materials on Ditches, Canals and Reservoirs › Section 29-4-102 - Filing of Lien Statement; Enforcement.

29-4-102. Filing of lien statement; enforcement.
Any person entitled may file a lien statement as provided by W.S. 29-1-103 through 29-1-314 and 29-2-101 through 29-2-113 and may enforce his lien in the same manner.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 5 - Owners and Operators of Harvesting Machines › Section 29-5-101 - Definitions.

29-5-101. Definitions.
(a) As used in this chapter:
(i) "Crops" means any agricultural products grown or processed in this state;
(ii) "Elevators" means facilities leasing space for storage of crops;
(iii) "Harvesting" means cubing, baling, threshing, combining, swathing, chopping, digging, picking or shelling crops.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 5 - Owners and Operators of Harvesting Machines › Section 29-5-102 - Persons Entitled to Lien; Extent Thereof.

29-5-102. Persons entitled to lien; extent thereof.
All persons owning or operating harvesting machines are entitled to a lien on the crops harvested by them for the work performed in harvesting the crops.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 5 - Owners and Operators of Harvesting Machines › Section 29-5-103 - Lien Statement to Be Filed; Contents; Mistake in Description Not Fatal; Notice to Purchaser or Owner.

29-5-103. Lien statement to be filed; contents; mistake in description not fatal; notice to purchaser or owner.
(a) Every person proceeding under this chapter shall file a lien statement sworn before a notarial officer setting forth the amount claimed to be due him with the county clerk of the county in which the crops were grown, within thirty (30) days after:
(i) The last work performed under contract in the harvesting of the crops; or
(ii) The work was substantially completed.
(b) In addition to the requirements of W.S. 29-1-312(a) this statement shall contain:
(i) A description of the legal subdivision of land where the crops are stored; and
(ii) If the crops are stored in an elevator, the location of the elevator.
(c) Any error or mistake in the statement describing the crops or the property on which they were raised shall not invalidate the lien.
(d) If the crops are being hauled from the machine direct to the elevator or to any purchaser any person desiring to claim a lien by proceeding under this chapter shall serve written notice on the purchaser or the owner of the crops that he may claim a lien on the crops for his work performed.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 5 - Owners and Operators of Harvesting Machines › Section 29-5-104 - Priority of Lien.

29-5-104. Priority of lien.
The lien for work performed as specified in W.S. 29-5-102 has precedence over any mortgage or encumbrance except those created by W.S. 29-8-102 relating to liens for the production of farm products under contracts executed, entered into, renewed or substantively amended after July 1, 2001.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 5 - Owners and Operators of Harvesting Machines › Section 29-5-105 - Limitation of Actions; Duration of Lien.

29-5-105. Limitation of actions; duration of lien.
Actions for the foreclosure of the lien provided by this chapter shall be commenced within sixty (60) days from the filing of the lien statement. No lien continues to exist by virtue of this chapter for more than sixty (60) days after the lien is filed unless within that time a civil action is instituted to obtain a judgment. When any action commences within the sixty (60) days, the lien continues until the suit is finally determined and satisfied.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 5 - Owners and Operators of Harvesting Machines › Section 29-5-106 - Removal of Encumbered Property Without Lienholder's Consent; Penalty.

29-5-106. Removal of encumbered property without lienholder's consent; penalty.
If any person removes any property covered by the lien created by this chapter from the place where the property is located when the lien statement is filed without the written consent of the holder of the lien, either originally or by transfer, the person causing the property to be removed is guilty of a misdemeanor. On conviction he may be fined not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 6 - Federal Lien Registration › Article 2 - Federal Lien Registration › Section 29-6-203 - Applicability.

29-6-203. Applicability.
This act applies only to federal tax liens and to other federal liens, notices of which under any act of congress or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto are required or permitted to be filed in the same manner as notices of federal tax liens.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 6 - Federal Lien Registration › Article 2 - Federal Lien Registration › Section 29-6-204 - Federal Liens; Place of Filing.

