Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 1-17-402 (2026)

Discovery in aid of execution.

✓ current as of May 2026

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section WY-LEGwyoleg.gov JustiaTitle on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

(a) At any time after entry of judgment, the judgment
creditor may obtain discovery by interrogatories, depositions or
otherwise, from any person, including the judgment debtor, in
accordance with the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure.

     (b) A person served with notice of discovery under this
section shall hold for the benefit of the judgment creditor from
the time of service all property, money and credits in his
hands belonging to the judgment debtor or due to him.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1984–1985 · leading case: Hamlin v. Transcon Lines, 701 P.2d 1139 (Wyo. 1985).

Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment

Hamlin v. Transcon Lines, 701 P.2d 1139 (Wyo. 1985). · cites it 2× “The state employee is not being held harmless if, before § 1-39-104(b) is triggered and comes to his aid, he is wiped out financially by executions on property, attachments on wages and hauled into court numerous times for an examination regarding his assets, in accordance with…”

James S. Jackson Co., Inc. v. Meyer, 677 P.2d 835 (Wyo. 1984). “Sections 1-17-402 through 1-17-418, W.S. 1977 establish summary proceedings in aid of execution.”

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.