Enforcement of Judgments

Wyo. Stat. Ann. tit. 1, ch. 17
in effect

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-101 Execution defined; issuance; kinds.

(a) An execution is a process of the court issued by the clerk and directed to the sheriff of the county. Executions may be issued to the sheriffs of different counties at the same time. (b) Executions are of two (2) kinds: (i) Against the property of the judgment debtor, including orders of sale; and (ii) For the delivery of the possession of real property in which case the writ shall contain a specific description of the property and a command to the officer to whom the writ is delivered to deliver the property to the person entitled to it. The writ may also require the officer to recover damages for withholding possession and costs, or costs alone, out of the property of the person who withholds possession.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-102 Request for hearing when property seized under execution.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, a person, other than a corporate entity, against whom a money judgment has been entered and whose property is seized under execution is entitled to a hearing within five (5) days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, after the court receives the person's written request for a hearing to determine if the property seized is exempt from execution. The person whose property is seized shall file a written request for a hearing with the clerk of court within ten (10) days after seizure of his property. (b) Except where the judgment is solely against corporate entities, the court shall attach to every money judgment a notice containing the following information: "You are informed that since the judgment is entered the prevailing party may proceed to seize your property, funds or wages by execution or garnishment. In that event you may be entitled to the following exemptions: (i) Social security benefits pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 407 and supplemental security income; (ii) Veteran's benefits; (iii) Black lung benefits; (iv) Personal opportunities with employment responsibilities (POWER) payments; (v) Federal civil service and state retirement system benefits as provided in 5 U.S.C. 8346 and W.S. 9-3-426, 9-3-620, 9-3-712 and 15-5-313; (vi) Worker's compensation benefits; (vii) Unemployment compensation benefits; (viii) A portion of wages as provided in W.S. 1-15-408, or in the case of consumer credit sales, leases or loans, as provided by W.S. 40-14-505; (ix) Homestead, personal articles and articles used for carrying on a trade or business to the extent provided by W.S. 1-20-101 through 1-20-111; (x) Other exemptions as provided by law. To assert your right to any of the foregoing exemptions you shall file a written request with the clerk of court within ten (10) days after seizure of your property, funds or wages. If you fail to make a written request for a hearing and claim one (1) or more of the foregoing exemptions within ten (10) days after seizure of your property, funds or wages, you may waive or lose your right to claim the exemptions." (c) The notice provided in this section shall be sent to the last known address of the judgment debtor by the clerk of court upon the request of any person before any property of the judgment debtor is seized by execution or garnishment. (d) A copy of the money judgment together with the exemption information shall be transmitted by the court by first class United States mail, with the postage prepaid in envelopes furnished and properly addressed by the prevailing party. (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a judgment debtor who is served with a writ of continuing garnishment under W.S. 1-15-506 shall file objections to the continuing garnishment and receive a hearing on his objections as provided by W.S. 1-15-507 and 1-15-508.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-201 Right to stay; procedure.

(a) When judgment has been rendered in any district court against any person for the recovery of money or sale of property he may have a stay of execution as provided by the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure, except that a supersedeas bond to be furnished in order to stay the execution of any judgment under this section or under W.S. 1-17-210 during the entire course of appellate review shall not, regardless of amount of the judgment, exceed two million dollars ($2,000,000.00) in any action in which all appellants are either individuals or have fifty (50) or fewer employees, or twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000.00) in any other action; provided, however: (i) That if an appellee proves by a preponderance of the evidence that an appellant is dissipating assets which may affect the ultimate payment of all or any portion of the judgment, the district court, upon motion and hearing, may require the appellant to post a bond in an amount up to the amount of the judgment; or (ii) That an appellee of a judgment to pay taxes or liens to the state of Wyoming shall post a bond in an amount not less than the full amount of the judgment plus interest and costs of the appeal, unless otherwise ordered, as provided in Rule 4.02(b) of the Wyoming Rules of Appellate Procedure.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-202 Notice to sheriff; relinquishment of property.

(a) When the bond is entered after execution is issued, the clerk shall immediately notify the sheriff and he shall forthwith return the execution, noting his actions thereon. (b) All property levied on before the stay of execution and all written undertakings for the delivery of personal property to the sheriff shall be relinquished by the officer upon bond for the stay of execution being entered.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-203 Effect of recognizance.