29-6-204. Federal liens; place of filing.
(a) Notices of liens, certificates and other notices affecting federal tax liens or other federal liens shall be filed in accordance with this act.
(b) Notices of liens upon real property for obligations payable to the United States and certificates and notices affecting the liens shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the real property subject to the liens is situated.
(c) Notices of federal liens upon personal property, whether tangible or intangible, for obligations payable to the United States and certificates and notices affecting the liens shall be filed as follows:
(i) If the person against whose interest the lien applies is a corporation or a partnership whose principal executive office is in this state, as these entities are defined in the internal revenue laws of the United States, in the office of the secretary of state;
(ii) If the person against whose interest the lien applies is a trust that is not covered by paragraph (i) of this subsection, in the office of the secretary of state;
(iii) If the person against whose interest the lien applies is the estate of a decedent, in the office of the secretary of state;
(iv) In all other cases, in the office of the county clerk of the county where the person against whose interest the lien applies resides at the time of filing of the notice of lien.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 6 - Federal Lien Registration › Article 2 - Federal Lien Registration › Section 29-6-205 - Certification of Notices and Certificates.

29-6-205. Certification of notices and certificates.
Certification of notices of liens, certificates or other notices affecting federal liens by the secretary of the treasury of the United States or his delegate, or by any official or entity of the United States responsible for filing or certifying of notice of any other lien, entitles them to be filed and no other attestation, certification or acknowledgement is necessary.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 6 - Federal Lien Registration › Article 2 - Federal Lien Registration › Section 29-6-206 - Duties of Filing Officer.

29-6-206. Duties of filing officer.
(a) If a notice of federal lien, a refiling of a notice of federal lien or a notice of revocation of any certificate described in subsection (b) of this section is presented to a filing officer who is:
(i) The secretary of state, he shall cause the notice to be marked, held and indexed in accordance with the provisions of W.S. 34.1-9-519 of the Uniform Commercial Code as if the notice were a financing statement within the meaning of that code; or
(ii) Any other officer described in W.S. 29-6-204, he shall endorse thereon his identification and the date and time of receipt and immediately file it alphabetically or enter it in an alphabetical index showing the name and address of the person named in the notice, the date and time of receipt, the title and address of the official or entity certifying the lien and the total amount appearing on the notice of lien.
(b) If a certificate of release, nonattachment, discharge or subordination of any lien is presented to the secretary of state for filing he shall:
(i) Cause a certificate of release or nonattachment to be marked, held and indexed as if the certificate were a termination statement within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code and maintain a permanent record of the notice of the lien in the file or on microfilm or by other photographic means; and
(ii) Cause a certificate of discharge or subordination to be marked, held and indexed as if the certificate were a release of collateral within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code.
(c) If a refiled notice of federal lien referred to in subsection (a) of this section or any of the certificates or notices referred to in subsection (b) of this section is presented for filing to any other filing officer specified in W.S. 29-6-204, he shall permanently attach the refiled notice or the certificate to the original notice of lien and enter the refiled notice or the certificate with the date of filing in any alphabetical lien index on the line where the original notice of lien is entered.
(d) Upon request of any person, the filing officer shall issue his certificate showing whether there is on file, on the date and hour stated therein, any notice of lien or certificate or notice affecting any lien filed under this act or under W.S. 29-6-101 through 29-6-107 [repealed] as those sections existed prior to the enactment of this act, naming a particular person, and if a notice or certificate is on file, giving the date and hour of filing of each notice or certificate.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 6 - Federal Lien Registration › Article 2 - Federal Lien Registration › Section 29-6-207 - Fees.

29-6-207. Fees.
Fees for filings, lien searches, certifications and copying under this act shall be the same as the fees prescribed for financing statements under W.S. 34.1-9-409.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 6 - Federal Lien Registration › Article 2 - Federal Lien Registration › Section 29-6-208 - Prior Filings of Notices and Certificates.

29-6-208. Prior filings of notices and certificates.
Filing officers with whom notices of federal tax liens, certificates and notices affecting those liens have been filed on or before July 1, 1988, shall, after that date, continue to maintain in a file, on microfilm or by other photographic means, copies of all federal tax lien notices filed prior to July 1, 1988, notices and certificates filed in numerical order of receipt. If a notice of lien was filed on or before July 1, 1988, any certificate or notice affecting the lien shall be filed in the same office.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 7 - Personal Property › Article 1 - In General › Section 29-7-101 - Persons Entitled to Lien; Exception.

