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Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 011 - Revenue Dept › Sub-Agency 0007 - Liquor Distribution › Chapter 20 - LIQUOR DIVISION METHODOLOGY › Section 20-18 - Transportation of a Resealed Bottle of Wine from a Restaurant Liquor License

Current through July 13, 2024
As provided in
				  W.S.
				  12-4-410(e) a restaurant
				  liquor licensee may permit a patron to remove one (1) unsealed bottle of wine
				  for off-premise consumption provided that the patron has purchased a full
				  course meal and consumed a portion of the bottle of wine with the meal on the
				  restaurant premises. The bottle of wine must be resealed with the original cap,
				  recorked in such a manner as to require a cork removal devise, or any other
				  means to securely seal the bottle. The recapped, recorked, or resealed bottle
				  must then be placed in a tamper proof transparent bag, securely sealed by
				  either stapling, taping, or any other means of sealing the bag in such a manner
				  that the bottle cannot be removed without obvious damage to the bag. A dated
				  receipt for the wine enclosed must accompany the bag at all
				  times.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 011 - Revenue Dept › Sub-Agency 0007 - Liquor Distribution › Chapter 20 - LIQUOR DIVISION METHODOLOGY › Section 20-19 - Keg Registration

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) As provided in
				W.S.
				12-2-502, licensees must affix an
				identification label or tag, to be provided by the Wyoming Liquor Division, on
				every beer keg sold. Identification labels or tags removed by the licensee
				shall be kept on file for no less than 90 days from date of return. Any
				licensee who currently or begins selling beer kegs must identify themselves to
				the Wyoming Liquor Division for keg registration purposes.
(b) As provided in W.S. W.S.
				W.S.
				12-2-503, a record of each sale shall be
				maintained by the licensee for no less than 90 days from date of sale. Records
				shall be kept on a form provided by the Wyoming Liquor Division. Licensees
				shall make the records available during regular business hours for inspection
				by a peace officer or agent of the Wyoming Liquor Division.
(c) Identification labels or tags and forms
				will be issued within 30 days of licensee's request.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0001 - Article 9 Secured Transactions › Chapter 1 - UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE (UCC) TRANSACTIONS › Section 1-1 - Statement of Purpose

Current through July 13, 2024
These rules are adopted to promote the uniform administration
				  of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) as authorized in W.S.
				  34.1-9526.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0001 - Article 9 Secured Transactions › Chapter 1 - UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE (UCC) TRANSACTIONS › Section 1-2 - General Provisions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Definitions.
(i) "Amendment" means a UCC record that
				amends the information contained in a financing statement. Amendments include
				assignments, continuations and terminations.
(ii) "Assignment" is an amendment that
				assigns all or a part of a secured party's power to authorize an amendment to a
				financing statement.
(iii)
				"Correction statement" means a UCC record, filed before July 1, 2013, that
				indicates that a financing statement is inaccurate or wrongfully
				filed.
(iv) "Individual debtor
				name" means a human being, or a decedent in the case of a debtor that is a
				decedent's estate.
(v) "Information
				statement" means a UCC record, filed on or after July 1, 2013, that indicates
				that a financing statement is inaccurate or wrongfully filed.
(vi) "Initial financing statement" means a
				UCC record containing the information required to be in an initial financing
				statement and that causes the filing office to establish the initial record of
				existence of a financing statement.
(vii) "Internet Filing Service" or "UCC
				E-Filing System" means an on-line filing service administered by the Secretary
				of State's Office that provides authorized users with the capability to file
				all UCC records immediately and conduct searches that provide immediate
				results.
(viii) "Organization
				debtor name" means a legal business entity who is not an individual.
(ix) "Remitter" means an individual or
				registered organization that tenders a UCC record to the filing officer for
				filing, whether the remitter is a filer or an agent of a filer responsible for
				tendering the record for filing. "Remitter" does not include an individual or
				registered organization responsible merely for the delivery of the record to
				the filing office, such as the postal service or a courier service, but does
				include a service provider who acts as a filer's representative in the filing
				process.
(x) "UCC1" means the form
				used for a new initial financing statement.
(xi) "UCC3" means the form used for a UCC
				amendment filing, which includes the following actions:
(A) Assignment: Full or Partial;
(B) Collateral: Add, Restate, or
				Delete;
(C) Continuation
				Statement;
(D) Debtor: Add, Change,
				or Delete;
(E) Information
				Statement (formerly known as correction statement);
(F) Secured Party: Add, Change, or Delete;
				and
(G) Termination
				Statement.
(xii) "UCC5"
				means the form used for a UCC information statement filing.
(xiii) "UCC record" means an initial
				financing statement, an amendment, an assignment, a continuation, a termination
				or a correction statement.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0001 - Article 9 Secured Transactions › Chapter 1 - UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE (UCC) TRANSACTIONS › Section 1-3 - Acceptance and Refusal of UCC Records

