Title 34.1, Title 34.1 — Uniform Commercial Code
10 chapters · 511 sections in this title.
W.S. § 34.1-9-329 Priority of security interests in letter-of-credit right
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Priority of security interests in letter-of-credit right. (a) The following rules govern priority among conflicting security interests in the same letter-of-credit right: (i) A security interest held by a secured party having control of the letter-of-credit right under section 34…
W.S. § 34.1-9-330 Priority of purchaser of chattel paper or instrument
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Priority of purchaser of chattel paper or instrument. (a) A purchaser of chattel paper has priority over a security interest in the chattel paper which is claimed merely as proceeds of inventory subject to a security interest if: (i) In good faith and in the ordinary course of th…
W.S. § 34.1-9-331 Priority of rights of purchasers of instruments, documents, and securities under other articles; priority of interests in financial assets and security entitlements under article 8
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Priority of rights of purchasers of instruments, documents, and securities under other articles; priority of interests in financial assets and security entitlements under article 8. (a) This article does not limit the rights of a holder in due course of a negotiable instrument, a…
W.S. § 34.1-9-332 Transfer of money; transfer of funds from deposit account
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Transfer of money; transfer of funds from deposit account. (a) A transferee of money takes the money free of a security interest unless the transferee acts in collusion with the debtor in violating the rights of the secured party. (b) A transferee of funds from a deposit account …
W.S. § 34.1-9-333 Priority of certain liens arising by operation of law
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Priority of certain liens arising by operation of law. (a) In this section, "possessory lien" means an interest, other than a security interest or an agricultural lien: (i) Which secures payment or performance of an obligation for services or materials furnished with respect to g…
W.S. § 34.1-9-334 Priority of security interests in fixtures and crops
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Priority of security interests in fixtures and crops. (a) A security interest under this article may be created in goods that are fixtures or may continue in goods that become fixtures. A security interest does not exist under this article in ordinary building materials incorpora…
W.S. § 34.1-9-335 Accessions
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Accessions. (a) A security interest may be created in an accession and continues in collateral that becomes an accession. (b) If a security interest is perfected when the collateral becomes an accession, the security interest remains perfected in the collateral. (c) Except as oth…
W.S. § 34.1-9-336 Commingled goods
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Commingled goods. (a) In this section, "commingled goods" means goods that are physically united with other goods in such a manner that their identity is lost in a product or mass. (b) A security interest does not exist in commingled goods as such. However, a security interest ma…
W.S. § 34.1-9-337 Priority of security interests in goods covered by certificate of title
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Priority of security interests in goods covered by certificate of title. (a) If, while a security interest in goods is perfected by any method under the law of another jurisdiction, this state issues a certificate of title that does not show that the goods are subject to the secu…
W.S. § 34.1-9-338 Priority of security interest or agricultural lien perfected by filed financing statement providing certain incorrect information
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Priority of security interest or agricultural lien perfected by filed financing statement providing certain incorrect information. (a) If a security interest or agricultural lien is perfected by a filed financing statement providing information described in section 34.1-9-516(b)(…
W.S. § 34.1-9-339 Priority subject to subordination
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Priority subject to subordination. This article does not preclude subordination by agreement by a person entitled to priority.
W.S. § 34.1-9-340 Effectiveness of right of recoupment or set-off against deposit account
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Effectiveness of right of recoupment or set-off against deposit account. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), a bank with which a deposit account is maintained may exercise any right of recoupment or set-off against a secured party that holds a security interest in…
W.S. § 34.1-9-341 Bank's rights and duties with respect to deposit account
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Bank's rights and duties with respect to deposit account. (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 34.1-9-340(c), and unless the bank otherwise agrees in an authenticated record, a bank's rights and duties with respect to a deposit account maintained with the bank are not term…
W.S. § 34.1-9-342 Bank's right to refuse to enter into or disclose existence of control agreement
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Bank's right to refuse to enter into or disclose existence of control agreement. This article does not require a bank to enter into an agreement of the kind described in section 34.1-9-104(a)(ii), even if its customer so requests or directs. A bank that has entered into such an a…
W.S. § 34.1-9-401 Alienability of debtor's rights
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Alienability of debtor's rights. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) and sections 34.1-9-406, 34.1-9-407, 34.1-9-408 and 34.1-9-409, whether a debtor's rights in collateral may be voluntarily or involuntarily transferred is governed by law other than this article. …
W.S. § 34.1-9-402 Secured party not obligated on contract of debtor or in tort
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Secured party not obligated on contract of debtor or in tort. The existence of a security interest, agricultural lien or authority given to a debtor to dispose of or use collateral, without more, does not subject a secured party to liability in contract or tort for the debtor's a…
W.S. § 34.1-9-403 Agreement not to assert defenses against assignee
