Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 34-1-102 (2026)

"Conveyance" defined.

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The term "conveyance", as used in this act, shall be construed
to embrace every instrument in writing by which any estate or
interest in real estate is created, alienated, mortgaged or
assigned, or by which the title to any real estate may be
affected in law or in equity, except wills, leases for a term
not exceeding three (3) years, executory contracts for the sale
or purchase of lands, and certificates which show that the
purchaser has paid the consideration and is entitled to a deed
for the lands, and contain a promise or agreement to furnish
said deed at some future time.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1981–2026 · leading case: Anne Holding & Crandall Creek Ranch, Co., a Wyoming Corp. v. Larry Luckinbill the Larry Lee Luckinbill Living Trust John Lennon & Melanie Lennon, 2022 WY 10 (Wyo. 2022).
Anne Holding & Crandall Creek Ranch, Co., a Wyoming Corp. v. Larry Luckinbill the Larry Lee Luckinbill Living Trust John Lennon & Melanie Lennon, 2022 WY 10 (Wyo. 2022). · cites it 7× “Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 34-1-102 (LexisNexis 2021) (emphasis added).”
Horse Creek Conservation Dist. v. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Attorney Gen., 2009 WY 143 (Wyo. 2009). · cites it 4× “§ 84-1-120 does not apply to executory contracts because they do not fall within the applicable definition of a "conveyance" in Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 34-1-102 . 7 Under its contract for deed, Phase 28 simply has an equity interest in the property and will not receive a conveyance of…”
Ludvik v. James S. Jackson Co., Inc., 635 P.2d 1135 (Wyo. 1981). · cites it 4× “" Section 34-1-102, W.S. 1977, defines the term "conveyance": "The term `conveyance,' as used in this act, shall be construed to embrace every instrument in writing by which any estate or interest in real estate is created, alienated, mortgaged or assigned, or by which the title…”
Marple v. Wyoming Prod. Credit Ass'n, 750 P.2d 1315 (Wyo. 1988). · cites it 2× “Section 34-1-102, W.S.1977 provides: “The term ‘conveyance’ as used in this act, shall be construed to embrace every instrument in writing by which any estate or interest in real estate is created, alienated, mortgaged or assigned, or by which the title to any real estate may be…”
Cundy v. Range Tel. Coop., Inc., 2005 WY 153 (Wyo. 2005). · cites it 3× “Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 34-1-102 (LexisNexis 2005).”
Wyoming Dep't of Revenue & Taxation-Excise Tax Div. v. First Wyoming Bank, N.A.-Kemmerer, 718 P.2d 31 (Wyo. 1986). “Furthermore, a mortgage of property in this state is a “conveyance” pursuant to § 34-1-102, which is to be recorded under § 34-1-121.”
In re Old Colony, LLC, 476 B.R. 1 (Bankr. D. Mass. 2012). “” Wyo. Stat. § 34-1-102 (emphasis supplied).”
Bentley v. Dir. of Off. State Lands, 2007 WY 94 (Wyo. 2007). · cites it 2× “Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 34-1-102 (LexisNexis 2005) (emphasis added).”
Foster v. Wicklund, 778 P.2d 118 (Wyo. 1989). “Pursuant to W.S. 34-1-102, the 99-year lease constitutes a conveyance of real estate.”
Bentley v. Dir. of the Off. of State Lands & Investments, 160 P.3d 1109 (Wyo. 2007). · cites it 2× “Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 34-1-102 (LexisNexis 2005) (emphasis added).”
Natusha Lewis v. Brenda G. Wolfe (Wyo. 2026). · cites it 4× “Lewis asserted the presumption that a conveyance to a husband and wife creates a tenancy by the entirety did not apply in this case because the Judgment and Decree Quieting Title was not a “conveyance” under Wyoming Statute § 34-1-102 (2023).1 [¶6] The district court held a…”
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