29-7-101. Persons entitled to lien; exception.
(a) Any person is entitled to a lien on any goods, chattels or animals for his reasonable charges for work or services performed or feed provided when he:
(i) Makes, alters, repairs, bestows work upon, transports, stores or keeps the same; or
(ii) Feeds, herds, pastures or cares for any domestic or wild animal lawfully held in captivity. Any person creating a lien under this paragraph shall file the lien in the office of the secretary of state.
(b) W.S. 29-7-101 through 29-7-106 shall not apply where a lien is provided by W.S. 29-7-301 and 34.1-7-209. A person engaging in self-storage operations whereby members of the public rent space from the person to store goods and chattels and retain control over access to the goods and chattels is not a warehouseman under W.S. 34.1-7-102(a)(xiii) and is entitled to a lien under this section. A towing and recovery service as defined in W.S. 31-13-101(a)(xiv) is not a warehouse under W.S. 34.1-7-102(a)(xiii) and is entitled to a lien under this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 7 - Personal Property › Article 1 - In General › Section 29-7-102 - Right of Possession by Lien Claimant; Termination Thereof; Removal of Property Without Lienholder's Consent; Penalty Therefor; Filing of Lien Statement in Lieu of Possession.

29-7-102. Right of possession by lien claimant; termination thereof; removal of property without lienholder's consent; penalty therefor; filing of lien statement in lieu of possession.
(a) A lien claimant may retain possession of the property to which the lien pertains until paid for the labor, services, materials and feed which entitle the lien claimant to assert the lien. However, the right of possession terminates six (6) months after the date upon which the charges become due and payable unless the lien claimant has commenced proceedings to foreclose the lien as provided by W.S. 29-7-101 through 29-7-106.
(b) If any person causes to be removed from the possession of a lien claimant any property or part thereof which is subject to the lien created by W.S. 29-7-101 through 29-7-106 from the place where the property was located when the lien is perfected, without the written consent of the owner and the holder of the lien or his agent, either originally or by transfer, the person so removing the property affected by the lien is guilty of a misdemeanor. On conviction he may be punished by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00).
(c) If a lien claimant desires to continue a lien without retaining possession, he may before voluntarily releasing possession file a lien statement in the office of the county clerk of the county where the property is located, or in the case of a feeder's lien under paragraph (a)(ii) of this section, in the office of the secretary of state.
(d) If possession is terminated without the lien claimant's consent, he may perfect the lien by filing a lien statement on or before thirty (30) days after possession is terminated.
(e) For a vehicle subject to a lien under this title:
(i) Within thirty (30) days from the date payment is due, the lien claimant shall send by certified mail, return receipt requested, to their last known address a notice of the intent to file, enforce and foreclose a lien to all persons known to claim an interest in the vehicle. The notice shall include:
(A) The information required under W.S. 29-7-105(b);
(B) The information required under W.S. 29-1-312(b); and
(C) The make, year, model, license plate number and state indicator if available, and vehicle identification number.
(ii) The duration of collectable storage fees shall not exceed one hundred eighty (180) days from the date service was completed unless notice of intent to file a lien was sent pursuant to this subsection and action to enforce and foreclose the lien has commenced;
(iii) "Vehicle" means as defined in W.S. 31-13-101(a)(ix).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 7 - Personal Property › Article 1 - In General › Section 29-7-103 - Lien Statement; Additional Contents; County Clerk to Note Lien on Certificate of Title.