Every recognizance of surety taken as provided shall have the effect of a judgment confessed from the date taken against the person and property of the surety.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-204 Execution at expiration of stay.

At the expiration of the stay the clerk shall issue a joint execution against the property of all the judgment debtors and sureties, but the sheriff shall first levy upon the property of the judgment defendant if sufficient property can be found. If not found, he shall without delay levy the execution upon the property of the original judgment debtor subject to the execution which can be found in the county.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-205 No stay on "not repleviable" judgments.

A stay of execution shall not be allowed upon any judgment recovered against any person or surety for money received in a fiduciary capacity or for a breach of any official duty. The clerk shall issue executions upon the judgments immediately, returnable in ninety (90) days, endorsed "Not repleviable" and the judgment shall so order.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-206 No stay where sureties object; exception.

When a court renders judgment against two (2) or more persons, any of whom are sureties for another in the contract on which the judgment is founded, there shall be no stay of execution on the judgment if the sureties object at the time of rendering the judgment unless the surety for the stay of execution will undertake specially to pay the judgment in case the amount cannot be levied of the principal defendant.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-207 Execution upon affidavit of surety; generally.

Any surety for the stay of execution may file with the clerk an affidavit stating that he believes he will be liable for the judgment with interest and costs thereon unless execution issues immediately, and the clerk shall issue execution immediately unless other sufficient surety is entered before the clerk or sheriff as in other cases.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-208 Execution upon affidavit of surety; effect of new surety.

If other sufficient surety is entered, it shall have the force of the original surety entered before the filing of the affidavit and shall discharge the original surety.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-209 Time of stay excluded for execution.

The time during which any judgment is stayed shall not be included in the period during which the judgment creditor shall cause execution to be issued and levied in order to preserve his lien on the property of the debtor as against other judgment creditors.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-210 Stay on appeal.

Execution of a judgment or final order, other than those enumerated in W.S. 1-17-201, of any judicial tribunal, or the levy or collection of any tax or assessment therein litigated, may be stayed on such terms as may be prescribed by the court in which the appeal is filed.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-301 Property subject to execution.

Except for property exempt by law, all property of the judgment debtor, both real and personal or any legal or equitable interest therein including any interest of the judgment debtor in mortgaged property or property being sold under an executory land contract, is subject to execution.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-302 When lien attaches to property; generally.

The lands and tenements within the county in which judgment is entered are bound for the satisfaction thereof from the day the judgment is filed with the county clerk. Whenever a judgment is required to be filed with the county clerk, it shall be recorded in the real estate records. Goods and chattels of the debtor are bound from the time they are seized in execution.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-303 When lien attaches to property; judgment of supreme court.

A judgment of the supreme court for money binds the lands and tenements of the debtor within the county in which the suit originated from the day the judgment is filed with the county clerk. Whenever a judgment is required to be filed with the county clerk, it shall be recorded in the real estate records. Goods and chattels of the debtor are bound from the time they are seized in execution. The lien of a judgment of the district court which is appealed to the supreme court shall not be divested or vacated, but shall continue until the final determination of the action in the supreme court.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-304 Recording lien on real estate in other counties.

The judgment creditor in any judgment rendered by any district court in this state, or in any judgment rendered in a circuit court of this state and filed in the judgment record of the district court, may file a transcript of the judgment record of the district court with the clerk of the district court and the county clerk in any other counties within this state where the judgment debtor owns real estate. The judgment is a lien upon all real estate of the judgment debtor in any county in which the transcript is filed with the clerk of district court and the county clerk from the date of filing with the county clerk. The clerk of the district court of any county in which the transcript is filed shall enter the judgment upon the judgment records of the court in the same manner as judgments are rendered in that court.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-305 Lien of judgments of federal courts.

(a) Judgments and decrees entered in any United States district court or circuit court held within this state are a lien against the lands and tenements of the person against whom the judgment or decree is rendered, situated within the county where the judgment or decree is entered, from the day the judgment is filed with the county clerk. (b) The judgment creditor in any judgment or decree rendered in any United States district court within this state may file a transcript of the judgment record in the office of the clerk of any Wyoming district court and the county clerk in any counties in the state of Wyoming where the judgment debtor owns real estate. (c) The clerk of the district court of any county in which the transcript is filed shall enter the judgment upon the judgment records of the court in the same manner as judgments rendered in that court. (d) The judgment or decree is a lien upon all the real estate of the judgment debtor in the county or counties where the transcript is filed with the clerk of district court and the county clerk from the date of filing with the county clerk.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-306 Lien of judgments of circuit courts.