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Duty to File.
(i) The duties and responsibilities of the
				filing officer with respect to the administration of the UCC are ministerial
				and the filing office bears no responsibility for the legal effectiveness of a
				filing. In accepting for filing or refusing to file a UCC record pursuant to
				these rules, the filing officer does none of the following:
(A) Determine the legal sufficiency or
				insufficiency of a UCC record.
(B)
				Determine that a security interest in collateral exists or does not
				exist.
(C) Determine that
				information in the UCC record is correct or incorrect, in whole or in
				part.
(D) Create a presumption that
				information in the document is correct or incorrect, in whole or in
				part.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0001 - Article 9 Secured Transactions › Chapter 1 - UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE (UCC) TRANSACTIONS › Section 1-4 - Filing Procedures

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Filing and Data
				Entry Procedures.
(i) When entering
				information into the UCC system from paper UCC records, the debtor and/or
				secured party name(s) shall be entered exactly as set forth on the filing form
				even if it appears that the name of an individual debtor has been placed in the
				field designated for an organization debtor name, and vice versa.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0001 - Article 9 Secured Transactions › Chapter 1 - UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE (UCC) TRANSACTIONS › Section 1-5 - Search Requests and Reports

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) General
				Requirements.
(i) The filing officer maintains
				a searchable index for all UCC records. The index shall provide for the
				retrieval of a record by the name of the debtor and by the file number of the
				initial financing statement and each filed UCC record relating to the initial
				financing statement.
(ii) Search
				requests presented to the Secretary of State's Office shall be in written form
				which includes hard copy or electronic.
(iii) Search requests shall contain the full
				name of the debtor to be searched and the request must specify whether the
				debtor is an individual debtor name or an organization debtor name.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0002 - Central Filing System › Chapter 1 - Effective Financing Statement (EFS) Transactions › Section 1-1 - Statement of Purpose

Current through July 13, 2024
These rules are adopted to promote the uniform administration
				  of the Wyoming UCC/EFS/Buyer E-Filing System as authorized in
				  W.S.
				  34-21-1102 specific to effective financing
				  statements.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0002 - Central Filing System › Chapter 1 - Effective Financing Statement (EFS) Transactions › Section 1-2 - Paper and Electronic Filing Fees

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Initial Filing
				Fee
(i) For up to two (2) pages, the fee is
				$20 which includes the initial effective financing statement and a termination
				statement.
(ii) For more than two
				(2) pages, the fee is $40 which includes the initial effective financing
				statement and a termination statement.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0002 - Central Filing System › Chapter 1 - Effective Financing Statement (EFS) Transactions › Section 1-3 - Cut-off Dates for Effective Financing Statements

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The fourth
				Thursday after 5:00 p.m. of each month shall be the cutoff date.
(b) The date of availability of the
				reports/data shall be no later than the day following the cutoff date.
(i) Any effective financing statement
				received before the cut-off date for the current monthly cycle shall be
				included on the list.
(ii) By
				providing the ability to generate a current buyer EFS report/data file via the
				UCC/EFS/Buyer E-Filing System, the buyer is bound to all information on file in
				the System; not just the information contained on the latest produced statutory
				monthly list.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0002 - Central Filing System › Chapter 1 - Effective Financing Statement (EFS) Transactions › Section 1-4 - Buyer Registrations

Current through July 13, 2024
(i) Buyer
				registrations are an annual registration in which access is granted by the
				filing office to the UCC/EFS/Buyer E-Filing system.
(ii) Buyer registrations are required to be
				renewed annually on or before the expiration date of the previous year's
				registration.
(iii) Upon
				registration, a buyer shall have access to the previous month's
				reports/data.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0002 - Central Filing System › Chapter 1 - Effective Financing Statement (EFS) Transactions › Section 1-5 - Search Requests

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) General
				Requirements.
(i) The filing officer
				maintains a searchable index for all EFS records. The index shall provide for
				the retrieval of a record by the name of the debtor and by the file number of
				the initial financing statement and each filed EFS record relating to the
				initial financing statement.
(ii)
				Search requests presented to the Secretary of State's Office shall be in
				written form which includes hard copy or electronic, or via
				telephone.
(iii) Search requests
				shall contain the full name of the debtor to be searched and the request must
				specify whether the debtor is an individual debtor name or an organization
				debtor name.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0002 - Central Filing System › Chapter 1 - Effective Financing Statement (EFS) Transactions › Section 1-6 - Acceptance and Refusal of Documents

