Title 34, Title 34 — Property, Conveyances And Security Transactions

Filing of claim with administrator. (a) A person, excluding another state, claiming an interest in any property paid or delivered to the administrator may file with the administrator a claim on a form prescribed by the administrator and verified by the claimant. (b) The administr…

Claim of another state to recover property; procedure. (a) At any time after property has been paid or delivered to the administrator under this act another state may recover the property if: (i) The property was subjected to custody by this state because the records of the holde…

Action to establish claim. A person aggrieved by a decision of the administrator or whose claim has not been acted upon within ninety (90) days after its filing may bring an action to establish the claim in the district court of the county where the claimant resides or in the dis…

Delivery prior to abandonment. A holder, with the written consent of the administrator and upon conditions and terms prescribed by him, may report and deliver property before the property is deemed abandoned. Property delivered under this subsection shall be held by the administr…

Destruction or disposition of property having insubstantial commercial value; immunity from liability. If the administrator determines after investigation that any property delivered under this act has insubstantial commercial value, the administrator may destroy or otherwise dis…

Periods of limitation. (a) The expiration, before or after the effective date of this act, of any period of time specified by contract, statute or court order, during which a claim for money or property can be made or during which an action or proceeding may be commenced or enfor…

Examination of records. (a) If an examination of the records of a person results in the disclosure of property reportable and deliverable under this act, the administrator may assess the cost of the examination against the holder at the rate of one hundred dollars ($100.00) a day…

Retention of records. (a) Every holder required to file a report under W.S. 34-24-118, as to any property for which it has obtained the last known address of the owner, shall maintain a record of the name and last known address of the owner for five (5) years after the property b…

Enforcement. (a) The administrator, for and on behalf of this state, may commence an action, summary or otherwise, in the district court of the county where the defendant resides or in the district court of Laramie county: (i) For an adjudication that certain property is unclaime…

Interstate agreements and cooperation; joint and reciprocal actions with other states. (a) The administrator may enter into agreements with other states to exchange information needed to enable this or another state to audit or otherwise determine unclaimed property that it or an…

Interest and penalties. (a) Unless specifically exempted by federal law: (i) A person who willfully fails to present a report to the administrator when due or to perform any other duty required under this act, other than payment or delivery of unclaimed property as required by th…

Agreements to locate property. (a) All agreements from claimants to pay compensation to a third-party researcher to recover or assist in the recovery of property reported under W.S. 34-24-118, made within twenty-four (24) months after the date payment or delivery is made from the…

Foreign transactions. This act does not apply to any property held, due and owing in a foreign country and arising out of a foreign transaction.

Effect of new provisions; clarification of application. (a) This act does not relieve a holder of a duty that arose before the effective date of this act to report, pay or deliver property. A holder who did not comply with the law in effect before the effective date of this act i…

Rules. The administrator may adopt necessary rules to carry out the provisions of this act.

Property originated or issued by this state, any political subdivision hereof or any entity incorporated, organized, created or otherwise located herein. (a) All intangible property, including but not limited to securities, principal, interest, dividends, or other earnings thereo…

System of plane coordinates adopted. (a) The most recent version of the state plane coordinate system for the state of Wyoming that has been established by NGS, based on the NSRS for defining and stating the positions or locations of points on the surface of the earth within the …

Designation of coordinates. The plane coordinates of a point on the earth's surface, to be used in expressing the position or location of such point in the appropriate zone of this system, shall consist of two (2) distances, expressed in feet and decimals of a foot, or meters and…

Land extending into other zones. When any tract of land to be defined by a single description extends from one (1) zone into other zones, the positions of all the points on its boundaries shall be referred to as only one (1) of the zones, the zone which is used shall be specifica…

Recording coordinates. Coordinates based on the Wyoming Plane Coordinate System, purporting to define the position of a point on a land boundary, may be presented to be recorded in any public land records or deed records in the office of a county clerk. The method and source for …

Reference to system on maps. The use of the term "Wyoming Plane Coordinate System" on any map, report of survey or other document, shall be limited to plane coordinates based on the Wyoming Plane Coordinate System as defined in this chapter.

Description in other surveys; conflicts. Wherever coordinates based on the Wyoming Plane Coordinate System are used to describe any tract of land which in the same document is also described by reference to any subdivision, line or corner of the United States public land surveys,…

Application. (a) Nothing contained in this chapter shall require any purchaser or mortgagee to rely on a description, any part of which depends exclusively upon the Wyoming Plane Coordinate System. (b) The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to: (i) Prohibit the app…

Definitions. (a) As used in this chapter: (i) "Metadata" means data that describes other data including utilized geodetic reference system data, applicable epoch, statement or relative accuracy data and date of observation data; (ii) "NGS" means the national ocean service's natio…

Short title. This act may be cited as the "Wind Energy Rights Act."

Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) "Wind energy agreement" means a lease, license, easement or other agreement, whether by grant or reservation, to develop or participate in the income from or the development of wind powered energy generation; (ii) "Wind energy developer" …

Declaration of wind energy rights. (a) Wind energy rights shall be regarded as an interest in real property and appurtenant to the surface estate. (b) Wind energy rights shall not be severed from the surface estate, except that wind energy may be developed pursuant to a wind ener…

Dominance of mineral estate. Nothing in this act shall be construed to change the common law as of April 1, 2011 as it relates to the rights belonging to, or the dominance of, the mineral estate.

Compensation for taking of wind or solar energy rights. Nothing in this act diminishes the right of the owner of the surface estate to receive compensation under W.S. 1-26-701 through 1-26-715 for the taking of wind or solar energy rights incidental to the exercise of eminent dom…

No restriction on transfer of wind energy agreement. Nothing in this act shall be construed to restrict the transfer of a wind energy agreement, including the transfer of the surface owner's right to receive payments under the wind energy agreement.

Reversion of easements. Unless otherwise agreed between the surface owner and wind energy developer, all easement interests acquired after April 1, 2011 for the purpose of producing wind energy shall revert to the owner of the surface estate if wind energy production has ceased f…

Definitions. (a) As used in this chapter: (i) "Transfer" means the sale, gift, conveyance, assignment, inheritance or other transfer of an ownership interest in real property located in this state; (ii) "Private transfer fee" means a fee or charge payable upon the transfer of an …

Prohibition. A private transfer fee obligation recorded or entered into in this state on or after April 1, 2012 does not run with the title to real property and is not binding on or enforceable at law or in equity against any subsequent owner, purchaser or mortgagee of any intere…

Recording of existing private transfer fee obligations; jurisdictions; affidavit of payment; exemption of mineral rights. (a) The payee of a private transfer fee obligation imposed prior to April 1, 2012 or an obligation under W.S. 34-28-101(a)(ii)(H) shall record a notice of pri…

Definitions. (a) As used in this chapter: (i) "Digital asset" means a representation of economic, proprietary or access rights that is stored in a computer readable format and is either a digital consumer asset, digital security or virtual currency; (ii) "Digital consumer asset" …

Classification of digital assets as property; applicability to Uniform Commercial Code; application of other law. (a) Digital assets are classified in the following manner: (i) Digital consumer assets are intangible personal property and shall be considered general intangibles, a…

Perfection of security interests in digital assets; control; possession; security agreements; location. (a) Notwithstanding the financing statement requirement specified by W.S. 34.1-9-310(a) as otherwise applied to general intangibles or any other provision of law, perfection of…

Digital asset custodial services. (a) A bank may provide custodial services for digital assets consistent with this section upon providing sixty (60) days written notice to the commissioner. If a bank elects to provide custodial services for digital assets, it shall comply with a…

Jurisdiction of courts. Subject to other jurisdictional limits placed on specific courts by Wyoming law, the courts of Wyoming shall have jurisdiction to hear claims in both law and equity relating to digital assets, including those arising from this chapter and the Uniform Comme…

Wyoming Utility Token Act; open blockchain tokens classified as intangible personal property; characteristics; filing requirements; fee; enforcement authority; definitions; virtual currency. (a) This section may be cited as the "Wyoming Utility Token Act." (b) An open blockchain …

Production of private keys; prohibition. (a) No person shall be compelled to produce a private key or make a private key known to any other person in any civil, criminal, administrative, legislative or other proceeding in this state that relates to a digital asset, digital identi…

Definitions. (a) For purposes of this article: (i) "Secretary" means the secretary of state.

Registered digital assets; limitations; certificate. (a) The lawful owner of any digital asset or the lawful owner's agent may register the digital asset with the secretary in accordance with this article. Digital assets registered with the secretary shall be deemed to be located…

Application for registration; filing fee; limitations. (a) Subject to the limitations set forth in this article, any person may submit an application to the secretary in the form and containing information as prescribed by the secretary, for registration of a digital asset. The a…

Examination of application; amendment of application. (a) Upon the filing of a complete application for registration and payment of the registration fee, the application shall be deemed approved and the digital asset registered pursuant to this article unless the secretary, at hi…

Term of registration; renewals. (a) Registration of a digital asset is effective for a term of five (5) years from the date of registration. Upon application filed within six (6) months prior to the expiration of the registration term and in a manner complying with the requiremen…