(a) The party in whose favor a judgment is rendered by a circuit court if the judgment is not appealed or stayed, may file with the clerk of the district court and the county clerk of the county in which the judgment was rendered a transcript thereof, certifying therein the amount paid thereon, if any. The clerk of court shall enter the case on the execution docket, together with the amount of the judgment and the time of filing the transcript with the county clerk. If within ten (10) days after the judgment was rendered, the judgment debtor pays the same or gives bond for stay of execution, the justice shall immediately certify that fact to the clerk of the district court and the county clerk. The district court clerk shall enter a memorandum thereof upon the docket. The cost of the transcript, the filing, recording and the entry on the docket shall be paid by the party who files and records the transcript and not be taxed to the other party. (b) The judgment shall be a lien on the real estate of the judgment debtor within the county from the day the transcript is filed with the county clerk provided the transcript has also been filed previously or that same day with the clerk of district court. (c) Execution may be issued on the judgment at any time after filing the transcript as if the judgment had been rendered in the district court.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-307 When judgment becomes dormant.

If execution on a judgment rendered in any court of record in this state or a transcript of which has been filed as provided in W.S. 1-17-306(a) is not issued within five (5) years from date of the judgment or if five (5) years intervene between the date the last execution issued on the judgment and the time of issuing another execution thereon, the judgment is dormant and ceases to operate as a lien on the estate of the judgment debtor.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-308 Writs of execution; generally.

(a) The writ of execution against the property of the judgment debtor issuing from any court of record shall command the officer to whom it is directed that he shall collect the money specified in the writ from the real and personal property of the debtor. (b) An execution issued on a judgment rendered against a partnership by its firm name shall operate only on the partnership property. (c) The amount of the debt, damages and costs for which the judgment is entered shall be endorsed on the execution.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-309 Writs of execution; preferences.

The officer shall endorse on every writ of execution the time when he received it. When two (2) or more writs of execution against the same debtor are delivered to the officer on the same day, no preference shall be given to either of the writs. If a sufficient sum of money is not made to satisfy all executions, the amount made shall be distributed to the several creditors in proportion to the amount of their respective demands. In all other cases the writ of execution first delivered to the officer shall be first satisfied. This section shall not affect any preferable lien which a judgment on execution issued has on the lands of the judgment debtor.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-310 Writs of execution; levy.

The officer to whom a writ of execution is delivered shall proceed immediately to levy the writ upon the real and personal property of the debtor.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-311 Bond for future delivery of property; failure to perform.

When an officer levies an execution upon any goods and chattels which afterwards remain unsold for any reasonable cause, the officer may for his own security, take a bond from the defendant, with security he deems sufficient to the effect that the property shall be delivered to the officer holding the execution for the sale of same at the time and place appointed by the officer, either by notice given in writing to the defendant in execution or by advertisement printed in a newspaper published in the county, naming the day and place of sale. If the defendant fails to deliver the goods and chattels at the time and place mentioned in the notice or to pay to the officer holding the execution the full value of the goods and chattels or the amount of the debt and costs, the bond shall be considered broken and may be proceeded on as in other cases.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-312 Notice of execution sale.

Unless a private sale is ordered as provided in W.S. 1-17-314, the officer who levies execution upon goods and chattels, shall cause public notice to be given of the time and place of sale at least ten (10) days before the day of sale. The notice shall be given by advertisement in a newspaper published in the county or, if no newspaper is published therein, then in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-313 Alias execution.

When goods and chattels levied upon by execution cannot be sold for want of bidders or want of time, the officer who makes the return shall annex to the execution a true inventory of the goods and chattels remaining unsold. The plaintiff in execution may have another execution issued, directing the sale of the property levied upon, but the goods and chattels shall not be sold unless the time and place of sale is advertised as directed in W.S. 1-17-312.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-314 Sale to be at public auction; when private sale authorized.

The court from which an execution or order of sale issues, on application of either party with due notice to the adverse party and for good cause, may order the officer holding the process to sell the goods and chattels at private sale for cash, specifying the time during which the sale will continue but not extending beyond the return day of the process. Before a private sale is made, the court shall order the personal property appraised by three (3) disinterested persons or a qualified appraiser and the property shall not be sold for less than two-thirds (2/3) of the appraised value. Except when a private sale is ordered for good cause, all sales of goods and chattels shall be at public auction.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-315 Additional levy.