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Duty to File.
(i) The duties and responsibilities of the
				filing officer with respect to the administration of the EFS are ministerial
				and the filing office bears no responsibility for the legal effectiveness of a
				filing. In accepting for filing or refusing to file an EFS record pursuant to
				these rules, the filing officer does none of the following:
(A) Determine the legal sufficiency or
				insufficiency of a document.
(B)
				Determine that a security interest in collateral exists or does not
				exist.
(C) Determine that
				information in the document is correct or incorrect, in whole or in
				part.
(D) Create a presumption that
				information in the document is correct or incorrect, in whole or in
				part.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0002 - Central Filing System › Chapter 1 - Effective Financing Statement (EFS) Transactions › Section 1-7 - Filing Procedures

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Filing and Data
				Entry Procedures.
(i) When entering
				information into the EFS system from paper filings, the debtor and/or secured
				party name(s) shall be entered exactly as set forth on the filing form even if
				it appears that the name of an individual has been placed in the field
				designated for an organization, and vice versa.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0004 - Business Entities › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 1-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
The Secretary of State, pursuant to
				  W.S.
				  17-16-122 and W.S. W.S.
				  W.S.
				  17-16-130, is authorized to promulgate rules
				  and regulations to implement the Wyoming Business Corporation Act and to set
				  the filing fees under the Act.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0004 - Business Entities › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 1-3 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) "Authorized" is defined as being
				officially registered with the Secretary of State.
(b) "Deceptively Similar" means a proposed
				business name, trademark or service mark which is similar in appearance to,
				similar in sound to, or most pertinent words are the same as, an authorized
				trademark or service mark.
(c)
				"Distinguishable" upon the records is defined in
				W.S.
				17-16-401(f).
(d) "Duplicating charges" are set in W.S.
				W.S. W.S.
				9-1-305 and all duplicating charges which are
				left to the discretion of the Secretary of State are, by these rules, set at
				that same rate. Charges for electronic data are established by the Secretary of
				State based on the type of electronic transfer requested.
(e) "Five days" means five (5) business
				days.
(f) "Sixty days" means sixty
				(60) calendar days.
(g) "Ten days"
				means ten (10) business days.
(h)
				"Twenty days" means twenty (20) calendar days.
(i) "Written notice" means delivery by
				standard United States mail unless otherwise noted in the same statute or
				rules. The Secretary of State may send notice by a more expedited or secure
				method such as priority mail, certified mail or express delivery
				service.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0004 - Business Entities › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 1-4 - Filing Requirements

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Documents shall
				contain the information required by the Wyoming Business Corporation Act
				W.S.
				17-16-101 through 17-16-1803.
(b) Domestic and foreign corporations shall
				be in good standing before amendments, dissolutions, mergers, withdrawals, and
				transfers can be filed by the Secretary of State.
(c) The secretary of state may revoke the
				filing of a document if the fee for the document was paid by an instrument or
				credit card payment that was dishonored when presented by the state for payment
				and the corporation fails to pay the fee, plus any additional processing charge
				authorized by law within ten (10) days of notice.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0004 - Business Entities › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 1-5 - Fees Not Established in W. S. 17-16-101 through 17-16-1803

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Any filing other than an initial filing,
				or annual report filing tax or as set forth in (b) below. $50.00
(b) Certificate of Existence or Evidence
				$10.00
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0004 - Business Entities › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION NAME › Section 2-1 - Corporate Name, Uses Restricted

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) A proposed
				business entity name shall not be the same as or deceptively similar to any
				trademark or service mark registered in this state and shall be distinguishable
				upon the records of the Secretary of State from other business names as
				provided in
				W.S.
				17-16-401 and as determined by the Secretary
				of State.
(b) The use of
				corporation names shall be restricted in the following manner:
(i) No person or entity shall incorporate
				under a name using any of the terms "bank," "banker," "bancorp,"
				"bancorporation," "banc," "banque," "banquers," "banco," "banca," or words of
				similar import, whether in English or a foreign language, until they have fully
				complied with W.S. 1977
				