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Agreement not to assert defenses against assignee. (a) In this section, "value" has the meaning provided in section 34.1-3-303(a). (b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an agreement between an account debtor and an assignor not to assert against an assignee any claim …
W.S. § 34.1-9-404 Rights acquired by assignee; claims and defenses against assignee
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Rights acquired by assignee; claims and defenses against assignee. (a) Unless an account debtor has made an enforceable agreement not to assert defenses or claims, and subject to subsections (b) through (e), the rights of an assignee are subject to: (i) All terms of the agreement…
W.S. § 34.1-9-405 Modification of assigned contract
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Modification of assigned contract. (a) A modification of or substitution for an assigned contract is effective against an assignee if made in good faith. The assignee acquires corresponding rights under the modified or substituted contract. The assignment may provide that the mod…
W.S. § 34.1-9-406 Discharge of account debtor; notification of assignment; identification and proof of assignment; restrictions on assignment of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles and promissory notes ineffec
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Discharge of account debtor; notification of assignment; identification and proof of assignment; restrictions on assignment of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles and promissory notes ineffective. (a) Subject to subsections (b) through (j), an account debtor on an accoun…
W.S. § 34.1-9-407 Restrictions on creation or enforcement of security interest in leasehold interest or in lessor's residual interest
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Restrictions on creation or enforcement of security interest in leasehold interest or in lessor's residual interest. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a term in a lease agreement is ineffective to the extent that it: (i) Prohibits, restricts or requires the cons…
W.S. § 34.1-9-408 Restrictions on assignment of promissory notes, health-care-insurance receivables and certain general intangibles ineffective
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Restrictions on assignment of promissory notes, health-care-insurance receivables and certain general intangibles ineffective. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a term in a promissory note or in an agreement between an account debtor and a debtor which relates t…
W.S. § 34.1-9-409 Restrictions on assignment of letter-of-credit rights ineffective
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Restrictions on assignment of letter-of-credit rights ineffective. (a) A term in a letter of credit or a rule of law, statute, regulation, custom or practice applicable to the letter of credit which prohibits, restricts or requires the consent of an applicant, issuer or nominated…
W.S. § 34.1-9-501 Filing office
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Filing office. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), if the local law of this state governs perfection of a security interest or agricultural lien, the office in which to file a financing statement to perfect the security interest or agricultural lien is: (i) The of…
W.S. § 34.1-9-502 Contents of financing statement; record of mortgage as financing statement; time of filing financing statement
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Contents of financing statement; record of mortgage as financing statement; time of filing financing statement. (a) Subject to subsection (b), a financing statement is sufficient only if it: (i) Provides the name of the debtor; (ii) Provides the name of the secured party or a rep…
W.S. § 34.1-9-503 Name of debtor and secured party
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Name of debtor and secured party. (a) A financing statement sufficiently provides the name of the debtor: (i) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (iii) of this subsection, if the debtor is a registered organization or the collateral is held in a trust that is a registered o…
W.S. § 34.1-9-504 Indication of collateral
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Indication of collateral. (a) A financing statement sufficiently indicates the collateral that it covers if the financing statement provides: (i) A description of the collateral pursuant to section 34.1-9-108; or (ii) An indication that the financing statement covers all assets o…
W.S. § 34.1-9-505 Filing and compliance with other statutes and treaties for consignments, leases, other bailments and other transactions
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Filing and compliance with other statutes and treaties for consignments, leases, other bailments and other transactions. (a) A consignor, lessor or other bailor of goods, a licensor, or a buyer of a payment intangible or promissory note may file a financing statement, or may comp…
W.S. § 34.1-9-506 Effect of errors or omissions
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Effect of errors or omissions. (a) A financing statement substantially satisfying the requirements of this part is effective, even if it has minor errors or omissions, unless the errors or omissions make the financing statement seriously misleading. (b) Except as otherwise provid…
W.S. § 34.1-9-507 Effect of certain events on effectiveness of financing statement
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Effect of certain events on effectiveness of financing statement. (a) A filed financing statement remains effective with respect to collateral that is sold, exchanged, leased, licensed or otherwise disposed of and in which a security interest or agricultural lien continues, even …
W.S. § 34.1-9-508 Effectiveness of financing statement if new debtor becomes bound by security agreement
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Effectiveness of financing statement if new debtor becomes bound by security agreement. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a filed financing statement naming an original debtor is effective to perfect a security interest in collateral in which a new debtor has or a…
W.S. § 34.1-9-509 Persons entitled to file a record
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Persons entitled to file a record. (a) A person may file an initial financing statement, amendment that adds collateral covered by a financing statement or amendment that adds a debtor to a financing statement only if: (i) The debtor authorizes the filing in an authenticated reco…
W.S. § 34.1-9-510 Effectiveness of filed record