When a writ is issued directing the sale of property previously taken in execution, the officer who issues the writ, if requested, shall add thereto a command to the officer to whom the writ is directed that if the unsold property remaining in his hands is insufficient to satisfy the judgment, he shall levy the same upon lands and tenements or goods and chattels of the judgment debtor, as the law permits, sufficient to satisfy the debt.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-316 Appraisement of real property required; exception.

(a) The officer who levies execution upon real property shall designate a qualified appraiser or three (3) disinterested property owners who are residents of the county where the lands taken in execution are situate and administer to the appraiser or to the property owners an oath to view and impartially appraise the value of the property levied upon or any interest of the judgment debtor. The appraiser or the property owners shall return to the officer as soon as possible a signed estimate of the appraised value. (b) When the officer receives the return, he shall promptly deposit a copy with the clerk of the court from which the writ issued and immediately advertise and sell the real estate or the judgment debtor's interest as provided by law. (c) If upon the return it appears that two-thirds (2/3) of the appraised value of the judgment debtor's interest in the real estate levied upon is sufficient to satisfy the execution with costs, the judgment on which the execution is issued shall not operate as a lien on the residue of the debtor's estate to the prejudice of any other judgment creditor. Except as expressly authorized by law, no real estate shall be sold for less than two-thirds (2/3) of the appraised value of the judgment debtor's interest in the property. (d) All lands the property of persons indebted to the state for any debt or taxes, except for loans authorized by the legislature, shall be sold without appraisal notwithstanding any other provision of law.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-317 Official property sold without valuation.

The property of any state, county or municipal officer levied on for or on account of any money collected or received by him in his official capacity may be sold without valuation.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-318 Return on execution; record.

The sheriff shall endorse his actions on the writ. Immediately upon return of the writ, the clerk shall record at length in the execution docket or other docket provided for the purpose all such endorsements and the record shall be a part of the court record.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-319 Disposition of nonrealty proceeds.

If the sheriff collects any part of a judgment by virtue of an execution without the sale of real estate, he shall pay the same to the judgment creditor or his attorney. If the execution is fully satisfied, he shall return it within three (3) days after he has collected the money.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-320 Failure of realty purchaser to pay.

Upon notice and motion of the officer who makes the sale or of an interested party, the court from which any execution or order of sale issues shall punish as for contempt any purchaser of real property who willfully fails to pay the purchase money.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-321 Confirmation of sale of realty and order for deed; disposition of proceeds.

If upon return of any writ of execution for the satisfaction of which lands and tenements have been sold, it is found by the court that the sale was made in all respects in conformity with the code of civil procedure [this title], the clerk shall be directed to make an entry in the journal that the court is satisfied with the legality of the sale and that the officer, upon expiration of the period of redemption, shall make a deed to the purchaser for the lands and tenements. The officer may retain the purchase money until the court examines his proceedings. He shall then pay the money to the persons entitled as the court may order.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-322 Conveyance of realty by master commissioner.

A master commissioner, upon order by the court, may convey real property when a party to a proceeding has been ordered to convey the property to another and fails or refuses to obey the order. The master commissioner may also execute a conveyance when specific real property is sold by him under an order or judgment of the court.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-323 Administering of oaths; sheriff as commissioner; sales by master.

A master commissioner or special master who sells real property has the same power to administer oaths as the sheriff. A sheriff may act as a master commissioner and, upon notice and for reasonable compensation to be paid by the master commissioner out of his fees, may attend and make sale for any commissioner who, by reason of sickness is unable to attend. Sales made by a master shall conform in all respects to the laws regulating sales of lands upon execution.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-324 Effect of deed.

The deed is prima facie evidence of the legality and regularity of the sale and the entire estate and interest of the person whose property the officer sells and conveys shall thereby rest in the purchaser, whether that interest existed at the time the property became liable to satisfy the judgment, or was acquired subsequently.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-325 Printer's fees for notice.

The officer who makes a levy or holds an order of sale may demand of the plaintiff the fees of the printer for publishing the notice and the officer is not required to make publication until the fees are paid.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-326 Where realty sold; certain purchases void.

