2018 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 34 - PROPERTY, CONVEYANCES AND SECURITY TRANSACTIONS
CHAPTER 28 - PRIVATE TRANSFER FEES
SECTION 34-28-103 - Recording of existing private transfer fee obligations; jurisdictions; affidavit of payment; exemption of mineral rights.
34-28-103. 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 private transfer fee obligation in the office of the clerk for each county in which the real property is located. The notice recorded shall meet the following requirements and contain:
(i) A clearly identified disclosure of the existence and amount of the private transfer fee obligation;
(ii) A description of the type and nature of the private transfer fee obligation;
(iii) A description of the type and nature of any penalty which may be incurred as a result of failure to pay the private transfer fee obligation;
(iv) A legal description of the real property; and
(v) The name and address of the payee. A notice filed under this subsection shall be amended upon change of the name or address of the payee.
(b) No court in the state of Wyoming shall have jurisdiction to enforce a private transfer fee obligation which is not recorded as required by subsection (a) of this section against a bona fide purchaser who receives title to the property after April 1, 2012.
(c) Filing of an affidavit by a grantor with the clerk for each county in which the real property is located stating that payment in full of any private transfer fee obligation was sent by certified mail to the payee at the address listed in the document recorded under subsection (a) of this section is prima facie evidence of satisfaction of the obligation.
(d) Nothing in this chapter shall apply to:
(i) A transfer of mineral rights, interests and obligations;
(ii) The transfer of any surface right appurtenant to a mineral right, interest or obligation which has been severed from the surface estate.