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Effectiveness of filed record. (a) A filed record is effective only to the extent that it was filed by a person that may file it under section 34.1-9-509. (b) A record authorized by one (1) secured party of record does not affect the financing statement with respect to another se…
W.S. § 34.1-9-511 Secured party of record
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Secured party of record. (a) A secured party of record with respect to a financing statement is a person whose name is provided as the name of the secured party or a representative of the secured party in an initial financing statement that has been filed. If an initial financing…
W.S. § 34.1-9-512 Amendment of financing statement
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Amendment of financing statement. (a) Subject to section 34.1-9-509, a person may add or delete collateral covered by, continue or terminate the effectiveness of, or, subject to subsection (e), otherwise amend the information provided in, a financing statement by filing an amendm…
W.S. § 34.1-9-513 Termination statement
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Termination statement. (a) A secured party shall cause the secured party of record for a financing statement to file a termination statement for the financing statement if the financing statement covers consumer goods and: (i) There is no obligation secured by the collateral cove…
W.S. § 34.1-9-514 Assignment of powers of secured party of record
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Assignment of powers of secured party of record. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), an initial financing statement may reflect an assignment of all of the secured party's power to authorize an amendment to the financing statement by providing the name and mailing…
W.S. § 34.1-9-515 (C) In the case of an initial financing statement that provides the name of a debtor identified as an individual or an amendment that provides a name of a debtor identified as an individual which was
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(C) In the case of an initial financing statement that provides the name of a debtor identified as an individual or an amendment that provides a name of a debtor identified as an individual which was not previously provided in the financing statement to which the record relates, …
W.S. § 34.1-9-516 What constitutes filing; effectiveness of filing
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What constitutes filing; effectiveness of filing. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), communication of a record to a filing office and tender of the filing fee or acceptance of the record by the filing office constitutes filing. (b) Filing does not occur with resp…
W.S. § 34.1-9-517 Effect of indexing errors
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Effect of indexing errors. The failure of the filing office to index a record correctly does not affect the effectiveness of the filed record.
W.S. § 34.1-9-518 Claim concerning inaccurate or wrongfully filed record
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Claim concerning inaccurate or wrongfully filed record. (a) A person may file in the filing office an information statement with respect to a record indexed there under the person's name if the person believes that the record is inaccurate or was wrongfully filed. (b) An informat…
W.S. § 34.1-9-519 Numbering, maintaining, and indexing records; communicating information provided in records
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Numbering, maintaining, and indexing records; communicating information provided in records. (a) For each record filed in a filing office, the filing office shall: (i) Assign a unique number to the filed record; (ii) Create a record that bears the number assigned to the filed rec…
W.S. § 34.1-9-520 Acceptance and refusal to accept record
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Acceptance and refusal to accept record. (a) A filing office shall refuse to accept a record for filing for a reason set forth in section 34.1-9-516(b) and may refuse to accept a record for filing only for a reason set forth in section 34.1-9-516(b). (b) If a filing office refuse…
W.S. § 34.1-9-521 Uniform form of written financing statement and amendment
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Uniform form of written financing statement and amendment. (a) Repealed By Laws 2013, Ch. 8, § 3. (b) Repealed By Laws 2013, Ch. 8, § 3. (c) A filing office that accepts written records may not refuse to accept a written initial financing statement in the form and format prescrib…
W.S. § 34.1-9-522 Maintenance and destruction of records
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Maintenance and destruction of records. (a) The filing office shall maintain a record of the information provided in a filed financing statement for at least one (1) year after the effectiveness of the financing statement has lapsed under section 34.1-9-515 with respect to all se…
W.S. § 34.1-9-523 Information from filing office; sale or license of records
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Information from filing office; sale or license of records. (a) If a person that files a written record requests an acknowledgment of the filing, the filing office shall send to the person an image of the record showing the number assigned to the record pursuant to section 34.1-9…
W.S. § 34.1-9-524 Delay by filing office
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Delay by filing office. (a) Delay by the filing office beyond a time limit prescribed by this part is excused if: (i) The delay is caused by interruption of communication or computer facilities, war, emergency conditions, failure of equipment or other circumstances beyond control…
W.S. § 34.1-9-525 Fees
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Fees. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), fees for services rendered by the filing office under this part must be set by rule adopted by the secretary of state. The rule must set the fees for filing and indexing a record under this article on the following basis: …
W.S. § 34.1-9-526 Filing-office rules
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Filing-office rules. (a) The secretary of state shall adopt and publish rules to implement this article. The filing-office rules must be: (i) Consistent with this article; and (ii) Adopted and published in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act. (b) To keep the …
W.S. § 34.1-9-527 Repealed By Laws 2008, Ch
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Repealed By Laws 2008, Ch. 44, § 2. PART 6 DEFAULT