Wyoming State Bankruptcy Exemptions
§ 1-20-101 Homestead exemption; right and amount
Every resident of the state is entitled to a homestead not exceeding ten
thousand dollars ($10,000.00) in value, exempt from execution and attachment
arising from any debt, contract or civil obligation entered into or incurred.
§ 1-20-105 Wearing apparel
The necessary wearing apparel of every person not exceeding one thousand
dollars ($1,000.00) in value, determined in the manner provided in W.S.
1-20-106 is exempt from levy or sale upon execution, writ of attachment or any
process issuing out of any court in this state. Necessary wearing apparel shall
not include jewelry of any type other than wedding rings.
§ 1-20-106 Exemption of other personal property; personalty used in livelihood;
appraisement
(a) The following property, when owned by any person, is exempt from levy or
sale upon execution, writ of attachment or any process issuing out of any court
in this state and shall continue to be exempt while the person or the family of
the person is moving from one (1) place of residence to another in this state:
(i) The family bible, pictures and school books;
(ii) A lot in any cemetery or burial ground;
(iii) Furniture, bedding, provisions and other household articles of any kind
or character as the debtor may select, not exceeding in all the value of two
thousand dollars ($2,000.00). When two (2) or more persons occupy the same
residence, each shall be entitled to a separate exemption;
(iv) A motor vehicle not exceeding in value two thousand four hundred dollars
($2,400.00).
(b) The tools, team, implements or stock in trade of any person, used and kept
for the purpose of carrying on his trade or business, not exceeding in value
two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), or the library, instruments and implements of
any professional person, not exceeding in value two thousand dollars
($2,000.00), are exempt from levy or sale upon execution, writ of attachment or
any process out of any court in this state.
(c) The value of the property selected by any debtor shall be ascertained by the
appraisement of three (3) disinterested appraisers, to be selected and summoned
by the officer claiming to levy upon, attach or sell the property. The
appraisers shall be sworn by the officer to make a true appraisement of the
value of the property.
§ 1-20-109 Exemptions from estates in bankruptcy
In accordance with 11 U.S.C. § 522(b)(1), the exemptions from property of the
estate in bankruptcy provided in 11 U.S.C. § 522(d) are not authorized in cases
where Wyoming law is applicable on the date of the filing of the petition and
the debtor's domicile has been located in Wyoming for the one hundred eighty
(180) days immediately preceding the date of the filing of the petition or for
a longer portion of the one hundred eighty (180) day period than in any other
place.
§ 1-20-110 Exemption for retirement funds and accounts
(a) The following are exempt from execution, attachment, garnishment or any
other process issued by any court:
(i) Any person's interest in a retirement plan, pension or annuity, whether by
way of a gratuity or otherwise, granted, paid or payable:
(A) By any private corporation or employer to an employee or a retired employee
under a plan or contract which provides that the pension or annuity shall not
be assignable; or
(B) To any city, town or county employee or retired employee who is not covered
by the state retirement system, under a plan or contract which provides that
the pension or annuity shall not be assignable.
(ii) Any retirement or annuity fund of any person, to the extent of payments
made to the fund while solvent, but not exceeding the amount actually excluded
or deducted as retirement funding for federal income tax purposes, and the
appreciation thereon, the income therefrom and the benefits or annuity payable
thereunder;
(iii) Any retirement or annuity fund of any person, to the extent payments are
made to the fund while solvent, provided the earnings on the fund are protected
from federal income tax or subject to deferral of federal income tax, or are
not subject to federal income tax upon withdrawal, and the appreciation
thereon, the income therefrom and the benefits or annuity payable thereunder;
and
(iv) All property in this state of the judgment debtor where the judgment is in
favor of any state or any political subdivision of any state for failure to pay
that state's or political subdivision's income tax on benefits received from a
pension or other retirement plan. This paragraph shall apply only to judgments
obtained after the judgment debtor has established residency in Wyoming and has
been domiciled in Wyoming for at least one hundred eighty (180) days.
