2021 Wyoming Statutes
Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions
Chapter 24 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act
Section 34-24-102 - Definitions.

34-24-102. Definitions.

(a) As used in this act:

(i) "Administrator" means the state treasurer;

(ii) "Apparent owner" means the person whose name appears on the records of the holder as the person entitled to property held, issued or owing by the holder;

(iii) "Attorney general" means the chief legal officer of this state;

(iv) "Banking organization" means a bank, trust company, savings bank, private banker or any organization defined by other law as a bank or banking organization;

(v) "Business association" means a nonpublic corporation, joint stock company, investment company, business trust, partnership or association for business purposes of two (2) or more individuals, whether or not for profit, including a banking organization, financial organization, insurance company or utility;

(vi) "Domicile" means the state of incorporation of a corporation and the state of the principal place of business of an unincorporated person;

(vii) "Financial organization" means a savings and loan association, building and loan association or credit union;

(viii) "Holder" means a person, wherever organized or domiciled, who is:

(A) In possession of property belonging to another;

(B) A trustee; or

(C) Indebted to another on an obligation.

(ix) "Insurance company" means an association, corporation, fraternal or mutual benefit organization, whether or not for profit, which is engaged in providing insurance coverage, including but not limited to accident, burial, casualty, credit life, contract performance, dental, fidelity, fire, health, hospitalization, illness, life (including endowments and annuities), malpractice, marine, mortgage, surety and wage protection insurance;

(x) "Intangible property" includes:

(A) Monies, checks, drafts, deposits, interest, dividends and income;

(B) Credit balances, customer overpayments, gift certificates, merchant stored value cards, security deposits, refunds, credit memos, unpaid wages, unused airline tickets and unidentified remittances except balances represented on debit cards;

(C) Stocks and other intangible ownership interests in business associations except patronage capital of Wyoming rural electric cooperatives;

(D) Monies deposited to redeem stocks, bonds, coupons and other securities or to make distributions;

(E) Bonds, notes and any other debt obligations;

(F) Amounts due and payable under the terms of insurance policies;

(G) Amounts distributable from a trust or custodial fund established under a plan to provide health, welfare, pension, vacation, severance, retirement, death, stock purchase, profit sharing, employee savings, supplemental unemployment insurance or similar benefits; and

(H) Amounts distributable from a mineral interest in land.

(xi) "Last known address" means a description of the location of the apparent owner sufficient for the purpose of the delivery of mail;

(xii) "Mineral" means oil, gas, uranium, sulphur, lignite, coal and any other substance that is ordinarily and naturally considered a mineral, regardless of the depth at which the oil, gas, uranium, sulphur, lignite, coal or other substance is found;

(xiii) "Mineral proceeds" includes:

(A) All obligations to pay resulting from the production and sale of minerals, including net revenue interest, royalties, overriding royalties, production payments and joint operating agreements; and

(B) All obligations for the acquisition and retention of a mineral lease, including bonuses, delay rentals, shut-in royalties and minimum royalties.

(xiv) "Owner" means a depositor in the case of a deposit, a beneficiary in case of a trust other than a deposit in trust, a creditor, claimant or payee in the case of other intangible property or a person or that person's legal representative having a legal or equitable interest in property subject to this act;

(xv) "Person" means an individual, business association, state or other government (including any governmental subdivision, agency, entity, officer or appointee thereof) public corporation, public authority, estate, trust, two (2) or more persons having a joint or common interest or any other legal or commercial entity;

(xvi) "State" means any state, district, commonwealth, territory, insular possession or any other area subject to the legislative authority of the United States;

(xvii) "Utility" means a person who owns or operates for public use any plant, equipment, property, franchise or license for the transmission of communications, including cable television or the production, storage, transmission, sale, delivery or furnishing of electricity, water, steam or gas;

(xviii) "Merchant stored value card" means an electronic promise that is:

(A) Redeemable at a single merchant or an affiliated group of merchants that share the same name, mark or logo;

(B) Issued in a specified amount, whether or not that amount may be increased in value or reloaded at the request of the owner of the card;

(C) Purchased on a prepaid basis in exchange for payment;

(D) Upon presentation, honored by a single merchant or affiliated group of merchants for goods or services; and

(E) Not:

(I) Distributed under an awards, rewards, loyalty, incentive, rebate or promotional program; or

(II) Sold below face value or donated to an employee, nonprofit organization or an education institution for fund raising.

(xix) "This act" means W.S. 34-24-101 through 34-24-140.