Wyoming Statutes
Wyo. Stat. § 16-7-103 (2026)
Relocation payments to displaced persons.
✓ current as of May 2026
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(a) Whenever a program or project to be undertaken by a
displacing agency will result in the displacement of any person,
the displacing agency shall provide for the payment to the
displaced person of:
(i) Actual reasonable expenses in moving himself, his
family, business, farm operation or other personal property;
(ii) Actual direct losses of tangible personal
property as a result of moving or discontinuing a business or
farm operation, but not to exceed an amount equal to the
reasonable expenses that would have been required to relocate
the property, as determined by the agency;
(iii) Actual reasonable expenses in searching for a
replacement business or farm; and
(iv) Actual reasonable expenses necessary to
reestablish a displaced farm, nonprofit organization or small
business at its new site, in accordance with criteria to be
established by the agency.
(b) Any displaced person eligible for payments under
subsection (a) of this section who is displaced from a dwelling
and who elects to accept the payments authorized by this
subsection in lieu of the payments authorized by subsection (a)
of this section may receive an expense and dislocation
allowance, determined according to a schedule established by the
agency.
(c) Any displaced person eligible under criteria
established by the agency for payments under subsection (a) of
this section who is displaced from his place of business or from
his farm operation may elect to accept a fixed payment
authorized by this subsection in lieu of the payment authorized
by subsection (a) of this section. The fixed payment shall be
determined by the agency and shall not be less than one thousand
dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than twenty thousand dollars
($20,000.00). A person whose sole business at the displacement
dwelling is the rental of the property to others shall not
qualify for a payment under this subsection.
(i) Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 241, § 2.
(ii) Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 241, § 2.