Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 27-14-301 (2026)

Applicability of provisions; reciprocity.

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(a) This act applies to all injuries and deaths occurring
in Wyoming in employment described in W.S. 27-14-108(a), (d),
(e), (j), (k) or (m) but applies to injuries and deaths
occurring in Wyoming to employees of nonresident employers only
if the worker's compensation or similar law of the nonresident
employer's home state applies to all injuries and deaths
occurring in that state or the nonresident employer's home state
and Wyoming have an active agreement under W.S. 27-14-306(d).
This act applies to all injuries and deaths occurring outside of
Wyoming in employment described in W.S. 27-14-108(a), (d), (e),
(j), (k) or (m) under the following conditions:

          (i)   Repealed by Laws 2006, Chapter 2, § 2.

          (ii) The employee at the time of the injury is
working under a contract for hire made in Wyoming for employment
by an employer who has a principal place of business within the
state established for legitimate business-related purposes and
the employment is within the United States, a United States
territory, Canada or Mexico, but which is not principally
localized in any other state, United States territory, Canada or
Mexico; or

          (iii) The employee at the time of the injury is
working under a contract for hire made in Wyoming for employment
principally localized in another state, United States territory,
Canada or Mexico, the workers' compensation law of which
jurisdiction does not require that the employment be covered by
a workers' compensation insurance policy issued under the laws
of that jurisdiction.

    (b)   Repealed By Laws 2006, Chapter 2, § 2.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1991–2005 · leading case: Kunkle v. State ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Saf. & Comp. Div., 109 P.3d 887 (Wyo. 2005).

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Kunkle v. State ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Saf. & Comp. Div., 109 P.3d 887 (Wyo. 2005). · cites it 15× “Kunkle argues that Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 27-14-301 (LexisNexis 2003), which purports to require that the employment must be principally located in Wyoming for the act to apply to the work-related injury, pertains only to employment outside of Wyoming and therefore, does not apply to…”

Stuart v. Colorado Interstate Gas Co., 271 F.3d 1221 (10th Cir. 2001). · cites it 2× “Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 27-14-301 (Michie 2001).”

Stuarte v. Colorado Interstate Gas, Co., 130 F. Supp. 2d 1263 (D. Wyo. 2001). · cites it 10× “The maxim of construction ex-pressio unius est exclusio alterius (the mention of one excludes others) carries added weight in this case considering that § 27-14-301 was created after, and supersedes, Wessel .”

Wheeler v. Parker Drilling Co., 803 P.2d 1379 (Wyo. 1991). · cites it 2× “Parker Drilling directs our attention to Wyo.Stat. § 27-14-301 (1977), amended by 1989 Wyo.”

Williams Insulation Co. v. Dep't of Labor & Indus., 2003 MT 72 (Mont. 2003). “See Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 27-14-301 . As noted by the Wyoming Department of Employment in its denial of coverage of Fugare’s claims, Wyoming workers’ compensation law and insurance did not apply to Fugare because his employment with Williams was localized outside of Wyoming.”

— Wyo. Stat. § 27-14-301(a) — 1 case

Kunkle v. State ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Saf. & Comp. Div., 109 P.3d 887 (Wyo. 2005). “Kunkle argues that Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 27-14-301 (LexisNexis 2003), which purports to require that the employment must be principally located in Wyoming for the act to apply to the work-related injury, pertains only to employment outside of Wyoming and therefore, does not apply to…”

— Wyo. Stat. § 27-14-301(a)(2000) — 1 case

Stuarte v. Colorado Interstate Gas, Co., 130 F. Supp. 2d 1263 (D. Wyo. 2001). “The maxim of construction ex-pressio unius est exclusio alterius (the mention of one excludes others) carries added weight in this case considering that § 27-14-301 was created after, and supersedes, Wessel .”

— Wyo. Stat. § 27-14-301(b) — 2 cases

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