§ 1-20-111 Exemption for contributions to a medical savings account
Contributions by an individual to a qualified medical savings account are
exempt from execution, attachment, garnishment or any other process issued by
any court, except for judgments against an individual or other dependents for
medical expenses, to the extent the contributions are allowable as a deduction
under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
§ 26-15-129 Exemption of proceeds; life insurance
(a) If a policy of insurance is executed by any person on his own life or on
another life, in favor of a person other than himself, or except in cases of
transfer with intent to defraud creditors, if a policy of life insurance is
assigned or in any way made payable to that person, the lawful beneficiary or
assignee thereof, other than the insured or the person executing insurance or
executors or administrators of the insured or the person executing the
insurance, are entitled to its proceeds, including death benefits, cash
surrender and loan values, premiums waived and dividends, whether used in
reduction of premiums or otherwise, excepting only where the debtor, subsequent
to issuance of the policy, has actually elected to receive the dividends in
cash, against the creditors and representatives of the insured and of the
person executing the policy, and are not liable to be applied by any legal or
equitable process to pay any debt or liability of the insured individual or his
beneficiary or of any other person having a right under the policy, whether or
not:
(i) The right to change the beneficiary is reserved or permitted; and
(ii) The policy is made payable to the person whose life is insured if the
beneficiary or assignee predeceases that person, and the proceeds are exempt
from all liability for any debt of the beneficiary existing at the time the
policy is made available for his use.
(b) However, subject to the statute of limitations, the amount of any premiums
paid for insurance with intent to defraud creditors, with interest thereon,
shall inure to their benefit from the policy proceeds; but the insurer issuing
the policy is discharged of all liability thereon by payment of its proceeds in
accordance with its terms, unless before payment the insurer receives written
notice at its home office, by or in behalf of a creditor of:
(i) A claim to recover for transfer made or premiums paid with intent to
defraud creditors;
(ii) The amount claimed along with facts as will assist the insurer to
ascertain the particular policy.
(c) For the purposes of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, a policy is
payable to a person other than the insured if and to the extent that a
facility-of-payment clause or similar clause in the policy permits the insurer
to discharge its obligation after the death of the individual insured by paying
the death benefits to a person as permitted by the clause.
§ 26-15-130 Exemption of proceeds; disability insurance
Except as otherwise provided by the policy or contract, the proceeds of all
contracts of disability insurance and of provisions specifying benefits because
of the insured's disability, which are supplemental to any life insurance or
annuity contracts executed, are exempt from all liability for any debt of the
insured and from any debt of the beneficiary existing at the time the proceeds
are made available for his use.
§ 26-15-131 Exemption of proceeds; group insurance
(a) A policy of group life insurance or group disability insurance or the
proceeds thereof, including death benefits, cash surrender and loan values,
premiums waived and dividends, whether used in reduction of premiums or
otherwise, excepting only where the debtor, subsequent to issuance of the
policy, has actually elected to receive the dividends in cash, payable to the
individual insured or to the named beneficiary are not liable to be applied by
any legal or equitable process to pay any debt or liability of the insured
individual or his beneficiary or of any other person having a right under the
policy. The proceeds, when not made payable to a named beneficiary, or to a
third person pursuant to a facility-of-payment clause, do not constitute a part
of the insured individual's estate for the payment of his debts.
(b) This section does not apply to group insurance issued pursuant to this code
[title 26] to a creditor covering his debtors, to the extent that the proceeds
are applied to payment of the obligation for the purpose of which the insurance
is issued.
§ 26-15-132 Exemption of proceeds; annuity contracts; assignability of rights
(a) The benefits, rights, privileges and options which under any annuity
contract issued are due or prospectively due the annuitant, are not subject to
execution nor is the annuitant compelled to exercise any such rights, powers or
options. Creditors are not allowed to interfere with or terminate the contract,
except:
(i) As to amounts paid for or as premium on the annuity with intent to defraud
creditors, with interest thereon, and of which the creditor gives the insurer
written notice at its home office prior to the making of the payment to the
annuitant out of which the creditor seeks to recover, which notice shall
specify:
(A) The amount claimed or facts to enable the ascertainment of the amount; and
(B) Facts to enable the insurer to ascertain the annuity contract, the
annuitant and the payment sought to be avoided on the ground of fraud.
(ii) The total exemption of benefits presently due and payable to any annuitant
periodically or at stated times under all annuity contracts under which he is
an annuitant shall not at any time exceed three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00)
per month for the length of time represented by the installments, and any
periodic payments in excess of three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) per month
are subject to garnishee execution to the same extent as are wages and
salaries;
(iii) If the total benefits presently due and payable to any annuitant under
any annuity contracts at any time exceed three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00)
per month, the court may order the annuitant to pay to a judgment creditor or
apply on the judgment, in installments, that portion of the excess benefits as
to the court appear just and proper, after regard for the reasonable
requirements of the judgment debtor and his family, if dependent upon him, as
well as any payments required to be made by the annuitant to other creditors
under prior court order.
(b) If the contract provides, the benefits, rights, privileges or options
accruing under that contract to a beneficiary or assignee are not transferable
nor subject to commutation, and if the benefits are payable periodically or at
stated times, the same exemptions and exceptions contained in this section for
the annuitant, apply to the beneficiary or assignee.