29-7-103. Lien statement; additional contents; county clerk to note lien on certificate of title.
(a) A lien statement under W.S. 29-7-101 through 29-7-106 shall provide in addition to the requirements of W.S. 29-1-312(b) whether the lien claimant was in possession of the property at the time the lien statement was filed or the owner consented to the filing of the lien. Notwithstanding W.S. 29-1-312(a), a feeder's lien created pursuant to W.S. 29-7-101(a)(ii) shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state together with any applicable filing fees.
(b) A lien statement relating to a motor vehicle or other property, title to which is evidenced by a certificate of title, shall not be valid as to the motor vehicle or property unless the county clerk concurrently with the filing of the lien statement places on the certificate of title an appropriate notation showing the date, the amount of the lien and the name of the lien claimant. Each notation under this subsection after the first shall be accompanied by a fee of one dollar ($1.00) paid to the county clerk. If the county clerk issues the certificate of title, he shall immediately endorse the same encumbrance data on the certificate copy on file in his office. If the certificate is issued in some other county or state the county clerk shall promptly transmit to the state or county officer who issued the certificate of title the same encumbrance data. The other county officer shall promptly place the data on the certificate copy on file in his office.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 7 - Personal Property › Article 1 - In General › Section 29-7-104 - Termination of Lien; Effect Thereof on Claimant's Right of Possession.

29-7-104. Termination of lien; effect thereof on claimant's right of possession.
(a) A lien under W.S. 29-7-101 through 29-7-106 terminates:
(i) Upon a lienor's voluntary surrender of possession of the property, unless a lien statement has previously been filed as provided in W.S. 29-7-103;
(ii) One hundred eighty (180) days after the date upon which the work, services, materials and feed giving rise to the lien were performed or furnished unless a lien statement has previously been filed as provided by W.S. 29-7-103; and
(iii) One hundred eighty (180) days after a lien statement is filed as provided in W.S. 29-7-103, unless action to enforce and foreclose the lien has commenced.
(b) Upon termination of a lien, the lien claimant has no further right to possession of the property and no further interest therein.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 7 - Personal Property › Article 1 - In General › Section 29-7-105 - Repossession; Enforcement of Lien by Sale; Notice Thereof to Known Claimants; Satisfaction by Any Claimant; Title of Good Faith Purchaser; Disposition of Proceeds; Additional Creditors' Rights; Liability for Noncompliance With Section; "Commercially Reasonable".

29-7-105. Repossession; enforcement of lien by sale; notice thereof to known claimants; satisfaction by any claimant; title of good faith purchaser; disposition of proceeds; additional creditors' rights; liability for noncompliance with section; "commercially reasonable".
(a) Subject to the termination of a lien as provided in W.S. 29-7-104, a lienor who has surrendered possession involuntarily has the right to repossess the property subject to the lien. In repossessing a lienor may proceed without judicial process if this can be done without breach of the peace. A lienor may also replevy the property or use any other judicial action available.
(b) A lien arising under W.S. 29-7-101 through 29-7-106 may be enforced by public or private sale of the property en bloc or in parcels at a time or place and on terms which are commercially reasonable after mailing by certified mail, return receipt requested, to their last known address a notice to all persons known to claim an interest in the property. The notification shall include:
(i) A statement of the amount due;
(ii) The nature of the proposed sale; and
(iii) The time and place of any public sale.
(c) Before any sale pursuant to this section any person claiming a right in the property may pay the amount necessary to satisfy the lien and the reasonable expenses incurred under this section.
(d) The lien claimant may buy at any public sale pursuant to this section.
(e) A purchaser in good faith of property sold to enforce a lien under W.S. 29-7-101 through 29-7-106 takes the property free of any rights of persons against whom the lien was valid, despite noncompliance by the lien claimant with the requirements of this section.
(f) A lien claimant may satisfy his lien from the proceeds of any sale pursuant to this section but shall hold the balance, if any, for delivery on demand to the owner of the property or any person entitled thereto. The owner or any other person demanding delivery of the balance shall furnish to the lien claimant reasonable evidence of his right to take delivery.
(g) The rights provided by W.S. 29-7-101 through 29-7-106 shall be in addition to all other rights allowed by law to a creditor against his debtor.
(h) A lien under W.S. 29-7-101 through 29-7-106 may also be enforced in accordance with the procedure set forth in W.S. 34.1-7-210(b).
(j) A lien claimant is liable for damages caused by failure to comply with this section.
(k) The fact a better price could be obtained by a sale at a different time or in a different method from that selected by the lien claimant is not sufficient to establish a sale as not made in a commercially reasonable manner.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 7 - Personal Property › Article 1 - In General › Section 29-7-106 - Priority of Lien.