All sales of lands or tenements under execution or order of sale shall be held at the courthouse in the county in which the lands and tenements are situated, unless otherwise ordered by the court. Purchases of real or personal property by the officer making sale or by an appraiser of the property are void.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-327 Alias executions against realty.

If lands and tenements levied on or ordered sold are not sold upon one (1) execution, other executions may be issued.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-328 Separate levies on separate parcels of land.

(a) When two (2) or more executions having different preferences are to be satisfied by levying upon real estate, either judgment creditor may require the officer to make a separate levy for his execution. The officer levying the executions may choose such part of the debtor's real property as is sufficient, at two-thirds (2/3) of the appraised value of the judgment debtor's interest, to satisfy the executions. (b) When two (2) or more executions having no preference as to each other are to be satisfied by levying upon real property, either judgment creditor may require the officer to levy upon separate parcels if the appraisers determine that the property may be divided without material injury. (c) If two-thirds (2/3) of the appraised value of the judgment debtor's interest in real property is not sufficient to satisfy all the executions chargeable against it, that part of the property shall be levied on to satisfy each execution as will bear the same proportion in value to the whole as the amount due on the execution bears to the amount of all the executions chargeable thereon, as near as may be, according to the appraised value of the judgment debtor's interest in each separate parcel.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-329 Certificate or deed by successor officer.

If the term of the officer who makes a sale of any lands and tenements expires, or he is unable from any cause to make a certificate of sale or a deed of conveyance of the property sold, any successor of the officer on receiving a certificate from the court from which execution issued setting forth that sufficient proof has been made that the sale was fairly and legally made, and on tender or proof of payment of the purchase money, may execute to the purchaser or his legal representatives a certificate of sale or a deed of conveyance of the lands and tenements sold. The certificate or deed shall be as valid in law as if the officer who made the sale had executed it.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-330 Disposition of surplus proceeds.

If there remains in the hands of the officer after an execution sale more money than necessary to satisfy the writ of execution with interest and costs, the officer shall pay the balance to the defendant in execution or his legal representatives.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-331 Effect of reversal of judgment.

If a judgment in satisfaction of which lands or tenements are sold is thereafter reversed, the reversal shall not affect the title of the purchaser, but the judgment creditor shall make restitution of the money received from the sale with lawful interest from the day of sale.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-332 Rights of purchaser where sale invalid.

(a) If the title of the purchaser is invalid by reason of a procedural defect in the sale of property on execution, the purchaser is subrogated to the right of the creditor against the debtor to the extent of the money paid and applied to the debtor's benefit, and shall have a lien therefor on the property sold as against all persons except bona fide purchasers without notice. The creditor is not required to refund the purchase money by reason of the invalidity of any such sale. (b) This section applies to all sales by order of court, sales by executors, administrators, guardians and assignees and to all sales for taxes.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-333 Sale of wrong property; vacation of satisfaction.

When a plaintiff in execution, in good faith, has had a levy of execution and sale of property not subject thereto, with the proceeds applied on his judgment, and a recovery therefor has been had against him by the owner of the property, the plaintiff, having paid the amount so recovered, on motion and notice to the judgment defendant, in the court having control of the judgment, may have the satisfaction made from the sale on execution vacated and is entitled to collect the judgment.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-334 Sale of wrong property; remedy of levying officer.

When an officer levies execution in good faith, upon property not subject thereto, sells the property and applies the proceeds in satisfaction of the judgment, and a recovery is had against him for its value, upon payment of the recovery and on motion and notice to the execution defendant in the court having control of the judgment, the officer may have the satisfaction of the judgment vacated and execution issued for his use the same as if the levy and sale had not been made.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-335 Sale of wrong property; rights of defendant and surety.

When a defendant in a judgment or his surety mistakenly directs an execution issued on the judgment to be levied on property not liable to execution, and thereby wholly or partially satisfies the judgment, he may be compelled to pay the owner of the property therefor. Thereafter, he shall have the same rights against any codefendant in the judgment and against any cosurety or principal in respect of the debts on which the judgment is founded as though the satisfaction had been made out of the property of the defendant or surety directing the levy.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-336 When judgment loses preference; lien to continue for a year.

