Full Statute Name:  West's Wyoming Statutes Annotated. Title 29. Liens. Chapter 7. Personal Property. Article 1. In General. § 29-7-101. Persons entitled to lien; exception

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Primary Citation:  W.S.1977 § 29-7-101 Country of Origin:  United States Last Checked:  March, 2025 Date Adopted:  1967 Historical: 
Summary: This Wyoming law states that any person is entitled to a lien on any goods, chattels or animals for reasonable charges for work or services performed or feed provided when they: (i) makes, alters, repairs, bestows work upon, transports, stores or keeps the same; or (ii) feeds, herds, pastures or cares for any domestic or wild animal lawfully held in captivity. Any person creating a lien under this paragraph shall file the lien in the office of the secretary of state.

(a) Any person is entitled to a lien on any goods, chattels or animals for his reasonable charges for work or services performed or feed provided when he:

(i) Makes, alters, repairs, bestows work upon, transports, stores or keeps the same; or

(ii) Feeds, herds, pastures or cares for any domestic or wild animal lawfully held in captivity. Any person creating a lien under this paragraph shall file the lien in the office of the secretary of state.

(b) W.S. 29-7-101 through 29-7-106 shall not apply where a lien is provided by W.S. 29-7-301 and 34.1-7-209. A person engaging in self-storage operations whereby members of the public rent space from the person to store goods and chattels and retain control over access to the goods and chattels is not a warehouseman under W.S. 34.1-7-102(a)(xiii) and is entitled to a lien under this section. A towing and recovery service as defined in W.S. 31-13-101(a)(xiv) is not a warehouse under W.S. 34.1-7-102(a)(xiii) and is entitled to a lien under this section.

Credits
Laws 1967, ch. 89, § 1; Laws 1981, Sp. Sess., ch. 17, § 2; Laws 2004, ch. 24, § 1, eff. July 1, 2004; Laws 2021, ch. 105, § 1, eff. July 1, 2021; Laws 2021, ch. 149, § 1, eff. July 1, 2021.

Codifications: W.S. 1977, § 29-7-101.

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