29-7-106. Priority of lien.
(a) A lien pursuant to W.S. 29-7-101 through 29-7-106 except as otherwise specifically provided therein shall be prior to all other liens, encumbrances and security interests if the property claimed is in possession of the lien claimant.
(b) If the property is not in possession of the lien claimant, a lien under W.S. 29-7-101 through 29-7-106 shall be prior to all other liens, encumbrances and security interests, except for a subsequent lien claimant in possession under W.S. 29-7-101 through 29-7-106 or a lien created under W.S. 29-8-102 relating to liens for the production of farm products under contracts executed, entered into, renewed or substantively amended after July 1, 2001.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 7 - Personal Property › Article 2 - Breeders › Section 29-7-201 - Owner of Male Animal to Have Lien on Female Animal and Offspring.

29-7-201. Owner of male animal to have lien on female animal and offspring.
The owner of a male animal shall have a lien upon any female animal bred to the male and also upon any offspring begotten by the male for the sum stipulated to be paid for the service.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 7 - Personal Property › Article 2 - Breeders › Section 29-7-202 - Notice of Lien to Be Filed; Time and Place; Form; Filing by County Clerk; Release; Renewal.

29-7-202. Notice of lien to be filed; time and place; form; filing by county clerk; release; renewal.
(a) A notice of a breeder's lien shall within ninety (90) days after the date of the service be filed in the office of the secretary of state. The notice shall be in the following format:
Notice of Breeder's Lien.
The State of Wyoming )
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County of .... )
I, ...., being first duly sworn, upon my oath depose and say I am the lawful owner (or duly authorized agent of .... the lawful owner) of .... (description of male animal).
On (or between) the .... day of ...., A.D. (year) and the .... day of ...., (year), the services of the male animal were had upon the following described female animals:
The above services were rendered at the request of .... (for and on behalf of ....), the lawful owner .... of the female animals.
The fee agreed upon for these services was .... dollars.
There is now due to .... from .... for these services, the sum of .... dollars.
Ninety (90) days have not elapsed since the date of the services, and .... claim a breeder's lien on the property for this amount.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to before me this .... day of ...., A.D. (year).
Notarial Officer.
My Commission expires
(b) The secretary of state on presentation shall file this instrument in his office in the same manner as financing statements are required to be filed under the Uniform Commercial Code.
(c) All breeders' liens shall be released in the same manner as financing statements under the Uniform Commercial Code.
(d) If the owner of the male animal does not wish to take advantage of W.S. 29-7-204 he may renew the lien in the same manner in which secured interests are renewed pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 7 - Personal Property › Article 2 - Breeders › Section 29-7-203 - Priority of Liens.

29-7-203. Priority of liens.
The lien herein given is prior to and shall take precedence over any lien or encumbrance given subsequent to the service unless the lien is created pursuant to W.S. 29-8-102 relating to liens for the production of farm products under contracts executed, entered into, renewed or substantively amended after July 1, 2001.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 7 - Personal Property › Article 2 - Breeders › Section 29-7-204 - Possession and Sale of Female Animal or Offspring by Lien Claimant.

29-7-204. Possession and sale of female animal or offspring by lien claimant.
At any time after default of payment for services rendered and within one (1) year after the service, the owner of the lien may take possession of any female animal or offspring upon which a lien exists in accordance with law and sell it as provided by W.S. 29-7-205.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 7 - Personal Property › Article 2 - Breeders › Section 29-7-205 - Sale at Auction; Publication or Posting of Notice; Contents Thereof; New Notice Required in Case of Adjournment; Lien Claimant May Purchase; Bill of Sale to Be Filed.