											13-1-101 et seq., the banking laws of a
				United States jurisdiction, the Federal Bank Holding Act of 1956 (
				12
				USC 1841 ), or the federal Homeowners Loan
				Act (
				12
				U.S.C. 1461 et. seq.). If good reason is
				shown for the use of the words "bancorp" or "bancorporation," the Secretary of
				State may at her discretion allow the use of the word(s), e.g., subsidiaries
				using parent company's name and parent company is regulated. If a proposed
				corporate name uses any of the terms outlined in this subparagraph in a way
				which is clearly not related to banking, the trust business or any other
				financial endeavor, this subparagraph does not apply. (For example, "Wyoming
				Blood Bank".)
(ii) The Secretary of
				State shall not register a corporate name including the term "trust" until
				notifying the Department of Audit and receiving written confirmation that the
				corporation is a financial institution and has complied with Title 13 of the
				Wyoming Statutes. Corporations that are not financial institutions as defined
				by W.S. W.S.
				W.S.
				13-1-101(a)(ix) will be
				permitted to use the word "trust," or "trust company" in their name only if the
				Secretary of State determines that the words are being used in a way which is
				clearly not related to banking, the trust business or any other financial
				endeavor.
(iii) The Secretary of
				State shall not register a corporate name which implies it is a degree granting
				institution of higher learning until verifying that it is licensed by the
				Department of Education. If the Department of Education requires licensing and
				the corporation is not licensed, then the Secretary of State shall refuse to
				file the documents until licensing is completed. This rule does not apply to
				institutions of higher learning which are exempt from licensing under the
				Department of Education's statutes or rules or to non-educational entities such
				as "University Bookstore, Inc."
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0004 - Business Entities › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION NAME › Section 2-2 - Procedure if Filing is Rejected

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) If a filing
				officer rejects a corporate name because it is the same as, or deceptively
				similar to a currently authorized trademark or service mark on file or not
				distinguishable upon the records of the Secretary of State from a trade name on
				file, the proposed user may show proof that he is the owner of that trademark,
				service mark or trade name and that he proposes to use that mark or that trade
				name as the name of his corporation.
(b) If a filing officer rejects a proposed
				business name or an application for reservation of a business name because it
				is the same as, or deceptively similar to any trademark or service mark
				currently authorized or not distinguishable upon the records of the Secretary
				of State from another business name currently authorized, the filing officer
				shall notify the applicant within five days after the filing is delivered, that
				the filing is rejected with a brief, written explanation of the
				reason.
(c) Within five days of
				delivery of notice of rejection, the applicant may appeal the decision to the
				Secretary of State. Such a request must be in writing and should include
				information as to why the appeal should be granted. Within five days after
				delivery of the appeal request, the Secretary of State shall notify the
				business entity which holds the currently authorized name that an appeal has
				been filed. The authorized business entity shall be notified that it may
				present information as to why the appeal should/should not be granted. If the
				authorized business entity chooses to provide information, he shall do so
				within five days of delivery of notice of the appeal request.
(d) Within five days after all information is
				to be submitted, the Secretary of State shall issue a final decision regarding
				the appeal. All parties shall be notified of the decision by certified
				letter.
(e) This procedure shall be
				informal and shall not be a contested case proceeding. Any final decision may
				be appealed to the appropriate District Court pursuant to the Wyoming
				Administrative Procedure Act. If the procedure in this Section is invoked, the
				thirty day appeal time provided in
				W.S.
				16-3-114 and Rule 12.04 of the Wyoming Rules
				of Appellate Procedure, does not begin to run until the Secretary of State
				issues a final decision letter as described in paragraph (c) above.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0004 - Business Entities › Chapter 3 - FOREIGN CORPORATION › Section 3-1 - Corporate Name of Foreign Corporation, W.S. 17-16-1506

Current through July 13, 2024
Chapter 2, Sections
				  1
				  through
				  2 apply
				  to a foreign corporate name and a fictitious name.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0004 - Business Entities › Chapter 3 - FOREIGN CORPORATION › Section 3-2 - Procedure for Revocation

Current through July 13, 2024
At least annually, the Secretary of State may publish in a
				  newspaper in the county in which the registered office of the corporation is
				  located notices of revocations of foreign corporations which have failed to
				  comply with
				  W.S.
				  17-16-1630.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0004 - Business Entities › Chapter 3 - FOREIGN CORPORATION › Section 3-3 - Merger of Foreign Corporation

Current through July 13, 2024
Whenever a foreign corporation authorized to transact
				  business in this state shall be a party to a statutory merger permitted by the
				  laws of the state or country of incorporation, it shall within thirty (30) days
				  after a merger becomes effective, file with the Secretary of State a
				  certificate of evidence current dated within sixty (60) days prior to filing in
				  this office.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0004 - Business Entities › Chapter 4 - DISSOLUTION › Section 4-1 - Revocation of Dissolution