A judgment on which execution is not levied before the expiration of one (1) year after its rendition shall not operate as a lien on the estate of a debtor. When judgment is rendered in the district or supreme court and a special mandate is awarded to the district court to carry the same into execution, the lien of the judgment creditor shall continue for one (1) year after the mandate is filed with the county clerk. The special mandate shall be entered on the journal of the district court before being filed with the county clerk. In computing the period of one (1) year, the time covered by an appeal of the case, by an injunction against the execution, by a vacancy in the office of sheriff or by the inability of the officer, shall be excluded.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-337 New appraisement of realty or execution; direction of sale price by court.

When real estate taken on execution is appraised and is twice advertised and offered for sale but remains unsold for lack of bidders, the court from which the execution issued on motion of the plaintiff or defendant shall set aside the appraisement and order a new appraisement to be made, or set aside the levy and appraisement and award a new execution to issue. When the real estate or any part thereof has been three (3) times appraised and thereafter twice advertised and offered for sale, and remains unsold for lack of bidders, the court may direct the amount for which the property shall be sold.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-338 Court order to sell land on time; terms of sale.

When premises are ordered to be sold and having been twice advertised and offered for sale remain unsold for lack of bidders, on motion of the plaintiff or defendant the court from which the order of sale issued shall order a new appraisement, and may also order that the land be sold on time with one-third (1/3) cash in hand, one-third (1/3) in nine (9) months from the day of sale, and the remaining one-third (1/3) in eighteen (18) months from the day of sale. Deferred payments shall draw interest and be secured by a mortgage on the premises.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-339 Return of execution.

The officer to whom a writ of execution is directed shall return the writ to the court within sixty (60) days from the date thereof.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-341 Appraiser's fees.

Each person appraising real estate under W.S. 1-17-301 through 1-17-345 shall receive a reasonable fee to be collected on the execution.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-342 Return of execution to another county by mail.

When execution is issued to the sheriff of another county, and the sheriff, having discharged all the duties required of him by law, returns the execution by mail to the clerk of the court who issued it soon enough to have reached the office where it was issued within the time prescribed by law, he is not liable for any penalty if it does not reach the office in time.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-343 Forwarding of money by mail.

A sheriff shall not forward by mail any money made on execution unless he is specially instructed to do so by the plaintiff, his agent or attorney.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-344 Execution docket; entries.

The clerk of the district court shall enter in the execution docket the full names of the parties to the action in which an execution is issued, the number of the action in the appearance docket, the number of the execution, the date of its issue, the amount of the judgment, the costs due each person or officer, the time when the judgment was rendered, the date of the return and the return recorded in full.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-345 Execution docket; index.

The clerk shall keep an index to the execution docket showing in separate columns the names of all parties against whom and in whose favor an execution has been issued, the number of the execution and the number of the action upon the appearance docket.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-401 Action against equitable assets.

Any equitable interests the judgment debtor has as mortgagor, mortgagee or otherwise, or any interest he has in any joint stock company, money contract, claim or chose in action due or to become due to him, or in any judgment or order, or any money, goods or effects which he has in the possession of any person, which has not been levied upon and sold under execution is subject to the payment of the judgment by action.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-402 Discovery in aid of execution.

(a) At any time after entry of judgment, the judgment creditor may obtain discovery by interrogatories, depositions or otherwise, from any person, including the judgment debtor, in accordance with the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure. (b) A person served with notice of discovery under this section shall hold for the benefit of the judgment creditor from the time of service all property, money and credits in his hands belonging to the judgment debtor or due to him.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-411 Order for satisfaction of judgment; request for a hearing.

Following an examination as provided by W.S. 1-17-402 through 1-17-418, the court may order any property of the judgment debtor not exempt by law, to be applied toward the satisfaction of a judgment. Upon seizure of his property, a judgment debtor may request a hearing pursuant to W.S. 1-17-102.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-412 Appointment of receiver; control of property.

The court may appoint the sheriff of the proper county or other suitable person as receiver of the property of the judgment debtor, and may forbid a transfer or other disposition of or interference with the property of the judgment debtor, not exempt by law.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-413 Appointment of sheriff or another as receiver.

If the sheriff is appointed receiver, he and his sureties are liable on his official bond as receiver. If another person is appointed, he shall take an oath and bond as in other cases.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-414 Sale of judgment debtor's equitable or other interest in realty.