29-7-205. Sale at auction; publication or posting of notice; contents thereof; new notice required in case of adjournment; lien claimant may purchase; bill of sale to be filed.
(a) A sale shall be made at public auction. The lienholder shall first give ten (10) days notice in any newspaper published in the county where the notice of lien is filed. If no newspaper is published in the county the notice shall be posted for two (2) weeks in at least three (3) public places in the county, one (1) of which shall be at the front door of the courthouse. The notice shall:
(i) Describe the animal or animals to be sold;
(ii) State the amount of money claimed to be due;
(iii) State when the services were rendered; and
(iv) State the exact time and place of the sale.
(b) If for any reason it is necessary to adjourn the sale, new notices shall be given as in the first instance required.
(c) A lien claimant is not prevented from purchasing at a sale because of his owning the lien on the animal sold.
(d) The purchaser shall take from the person selling any female animal or offspring a bill of sale which shall contain the substance of the notice of sale, the date of sale and the consideration. The bill of sale shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, and shall be provided to a Wyoming brand inspector upon a change of ownership inspection pursuant to W.S. 11-20-203.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 7 - Personal Property › Article 2 - Breeders › Section 29-7-206 - Sale at Auction; Offspring to Be Sold First; Disposition of Proceeds; Remedies Not Exclusive.

29-7-206. Sale at auction; offspring to be sold first; disposition of proceeds; remedies not exclusive.
If a female animal and her offspring are taken under a lien, the offspring shall be sold first. If the proceeds are sufficient to pay the expense incurred in taking possession under the lien, the filing fee and the costs of notices, then the female animal shall not be sold. After deducting the expense from the proceeds of any sale, the remainder of the proceeds, if any, shall be returned to the person entitled to them. The lien herein given shall not exclude any holder of a lien from abandoning it and recovering the amount due him by an action at law.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 7 - Personal Property › Article 2 - Breeders › Section 29-7-207 - Selling or Removing Encumbered Property Without Lienholder's Consent; Penalty.

29-7-207. Selling or removing encumbered property without lienholder's consent; penalty.
Any owner of a female animal or offspring on which a lien exists under W.S. 29-7-201 through 29-7-207 who disposes of any female animal or offspring before the lien expires or is satisfied or who removes the female animal or offspring with intent to deprive a lien claimant of his lien or with intent to damage an innocent purchaser, and does so without first having obtained the consent of the lienholder to the disposition is guilty of a misdemeanor. On conviction he may be fined not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 7 - Personal Property › Article 3 - House Trailers › Section 29-7-301 - Persons Entitled to Lien; Notice and Priority Thereof; Removal of Trailer by Lienor; Exception; Enforcement and Foreclosure of Lien; "House Trailer".

29-7-301. Persons entitled to lien; notice and priority thereof; removal of trailer by lienor; exception; enforcement and foreclosure of lien; "house trailer".
(a) Any person leasing or renting space for a house trailer site shall have a lien on any house trailer thereon situated for unpaid lease or rental payments and for other unpaid charges due the lessor under the terms or conditions of any lease or rental agreement. The lien shall be effective after the lessee has defaulted in payments as provided in the written rental or lease agreement. Notice of the lien shall be given by the lessor by causing notice in writing to be posted conspicuously on the mobile home. The lien provided by this section shall have priority over all other liens except a previously perfected security interest in the mobile home.
(b) At any time after thirty (30) days after notice is given the lessor may remove the house trailer from the leased or rented site and retain the lien as provided by this section. On removal, reasonable charges for the removal and storage may be assessed against the house trailer.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, a house trailer shall not be removed pursuant to this section if it is occupied by the lessee. In this case the lessor has a remedy at law.
(d) The lien provided by this section may be enforced and foreclosed as security agreements are enforced under W.S. 34.1-1-101 through 34.1-10-104.
(e) As used in this section "house trailer" shall be defined as in W.S. 31-5-102(a)(xv).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 8 - Agricultural Producer's Liens › Section 29-8-101 - Definitions.