Current through July 13, 2024
The Secretary of State shall file Articles of Revocation of
				  Dissolution pursuant to
				  W.S.
				  17-16-1404 unless the corporations name
				  becomes unavailable pursuant to W.S. W.S.
				  W.S.
				  17-16-401 during the statutorily allotted
				  time of 120 days. If the name is unavailable, the Secretary of State shall give
				  written notice to the dissolved corporation of the rejection of the filing and
				  the avenues available to the corporation as set forth in Chapter 2, Sections
				  1
				  through
				  2.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0004 - Business Entities › Chapter 4 - DISSOLUTION › Section 4-2 - Procedure for Administrative Dissolution

Current through July 13, 2024
At least annually, the Secretary of State may publish in a
				  newspaper in the county in which the registered office of the corporation is
				  located notices of dissolutions of corporations which have failed to comply
				  with W.S.
				  17-16-1630.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0004 - Business Entities › Chapter 8 - ANNUAL REPORT AND LICENSE TAX › Section 8-1 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) "Assessed value" is the taxable value of
				an asset subject to a Wyoming ad valorem tax as defined by
				W.S.
				39-11-101(a)(i) as shown on
				the annual assessment schedule prepared by the County Assessor. Generally,
				assets which have an assessed value are reported on line 10 (buildings and
				other depreciable assets) and line 12 (land) on a corporation's balance
				sheet.
(b) "Balance sheet value" is
				the end of tax year value of an asset entered on the company's balance sheet.
				Balance sheet value shall be reported as contemplated in W.S. W.S.
				W.S.
				17-16-1630 which states:
(i) "Financial information in the annual
				report shall be current as of the end of the corporation's fiscal year
				immediately preceding the date the annual report is executed on behalf of the
				corporation."
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0004 - Business Entities › Chapter 8 - ANNUAL REPORT AND LICENSE TAX › Section 8-2 - Computation of License Tax

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) A corporation
				whose entire assets are located in Wyoming shall complete the worksheet
				(Appendix 1) and then apply the total asset figure to the following tax
				schedule. A corporation whose assets are in Wyoming and in other states shall
				use balance sheet values for any assets located in Wyoming (with the three
				exceptions described in Section
				1(c) of these rules) and
				apply the asset figure to the following tax schedule.
1. The fee is $50 or two-tenths of one mill
				on the dollar ($.0002) whichever is greater.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0004 - Business Entities › Chapter 8 - ANNUAL REPORT AND LICENSE TAX › Section 8-3 - Refunds

Current through July 13, 2024
Refunds may be given to corporations which mistakenly
				  over-pay corporate license taxes. The time frame within which a company may
				  request a refund is within one year from the date the claim accrues. A claim
				  accrues at the time the tax is paid.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0004 - Business Entities › Chapter 8 - ANNUAL REPORT AND LICENSE TAX › Appendix 1 - Worksheet

Current through July 13, 2024
Annual Corporation Report
(This annual report applies to corporations organized under
				  the Revised Wyoming Business Corporation Act and not to corporations formed
				  under the Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act.)
Please return worksheet with Annual
				  Report
A balance sheet is provided below (similar to Schedule L of
				  IRS Form 1120 or 1120S, Form 1065 for partnerships or similar IRS filing forms)
				  showing the items to be included in computing "total assets" (with the three
				  exceptions):
1. Cash $ _______________
2a. Trade Notes & Accounts Receivable $
				  _______________
2b. Subtract Allowance for bad debts $( _____________ ) $
				  _______________
3. Inventories $ ______________
4. U.S. Government Obligations $ ______________
5. Tax-Exempt Securities $ _______________
6. Other Current Assets $ _______________
7. Loans to Stockholders (loans the company made to its
				  shareholders) $ _______________
8. Mortgage and Real Estate Loans (loans or investments
				  owned, not your debts) $ _______________
9. Other Investments $ _______________
10. Buildings and Other Depreciable Tangible Assets, real and
				  personal (USE ASSESSED VALUATION.) DO NOT subtract accumulated depreciation
				  from assessed valuation. For depreciable assets which are not assessed, use
				  balance sheet with depreciation subtracted. $ _______________
11. Depletable assets (soda, coal, mineral oil, precious
				  metals, saline, or other valuable deposits); the value is equal to the assessed
				  value of the gross product produced for the fiscal year most recently ended. $
				  _______________
12. Land (USE ASSESSED VALUATION.) $ _______________
13a. Intangible Assets $ _______________
13b. Subtract Accumulated Amortization $( _____________ ) $
				  _______________
14. Other Assets $ _______________
15. TOTAL CORPORATE ASSET VALUE FOR COMPUTING CORPORATE TAX
				  (Add lines 1 - 14) $ _______________
The fee is $50 or two-tenths of one mill on the dollar
				  ($.0002) whichever is greater.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 1 - STATE-BASED ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT PROCEDURES › Section 1-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
These Complaint Procedures are established as required by the
				  Help America Vote Act of 2002 [hereafter referred to as HAVA],
				  P.L.
				  107-252,
				  Section
				  402, and
				  W.S.
				  22-2-121(b) and (d) and in
				  accordance with the Wyoming State Plan created pursuant to
				  HAVA.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 1 - STATE-BASED ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT PROCEDURES › Section 1-2 - Purpose