§ 27-3-319 Waiver agreements void; exception; assignments void; exemption from
levy
(a) Except as provided by W.S. 27-3-305, 27-3-320 and 27-3-321, any agreement to
waive, release or commute benefit rights or any other rights under this act is
void and any agreement by any employed individual to pay any portion of an
employer's contribution required by this act is void.
(b) Except as provided by W.S. 27-3-305, 27-3-320 and 27-3-321, the assignment,
transfer, pledge or encumbrance of benefit rights under this act is void.
(c) Benefit rights are exempt from levy, execution, attachment or other debt
collection remedy. Benefits received by an individual under this act and not
combined with other funds of the recipient are exempt from debt collection
remedies except those incurred for necessities furnished to the individual, his
spouse or dependents during his unemployment. A waiver of exemptions provided
by this subsection is void.
§ 27-14-102 Definitions
(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Artificial replacement" means the addition of an artificial part to the
human body which replaces a part lost, damaged or in need of correction,
excluding any personal item, artificial heart, automobile or the remodeling of
an automobile or other physical structure or any item of furniture except as
provided by rule and regulation of the division. If a wheelchair is approved by
the division for use during impairment or disability, "artificial replacement"
may include necessary cost effective physical structures such as ramps,
automobile devices or remodeling, bars and rails, and other necessary equipment
or devices aiding the body during impairment or disability, subject to the
following criteria:
(A) A physical structure for which artificial replacement is claimed shall be
the primary residence of the claimant;
(B) Only one (1) automobile at a time shall be eligible for devices or
remodeling under this paragraph.
(ii) "Ascertainable loss" means that point in time in which it is apparent that
permanent physical impairment has resulted from a compensable injury, the
extent of the physical impairment due to the injury can be determined and the
physical impairment will not substantially improve or deteriorate because of
the injury;
(iii) "Child" means any unmarried minor or physically or mentally incapacitated
individual receiving court ordered support or substantially all of his
financial support from the employee at the time of injury or death of the
employee and includes an adopted child, stepchild, posthumous child or
acknowledged illegitimate child but does not include a parent or spouse of the
employee;
(iv) "Delinquent payment" means any payment required of an employer under this
act which is not paid within thirty (30) days after the date due as specified
by this act;
(v) "Administrator" means the administrator of the division;
(vi) "Division" means the worker's compensation division within the department
of employment;
(vii) "Employee" means any person engaged in any extrahazardous employment
under any appointment, contract of hire or apprenticeship, express or implied,
oral or written, and includes legally employed minors and aliens authorized to
work by the United States department of justice, immigration and naturalization
service. "Employee" does not include:
(A) Any individual whose employment is determined to be casual labor;
(B) A sole proprietor or a partner of a business partnership;
(C) An officer of a corporation unless coverage is elected pursuant to W.S.
27-14-108(k);
(D) Any individual engaged as an independent contractor;
(E) A spouse or dependent of an employer living in the employer's household;
(F) A professional athlete, except as provided in W.S. 27-14-108(q);
(G) An employee of a private household;
(H) A private duty nurse engaged by a private party;
(J) An employee of the federal government;
(K) Any volunteer unless covered pursuant to W.S. 27-14-108(e);
(M) Any adult or juvenile prisoner or probationer unless covered pursuant to
W.S. 27-14-108(d)(ix);
(N) An elected public official or an appointed member of any governmental board
or commission, except for a duly elected or appointed sheriff or county
coroner;
(O) The owner and operator of a motor vehicle which is leased or contracted
with driver to a for-hire common or contract carrier. The owner-operator shall
not be an employee for purposes of this act if he performs the service pursuant
to a contract which provides that the owner-operator shall not be treated as an
employee for purposes of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, the Social
Security Act, the Federal Unemployment Tax Act and income tax withholding at
source;
(P) A member of a limited liability company unless coverage is elected pursuant
to W.S. 27-14-108(k);
(Q) A foster parent providing foster care services for the department of family
services or for a certified child placement agency;
(R) An individual providing child day care or babysitting services, whose wages
are subsidized or paid in whole or in part by the Wyoming department of family
services. This exclusion from coverage does not exclude from coverage an
individual providing child day care or babysitting services as an employee of
any individual or entity other than the Wyoming department of family services.
(viii) "Employer" means any person or entity employing an employee engaged in
any extrahazardous occupation or electing coverage under W.S. 27-14-108(j) and
at least one (1) of whose employees is described in W.S. 27-14-301. "Employer"
includes:
(A) Repealed by Laws 1999, ch. 46, § 2.
