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Wyo. Stat. § 2-7-718 (2026)

Action on rejected claim; limitations.

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When a claim is rejected and notice given as required, the
holder shall bring suit in the proper court against the personal
representative within thirty (30) days after the date of mailing
the notice, otherwise the claim is forever barred.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16 cases, 1983–2015 · leading case: Rodriguez v. Casey, 2002 WY 111 (Wyo. 2002).
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Rodriguez v. Casey, 2002 WY 111 (Wyo. 2002). · cites it 15× “) Finally, Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 2-7-718 (LexisNexis 2001) provides as follows: When a claim is rejected and notice given as required, the holder shall bring suit in the proper court against the personal representative within thirty (80) days after the date of mailing the notice,…”
V-1 Oil Co. v. Ranck, 767 P.2d 612 (Wyo. 1989). · cites it 6× “V-l’s uncertainty about which court has jurisdiction of the negligence action results from the ambiguity of the phrase “proper court” which appears in W.S. 2-7-718 (July 1980 Repl.). We will stay the Wyoming proceedings pending the outcome of the Utah action.”
Beit Hanina Enter., Inc. v. Moffett, 267 P.3d 1070 (Wyo. 2011). · cites it 13× “," hereinafter referred to as "BHE") challenges a Wyoming probate court's "Order Finding Creditor Time Barred from Challenging Denial of Claim" and argues on appeal that the pro *1071 bate court erred in refusing to find peculiar cireumstances entitling BHE to equitable relief…”
Zmijewski v. Wright, 809 P.2d 280 (Wyo. 1991). · cites it 4× “2-7-712(a) and (d) does not prevent him from currently rejecting the claim but merely prevents the running of the thirty day period within which a suit must be filed for the rejected claim under W.S. 2-7-718. 3 The district court agreed with the Claimant and granted her summary…”
Accelerated Receivable Solutions v. Hauf, 350 P.3d 731 (Wyo. 2015). · cites it 6× “Once that notice is sent, the personal representative has strictly complied with his statutory obligation, and the thirty-day time period for the claimant to file suit on the objection is triggered per § 2-7-718. B. Due Process Requirements [¶27] We have determined that the…”
Taylor v. Est. of Taylor, 719 P.2d 234 (Wyo. 1986). · cites it 3× “Section 2-7-718, W.S.1977, then provides: “When a claim is rejected and notice given as required, the holder shall bring suit in the proper court against the personal representative within thirty (30) days after the date of mailing the notice, otherwise the claim is forever…”
Stogner v. State, 792 P.2d 1358 (Wyo. 1990). · cites it 2× “V-1 filed a creditor's claim in an estate and then filed actions in both Utah and Wyoming because it was uncertain as to the meaning of the term "proper court" found in W.S. 2-7-718 (July 1980 Repl.). In order to correct an abuse of discretion, and to further the best interests…”
State Ex Rel. Dep't of Health, Div. of Health Care Fin. Ex Rel. Fin. Servs. Dir. v. Campbell, 950 P.2d 557 (Wyo. 1997). · cites it 4× “HCF filed a complaint on October 6, 1995, within the thirty days allowed by Wyo. Stat. § 2-7-718 (1997) in which to bring suit against the Personal Representatives.”
Scott v. Scott, 918 P.2d 198 (Wyo. 1996). “§ 2-7-718 [ (1980) ]. Action on rejected claim; limitations.”
Hanson v. Est. of Belden, 668 P.2d 1331 (Wyo. 1983). · cites it 3× “Did the 30 day limitation under § 2-7-718, Wyoming Statutes 1977, for filing suit ever become effective since the Appellee failed to send the notice of rejection by certified mail as mandated by that statute and by § 2-7-712, W.”
Matter of Est. of Reed, 768 P.2d 566 (Wyo. 1989). “The sufficiency of the notice to start the thirty day period for filing a claim after rejection under W.S. 2-7-718 was questioned, since it arrived by ordinary and not certified mail, although acknowledged to be timely received by the creditor.”
Foster v. Wicklund, 778 P.2d 118 (Wyo. 1989). “e recovery of any property, real or personal, or for the possession thereof, or for the destruction, wasting, conversion, injury, taking or carrying *123 away thereof, or to quiet title thereto, or to determine any adverse claim thereon, and all actions founded upon contract,…”
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