Current through July 13, 2024
These rules are promulgated to establish State-based uniform,
				  nondiscriminatory administrative complaint procedures under which all
				  complaints alleging violations of Title III of HAVA, Sections 301 through 312,
				  may be promptly and efficiently resolved and all complaints of merit will be
				  appropriately remedied by the State of Wyoming.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 1 - STATE-BASED ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT PROCEDURES › Section 1-3 - Applicability

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Any person who believes there is a
				violation of any provision of Title III of HAVA (including a violation which
				has occurred, is occurring, or is about to occur) may file a
				complaint.
(b) These procedures
				shall apply only to complaints raised under Title III of HAVA.
(c) Other complaints related to the conduct
				of elections shall be raised with the responsible public official(s), United
				States or Wyoming prosecutors, the Wyoming Secretary of State, or the Wyoming
				Attorney General as appropriate under
				W.S.
				22-26-101 through 121;
				42
				U.S.C. §
										1973 et seq.;
				42 U.S.C. §
										12101 et seq.;
				42 U.S.C.
				§
										701; and other applicable
				laws.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 1 - STATE-BASED ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT PROCEDURES › Section 1-4 - Form of Complaint

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The Secretary
				of State shall establish a Complaint Form to be used, although complaints
				received in substantially the same form and meeting all the legal requirements
				of subsection (b) below shall be accepted.
(b) At a minimum, the complaint shall be in
				writing and notarized, and signed and sworn to by the person making the
				complaint. The complaint shall also state who is making the complaint, his
				address and telephone number, the alleged violation(s) of Title III of HAVA,
				and the facts supporting the allegations.
(c) The complaint may name witnesses to the
				alleged violation and attach their written statements; may attach documentary
				evidence supporting the allegations; and may also identify the sections,
				subsections, and paragraphs of HAVA alleged to have been violated.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 1 - STATE-BASED ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT PROCEDURES › Section 1-5 - Place and Method of Filing Complaints

Current through July 13, 2024
All complaints filed under this chapter shall be filed with
				  the
Wyoming Secretary of State, Elections Division, Wyoming State
				  Capitol, 200 West 24th Street, Cheyenne, Wyoming
				  82002-0200
. Telephonic, electronic, and facsimile complaints will
				  not be accepted under this chapter. There is no fee for filing a
				  complaint.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 1 - STATE-BASED ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT PROCEDURES › Section 1-6 - Maintenance and Confidentiality of Official Agency Record

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The Secretary of State shall be the
				official custodian of the agency record of each complaint.
(b) The record consists of all papers filed
				by the Complainant; the results of any investigation conducted; submissions
				made by the election officials in response to the allegations; correspondence
				between the Complainant or the involved election official(s) and the Secretary
				of State or his designee; all evidence received; and other documents received
				or generated by the Secretary of State, his designee, or the hearing officer,
				concerning the substance and/or procedure applied to resolution of the
				complaint.
(c) All records are
				confidential until completion of the informal investigation and entry of a
				decision and order as authorized by Section
				10,
				Administrative Resolution, of this chapter. Thereafter they are public
				records.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 1 - STATE-BASED ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT PROCEDURES › Section 1-7 - Service of Papers on all Parties

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) When a
				complaint alleges violations by a County Clerk or his staff, the designee of
				the Secretary of State shall promptly transmit a copy of the complaint to the
				County Clerk and permit him to respond on his own behalf.
(b) A copy of each piece of correspondence
				between the Complainant or the County Clerk and the Secretary of State, his
				designee, or the he aring officer, shall be filed with the Secretary of State.
				Copies of the correspondence and filings shall simultaneously be mailed to the
				hearing officer, if his identity and address are known, and to the opposing
				party, if any.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 1 - STATE-BASED ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT PROCEDURES › Section 1-8 - Initial Screening

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The complaint
				shall be screened by a designee of the Secretary of State to determine if it
				meets the criteria in HAVA and these rules.
(b) If the complaint does not meet the
				criteria in HAVA and these rules as stated in Section
				4(b), it shall be
				dismissed, although it may also be referred to other appropriate
				authorities.
(c) If the complaint
				is dismissed, a designee of the Secretary of State shall send notice of the
				dismissal and a copy of these rules to the Complainant. The notice shall advise
				the Complainant that he is not precluded from refiling a complaint which
				conforms to the legal requirements.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 1 - STATE-BASED ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT PROCEDURES › Section 1-10 - Administrative Resolution