29-8-101. Definitions.
(a) As used in this article:
(i) "Commodity dealer" means a person who engages in a business involving or, as part of the business, participates in buying, exchanging, negotiating or soliciting the sale, resale, exchange, production or transfer of any farm product in the state of Wyoming. The term does not include:
(A) A person engaged solely in storing, shipping or handling farm products for hire;
(B) A person who buys farm products from a licensed commodity dealer;
(C) A person who does not purchase more than thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00) worth of farm products from producers during a licensing year;
(D) A person who is the producer of farm products that the person actually plants, nurtures and harvests;
(E) A person whose trading in farm products is limited to trading in commodity futures on a recognized futures exchange; or
(F) A person who buys farm products used exclusively for the feeding of livestock and not for resale.
(ii) "Contractor" means a person who owns a farm product that is produced by a producer according to a contract;
(iii) "Farm products" means all crops, crop products, plants or portions thereof, whether or not they are cleaned, processed, treated, reconditioned, rolled, mixed or combined in any fashion. Farm products shall not mean livestock;
(iv) "Person" means an individual, trust, partnership, business trust, corporation or unincorporated association or any other legal or commercial entity;
(v) "Processor" means any person engaged in the business of processing or manufacturing any farm product and who takes possession or control of any farm product for the purpose of processing, cleaning, selling or storing it;
(vi) "Producer" means the owner, tenant or operator of land located in the state of Wyoming who has an interest in or receives all or part of the proceeds from the assignment, sale, transfer, exchange or production of farm products grown or produced on that land;
(vii) "Public warehouse" or "warehouse" means an elevator, mill, warehouse, subterminal grain warehouse, public warehouse or other structure or facility in which, for compensation, farm products are received for storage, handling, processing or shipment. The term includes facilities that commingle different lots of farm products;
(viii) "This act" means W.S. 29-8-101 through 29-8-109.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 8 - Agricultural Producer's Liens › Section 29-8-102 - Producer's Liens.

29-8-102. Producer's liens.
(a) W.S. 29-1-103 through 29-7-301 shall not apply to liens filed under this act.
(b) A producer has a lien on all farm products grown or produced by it and on all proceeds from the assignment, sale, transfer, exchange or other disposition thereof until the producer is paid in full all amounts due the producer for its assignment, sale, transfer, exchange, other disposition or production of the farm products.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 29 - Liens › Chapter 8 - Agricultural Producer's Liens › Section 29-8-103 - Notice; Filing of Notice of Claim; Contents.

29-8-103. Notice; filing of notice of claim; contents.
(a) A lien created under W.S. 29-8-102 attaches when the farm product is delivered from the producer to the processor, contractor, warehouse operator or commodity dealer.
(b) A person claiming a lien created by this act shall file a written notice of claim of lien with the office of the secretary of state not later than one hundred eighty (180) days after the lien attaches.
(c) The notice of claim of lien required under subsection (b) of this section shall be in the form of a financing statement acceptable for filing by the office of the secretary of state. The signature of the processor, contractor, warehouse operator or commodity dealer shall not be required. The written notice of claim filed under subsection (c) of this section shall contain:
(i) A true statement of the lienholder's claim;
(ii) A description of the farm product delivered sufficient for identification;
(iii) The lienholder's name, address and phone number, establishing them as a secured party; and
(iv) The name and address of the processor, contractor, warehouse operator or commodity dealer, establishing them as the debtor.
(d) The secretary of state shall keep a record of notices filed under this section under an index of agricultural liens.
(e) The secretary of state shall charge a fee not exceeding the cost of providing the service for filing of notices and requests for copies of such notices.
(f) When a lienholder files a notice of claim of lien as required by this section, the lienholder shall send a copy of the notice to the processor, contractor, warehouse operator or commodity dealer by registered or certified mail.
(g) When a lienholder files a notice of claim of lien as required by this section the lienholder shall send a copy of the notice to all holders of security interests in the farm product described in the notice of claim who duly perfected such security interests by filing notice thereof with the secretary of state. The notice shall be mailed to holders of perfected security interests within thirty (30) days after the date of filing the notice of claim.
(h) A lien which has attached under subsection (a) of this section is perfected upon the completion of the requirements of subsections (a) through (h) of this section. If a person entitled to a lien under this section does not properly file a notice of claim or properly notify all holders of security interests of the lien within the time required by this section, the person waives the right to the lien.