Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 1-17-307 (2026)

When judgment becomes dormant.

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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.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1988–2024 · leading case: Est. of Weeks v. Weeks-Rohner, 427 P.3d 729 (Wyo. 2018).

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Est. of Weeks v. Weeks-Rohner, 427 P.3d 729 (Wyo. 2018). · cites it 2× “From that premise, the Estate argues the trust directive became a judgment by operation of law, subject to the dormancy and revival requirements of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-307 (LexisNexis 2017) (judgment becomes dormant if not executed on within five years) and Wyo.”

Hollingshead v. Hollingshead, 942 P.2d 1104 (Wyo. 1997). · cites it 4× “Wyo. Stat. § 1-17-307 (1988). The party entitled to bring the action to revive a judgment then has twenty-one years from the date the judgment becomes dormant to bring such an action.”

Robinson v. First Wyoming Bank, NA, 909 P.2d 689 (Mont. 1995). · cites it 2× “See Wyo. Stat. § 1-17-307. Regardless of whether Stanford stands for the proposition that § 1963 creates a new judgment in the registering state, that interpretation of § 1963 has the deleterious effect of nullifying the limitation period in both the issuing state and the…”

Hurlbut v. Scarbrough, 957 P.2d 839 (Wyo. 1998). · cites it 2× “Wyo. Stat § 1-17-307 (1997). The party entitled to bring an action to revive a dormant judgment has twenty-one years from the date that the judgment became dormant to bring such an action according to Wyo.”

Norman v. Jirdon Agri Chemicals, Inc. (In Re Cockreham), 84 B.R. 757 (D. Wyo. 1988). · cites it 3× “While Wyoming has a five-year statute of limitations respecting execution on judgments, see Wyo.Stat. § 1-17-307 (1977), this statute does not provide a five-year safe haven in all circumstances.”

Hammond v. Hammond, 14 P.3d 199 (Wyo. 2000). “§ 1-17-307, since the mother did not execute on these judgments within five years, the judgments became dormant.”

Am. Collection Sys., Inc., a Wyoming Corp. v. Lacy D. Judkins F/K/A Lacy D. Berkel, 2024 WY 66 (Wyo. 2024). “When ACS failed to execute on that judgment for more than five years, it became dormant under Wyoming Statute § 1-17-307 (LexisNexis 2021). In December 2022, ACS filed a motion to revive the dormant judgment pursuant to Wyoming Statute § 1-16-502 (LexisNexis 2021).”

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