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Following the
				initial screening, complaints shall be resolved informally if
				possible.
(b) The designee of the
				Secretary of State shall consider all information filed, and he shall conduct
				an informal investigation of the complaint as appropriate, including contacting
				the people alleged to have violated HAVA or alleged to be about to violate
				HAVA.
(c) Based on the agency
				record, the designee of the Secretary of State may enter a decision and order,
				which may include an appropriate remedy. When the decision is that no violation
				of HAVA, Title III, has or is about to occur, the complaint shall be dismissed
				and the results of the procedures published on the website of the Secretary of
				State.
(d) The designee of the
				Secretary of State shall send the decision and order to the Complainant by
				appropriate means including proof of delivery to the address provided by the
				Complainant.
(e) Simultaneously the
				designee of the Secretary of State shall send a copy of the decision and order
				to the chief election official, if any, who was alleged, directly or
				indirectly, to have violated or be about to violate Title III of
				HAVA.
(f) Along with the decision
				and order, the designee of the Secretary of State shall notify the Complainant
				of his right to request a hearing on the record if not satisfied. The request
				shall be in writing and received within ten (10) calendar days after the
				Complainants receipt of the decision and order. Such requests may be submitted
				by facsimile or e-mail as well.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 1 - STATE-BASED ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT PROCEDURES › Section 1-11 - Administrative Hearing

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) An informal
				administrative hearing shall be conducted following timely receipt of a written
				request for a hearing on the record.
(b) The Secretary of State or his designee
				shall promptly set the matter for hearing.
(c) The Secretary of State may preside over
				the hearing or designate a hearing officer to conduct the matter and to prepare
				a recommended decision and order.
(d) The hearing shall occur within a
				reasonable period of time but in no case more than eighty (80) calendar days
				after the initial complaint was filed.
(e) The Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act,
				the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure, the Wyoming Rules of Evidence, and the
				Wyoming Rules of Appellate Procedure shall not apply to these
				proceedings.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 1 - STATE-BASED ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT PROCEDURES › Section 1-12 - Location and Recording of Administrative Hearing

Current through July 13, 2024
The hearing shall be conducted at a site convenient to the
				  parties and selected by the Secretary of State or his designee, or it may be
				  conducted by telephone. An audio recording shall be made of the proceedings. If
				  any party prefers to have a court reporter record the proceedings, he may do so
				  at his own expense.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 1 - STATE-BASED ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT PROCEDURES › Section 1-13 - Special Accommodations and Persons Present at the Administrative Hearing

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Individuals
				with disabilities shall inform the Secretary of State or his designee at least
				five (5) business days before the informal hearing of any special
				accommodations they require. They may have people assist them and speak for
				them as desired.
(b) All parties
				may be accompanied by persons to assist them in their presentations and provide
				additional factual information.
(c)
				The hearing shall be open to the public.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 1 - STATE-BASED ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT PROCEDURES › Section 1-14 - Objectives and Procedure of Administrative Hearing

Current through July 13, 2024
(a)
				The Secretary of State or the hearing officer has considerable discretion in
				how the hearing is conducted, although the overriding consideration is to
				provide a speedy, fair, and efficient method by which the parties may be heard
				and the matter decided in order to support and effectuate the letter and spirit
				of HAVA.
(i) The Secretary of State or the
				hearing officer shall introduce the matter on the record and explain the
				procedures to be followed.
(ii) The
				Complainant shall then explain his case.
(iii) The County Clerk or other election
				official, if any, shall then be permitted to explain his view of the
				case.
(iv) The Complainant shall
				have the final opportunity to speak.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 1 - STATE-BASED ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT PROCEDURES › Section 1-15 - Final Decision

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The Secretary
				of State retains authority on behalf of the State of Wyoming to make the final
				decision in each instance from the initial screening through a hearing on the
				record.
(b) Upon deciding a
				meritorious complaint, the Secretary of State shall order an appropriate
				remedy.
(c) Upon the Secretary of
				State's entry of the final decision and order into the record, he shall also
				deliver the decision and order to the Complainant by appropriate means,
				including proof of delivery, to the address provided by the Complainant and to
				the other parties, if any.
(d) If
				the final decision and order result in the dismissal of the complaint, the
				result of the procedures shall be published on the website of the Secretary of
				State.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 1 - STATE-BASED ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT PROCEDURES › Section 1-16 - Appropriate Remedies