(B) The governmental entity for which recipients of public assistance perform
work if that work does not otherwise establish a covered employer and employee
relationship;
(C) The governmental entity for which volunteers perform the specified
volunteer activities under W.S. 27-14-108(e);
(D) The governmental entity for which prisoners and probationers work or
perform community service under W.S. 27-14-108(d)(ix) or (xv);
(E) An owner-operator of a mine at which any mine rescue operation or training
occurs;
(F) A temporary service contractor for a temporary worker;
(G) Any person, contractor, firm, association or corporation otherwise
qualifying under this paragraph as an employer and who utilizes the services of
a worker furnished by another contractor, joint employer, firm, association,
person or corporation other than a temporary service contractor, joint
employer, independent contractor or owner and operator excluded as an employee
under subparagraph (a)(vii)(O) of this section;
(H) Any employer otherwise qualifying under this paragraph as an employer and
participating in a school-to-work program approved by the department of
workforce services, any local school district board of trustees, community
college district board of trustees or the department of education, and the
employer previously elected coverage in writing pursuant to W.S. 27-14-108(m).
(ix) "Gross earnings" means remuneration payable for services from any source
including commissions, bonuses and cash and excluding tips and gratuities. The
reasonable cash value of remuneration other than cash or check shall be
prescribed by rule and regulation of the division. To the extent the following
are not considered wages under 26 U.S.C. §§ 3301 through 3311, "gross earnings"
does not include:
(A) Any premium paid by an employer under a plan, system or into a fund for
insurance or annuities to provide an employee or class of employees retirement,
sickness or accident disability, medical and hospitalization expenses for
sickness or accident disability or death benefits if the employee cannot
receive any part of this payment instead of the death benefit or any part of
the premium if the benefit is insured and cannot assign or receive cash instead
of the benefit upon withdrawal from or termination of the plan, system, policy
or services with the employer;
(B) A payment by an employer not deducted from an employee's remuneration for
the tax imposed under 26 U.S.C. § 3101;
(C) Any dismissal payment which the employer is not obligated to make;
(D) The value of any meals or lodging furnished by and for the convenience of
the employer to the employee if the meals are furnished on the business
premises of the employer or in the case of lodging, the employee is required to
accept lodging on the business premises of his employer as a condition of his
employment;
(E) Remuneration received by an employee as sick pay following a six (6) month
continuous period of illness;
(F) Any benefit received under a cafeteria plan specified by 26 U.S.C. § 125,
excluding cash;
(G) Wages of a deceased worker paid to a beneficiary or estate following the
calendar year of the worker's death;
(H) Services received under any dependent care assistance program to the extent
excluded from gross income under 26 U.S.C. § 129;
(J) Wages paid to a disabled worker during the year following the year in which
he became entitled to disability insurance benefits under the Social Security
Act;
(K) Services or benefits received under any educational assistance program;
(M) Any benefit or other value received under an employee achievement award;
(N) The value of any qualified group legal services plan to the extent payments
are excludable from gross income under 26 U.S.C. § 120;
(O) Costs of group term-life insurance;
(P) Any loan repayment which is repaid at interest rates below established
market rates;
(Q) Any moving expenses;
(R) Employer contributions to any qualified retirement or pension plan or
individual retirement account and distributions from qualified retirement and
pension plans and annuities under 26 U.S.C. § 403(b);
(S) Benefit payments under any supplemental unemployment compensation plan; and
(T) Any benefits paid under this act or any other worker's compensation law of
another state.
(x) "Health care provider" means doctor of medicine, chiropractic or
osteopathy, dentist, optometrist, podiatrist, psychologist or advanced
practitioner of nursing, acting within the scope of his license, licensed to
practice in this state or in good standing in his home state;
(xi) "Injury" means any harmful change in the human organism other than normal
aging and includes damage to or loss of any artificial replacement and death,
arising out of and in the course of employment while at work in or about the
premises occupied, used or controlled by the employer and incurred while at
work in places where the employer's business requires an employee's presence
and which subjects the employee to extrahazardous duties incident to the
business. "Injury" does not include:
(A) Any illness or communicable disease unless the risk of contracting the
illness or disease is increased by the nature of the employment;
(B) Injury caused by:
(I) The fact the employee is intoxicated or under the influence of a controlled
substance, or both, except any prescribed drug taken as directed by an
authorized health care provider; or
(II) The employee's willful intention to injure or kill himself or another.