If it appears that the judgment debtor has an interest in real estate in the county in which proceedings are had, as mortgagor, mortgagee or otherwise, and his interest can be ascertained as between himself and any person holding the legal estate or having a lien or interest therein, without controversy, the receiver may be ordered to sell and convey the real estate, or the interest of the debtor. The sale shall be conducted as provided for the sale of real estate upon execution, and before execution of the deed, the proceedings of sale shall be approved by the court in which the judgment was rendered or the transcript filed.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-415 Filing of orders.

All orders of the court issued pursuant to this article shall be filed with the clerk of the district court of the county in which the judgment is rendered. The clerk shall enter on the execution docket the time of filing the judgment or transcript.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-416 Costs.

The judge shall allow to clerks, sheriffs, referees, receivers and witnesses compensation allowed for like services in other cases, to be taxed as costs and shall enforce the collection thereof from the party or parties liable for payment.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-417 Lien on debtor vendee's interest in personalty; interest defined.

An attaching or judgment creditor of a vendee in a sale, contract or lease wherein the transfer of title or ownership of personal property is contingent upon any condition, has a lien upon the personal property to the extent of the interest of the vendee therein. For the purposes of W.S. 1-17-417 and 1-17-418, the interest of the vendee is the amount which the personal property will bring at any judicial sale, over and above any sums then unpaid to the vendor in the sale, contract or lease.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-418 Lien on debtor vendee's interest in personalty; manner and effect of sale.

When any personal property is attached or levied upon under execution, the judgment creditor shall pay the amount then due the vendor or the assignee of vendor under the sale, contract or lease, and proceed to sell the personal property the same as if title and ownership were in the vendee. If the judgment creditor elects to pay the vendor or assignee of vendor, the bill of sale of the sheriff or person selling under execution shall convey to the purchaser at the execution sale all of the right, title and interest of the vendor to the personal property.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-701 Short title.

This act means W.S. 1-17-701 through 1-17-707 and may be cited as the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-702 "Foreign judgment" defined.

In this act, "foreign judgment" means any judgment, decree, or order of a court of the United States or of any other court which is entitled to full faith and credit in this state.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-703 Filing of foreign judgment; effect of filing.

In order for a foreign judgment to have the same effect as a judgment of a district court of this state, a copy of any foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with an act of Congress or the statutes of this state shall be filed in the office of the clerk of any district court and any county clerk of this state. The clerk of court shall treat the foreign judgment as a judgment of the district court of this state notwithstanding the amount of the judgment or that the action giving rise to the judgment, if initiated in this state, would be within the jurisdiction of a minor court. A judgment so filed has the same effect and is subject to the same procedures, defenses and proceedings for reopening, vacating or staying as a judgment of a district court of this state and may be so enforced or satisfied.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-704 Affidavit required; notice of filing; execution.

At the time of filing a foreign judgment, the judgment creditor or his attorney shall file with the clerk of court an affidavit setting forth the name and last known mailing address of the judgment debtor, and the judgment creditor. The clerk shall promptly mail notice of the filing of the foreign judgment to the judgment debtor at the address given and shall make a note of the mailing in the docket. The notice shall include the name and mailing address of the judgment creditor and the judgment creditor's attorney, if any, in this state. The judgment creditor may mail a notice of the filing of the judgment to the judgment debtor and may file proof of mailing with the clerk. Lack of notice of filing by the clerk shall not affect the enforcement proceedings if proof of mailing by the judgment creditor has been filed. An execution or other process for enforcement of a foreign judgment shall not issue until five (5) days after the date the judgment is filed.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-705 Stay of enforcement.

If the judgment debtor shows the court that an appeal from the foreign judgment is pending or will be taken, or that a stay of execution has been granted, and upon proof that the judgment debtor has furnished the security for satisfaction of the judgment required by the law of the state where it was rendered, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment until the appeal is concluded, the time for appeal expires, or until the stay of execution expires or is vacated. If the judgment debtor shows the court any ground upon which enforcement of a judgment of the court of this state would be stayed, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment for an appropriate period, upon requiring the security for satisfaction of the judgment which is required in this state.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-706 Fees.

Any person filing a foreign judgment shall pay to the clerk of court the fee for filing instruments in a civil action under W.S. 5-3-206(a)(i). Fees for docketing, transcription or other enforcement proceedings shall be the same as for judgments of the courts of this state.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-707 Right of action unimpaired.

The right of a judgment creditor to bring an action to enforce his judgment in the appropriate court in this state instead of proceeding under this act remains unimpaired.
Source: WY Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title01.pdfFetched: 10/4/2026

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