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The Secretary
				of State has discretion to determine the nature of an appropriate
				remedy.
(b) An appropriate remedy
				may detail actions to be taken or procedures to be followed by election
				officials, and it may include a corrective action plan.
(c) The officials required to take the
				corrective action shall report to the Secretary of State or his designee the
				steps taken in accordance with the requirements and schedule provided in the
				decision and order.
(d) Appropriate
				remedies are limited to those which are designed to assure compliance with
				Title III of HAVA. They shall never include an award of monetary damages to a
				Complainant nor any punitive remedy.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 1 - STATE-BASED ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT PROCEDURES › Section 1-17 - Time Allowed for Entire Process

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The State has
				ninety (90) days within which to make a final determination with respect to a
				complaint. The period begins with the date of the filing of the
				complaint.
(b) The time limit may
				be extended only with consent of the Complainant and all opposing parties, if
				there are any.
(c) When multiple
				complaints that have been consolidated, all deadlines in these rules shall be
				determined by the date the last complaint was filed.
(d) When multiple complaints have been
				consolidated, an extension of time shall apply only to those Complainants who
				have consented to the extension of time.
(e) Consent for an extension of time shall be
				in writing and filed with the Secretary of State before the ninety (90) day
				period expires.
(f) The Secretary
				of State or the hearing officer is authorized to grant reasonable extensions of
				time at the request of the parties as qualified above.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 1 - STATE-BASED ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT PROCEDURES › Section 1-18 - Results of Failure to Conclude the Hearing Process within the Time Allowed

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) When a complaint has not been finally
				resolved within the ninety (90) day period, the complaint shall be referred by
				the Secretary of State to the Wyoming Attorney General or other qualified
				individual for alternative dispute resolution procedures.
(b) When complaints have been consolidated
				and some Complainants have not consented to an extension of the ninety (90) day
				deadline, their complaints shall be subject to separation from the others and
				treatment under this section.
(c)
				The person designated to provide the alternate dispute resolution, hereafter
				referred to as the ADR hearing officer, shall have a copy of the agency record
				of the proceedings.
(d) With one
				exception, the ADR hearing officer shall adhere to the Complaint Procedures
				established in this chapter in resolving the complaint. The exception is that
				the ADR hearing officer may conduct an administrative hearing in accordance
				with the hearing procedures of the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act,
				W.S.
				16-3-107 through 112, with time lines
				adjusted to fit the time limits below. Conduct of the hearing in accordance
				with these procedures does not alter the authority of the Secretary of State as
				the final decision maker.
(e) The
				ADR hearing officer shall conclude the matter as expeditiously as possible and
				forward to the Secretary of State his recommended decision and order within the
				time allowed by the Secretary of State in his designation or appointment of the
				ADR hearing officer.
(f) The
				Secretary of State shall enter the final decision and order no later than sixty
				(60) calendar days after the expiration of the ninety (90) day
				period.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 2 - IDENTIFICATION FOR VOTER REGISTRATION › Section 2-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
These rules are authorized by
				  W.S.
				  22-1-102(a)(xxxix)(A) and
				  22-2-121(b)
				  and (d).
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 2 - IDENTIFICATION FOR VOTER REGISTRATION › Section 2-2 - Voter Registration Application and Oath Form

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The County
				Clerks shall use the statewide voter registration application form prescribed
				by the Secretary of State made accessible electronically on the Secretary of
				State's Office website.
(b) An
				absent uniformed service or an overseas citizen voter may register by mail or
				email annually using the Federal Postcard Application in accordance with
				federal and state law and as prescribed in Chapter 3, Uniformed and Overseas
				Citizens' Absentee Voting.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 2 - IDENTIFICATION FOR VOTER REGISTRATION › Section 2-3 - Verification of Voter Information

Current through July 13, 2024
The County Clerk shall verify the voter information using the
				  statewide voter registration system.
(a) For persons registering to vote at the
				polls, they shall be considered registered. If after the election, the voter's
				information cannot be verified in the statewide voter registration system,
				their registration shall be pended and investigated by the County
				Clerk.
(b) If the individual is
				registering on any day other than election day, they shall be registered if the
				required information is found to be valid.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0005 - Election Procedures › Chapter 2 - IDENTIFICATION FOR VOTER REGISTRATION › Section 2-4 - Documents for Voter Registration

Current through July 13, 2024
The required documentation for registering to vote in
				  accordance with
				  W.S.
				  22-3-103 are:
(a) Voter Registration Application Form as
				prescribed by the Secretary of State; and
(b) Acceptable Identification in accordance
				with Sections 5 and 6 of this chapter.