Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 1-17-321 (2026)

Confirmation of sale of realty and order for

✓ current as of May 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section WY-LEGwyoleg.gov JustiaTitle on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar
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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1983–2017 · leading case: 2-H Ranch Co., Inc. v. Simmons, 658 P.2d 68 (Wyo. 1983).
2-H Ranch Co., Inc. v. Simmons, 658 P.2d 68 (Wyo. 1983). · cites it 2× “The confirmation hearing was held as scheduled, and, after the district court, pursuant to § 1-17-321, W.S.1977, found that the sale was made in all respects in conformity to the Code of Civil Procedure, it confirmed the sale.”
Lutz v. Schmillen, 915 P.2d 599 (Wyo. 1996). · cites it 2× “z contends the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing, “ * * * nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law * * and Article 1, Section 6 of the Constitution of the State of Wyoming providing,…”
Sonnett v. Lankford, 682 F. App'x 639 (10th Cir. 2017). · cites it 2× “They argued that Sheriff Lankford executed and delivered the Sheriffs Deed in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-17-321 . Elk Ridge responded that § 1-17-321 “pertains only to execution in aid of satisfying a judgment, not the foreclosure of a mortgage.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.