2012 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 40 - TRADE AND COMMERCE
CHAPTER 14 - WYOMING UNIFORM CONSUMER CREDIT CODE
40-14-540. Willful violations.

(a) A supervised lender who willfully makes charges in excess of those permitted by the provisions of the article on loans (article 3) applying to supervised loans (part 5) is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction may be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or to imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months, or both.

(b) A person, other than a supervised financial organization, who willfully engages in the business of making supervised loans without a license in violation of the provisions of this act applying to authority to make supervised loans (W.S. 40-14-342) is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction may be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or to imprisonment not exceeding one (1) year, or both.

(c) A person who willfully engages in the business of making consumer credit sales, consumer leases, or consumer loans, or of taking assignments of rights against debtors arising therefrom and undertakes direct collection of payments or enforcement of these rights, without complying with the provisions of this act concerning notification (W.S. 40-14-631) or payment of fees (W.S. 40-14-632), is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction may be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).