(C) Injury due solely to the culpable negligence of the injured employee;
(D) Any injury sustained during travel to or from employment unless the
employee is reimbursed for travel expenses or is transported by a vehicle of
the employer;
(E) Any injury sustained by the prisoner during or any harm resulting from any
illegal activity engaged in by prisoners held under custody;
(F) Any injury or condition preexisting at the time of employment with the
employer against whom a claim is made;
(G) Any injury resulting primarily from the natural aging process or from the
normal activities of day-to-day living, as established by medical evidence
supported by objective findings;
(H) Any injury sustained while engaged in recreational or social events under
circumstances where an employee was under no duty to attend and where the
injury did not result from the performance of tasks related to the employee's
normal job duties or as specifically instructed to be performed by the
employer; or
(J) Any mental injury unless it is caused by a compensable physical injury, it
occurs subsequent to or simultaneously with, the physical injury and it is
established by clear and convincing evidence, which shall include a diagnosis
by a licensed psychiatrist or licensed clinical psychologist meeting criteria
established in the most recent edition of the diagnostic and statistical manual
of mental disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association. In no
event shall benefits for a compensable mental injury be paid for more than six
(6) months after an injured employee's physical injury has healed to the point
that it is not reasonably expected to substantially improve.
(xii) "Medical and hospital care" when provided by a health care provider means
any reasonable and necessary first aid, medical, surgical or hospital service,
medical and surgical supplies, apparatus, essential and adequate artificial
replacement, body aid during impairment, disability or treatment of an employee
pursuant to this act including the repair or replacement of any preexisting
artificial replacement, hearing aid, prescription eyeglass lens, eyeglass
frame, contact lens or dentures if the device is damaged or destroyed in an
accident and any other health services or products authorized by rules and
regulations of the division. "Medical and hospital care" does not include any
personal item, automobile or the remodeling of an automobile or other physical
structure, public or private health club, weight loss center or aid,
experimental medical or surgical procedure, item of furniture or vitamin and
food supplement except as provided under rule and regulation of the division
and paragraph (a)(i) of this section for impairments or disabilities requiring
the use of wheelchairs;
(xiii) "Nonresident employer" means:
(A) An individual who was not domiciled in Wyoming for at least twelve (12)
months prior to commencing operations in the state; or
(B) A partnership or other association if any member does not qualify under
subparagraph (A) of this paragraph; or
(C) A corporation in which more than three-fourths ( ) of the capital stock is
owned by individuals who do not qualify under subparagraph (A) of this
paragraph; and
(D) A person who uses or employs covered individuals in Wyoming and who has not
been a continuous contributor under this act for twelve (12) months preceding
the use or employment.
(xiv) "Payroll" means "gross earnings" as defined under paragraph (a)(ix) of
this section;
(xv) "Permanent partial disability" means the economic loss to an injured
employee, measured as provided under W.S. 27-14-405(j), resulting from a
permanent physical impairment;
(xvi) "Permanent total disability" means the loss of use of the body as a whole
or any permanent injury certified under W.S. 27-14-406, which permanently
incapacitates the employee from performing work at any gainful occupation for
which he is reasonably suited by experience or training;
(xvii) "Spouse" means any individual legally married to an employee at the time
of injury or death;
(xviii) "Temporary total disability" means that period of time an employee is
temporarily and totally incapacitated from performing employment at any gainful
employment or occupation for which he is reasonably suited by experience or
training. The period of temporary total disability terminates at the time the
employee completely recovers or qualifies for benefits under W.S. 27-14-405 or
27-14-406;
(xix) "Joint employer" means any person, firm, corporation or other entity
which employs joint employees, is associated by ownership, commonly managed or
controlled and contributes to the worker's compensation account as required by
this act;
(xx) "Employer making contributions required by this act" means the employee's
employer and any joint employer when the employer or any joint employer reports
the employee's wages to the division on an account or through a consolidated
worker's compensation account and contributions are made to the fund as
required by this act;
(xxi) "Joint employee" means any person:
(A) Who has an express or implied contract for employment with more than one
(1) joint employer at the same time;
(B) Whose work is controlled by more than one (1) joint employer; and
(C) Who is engaged in the performance of work for more than one (1) joint
employer.
(xxii) "Consolidated Wyoming worker's compensation account" means an account
maintained by the Wyoming workers' compensation division to which an employer
reports the wages of its employees and joint employees for its own account and
the account of its joint employers, pursuant to which contributions are made to
the fund as required by this act;
(xxiii) "Independent contractor" means an individual who performs services for
another individual or entity and:
(A) Is free from control or direction over the details of the performance of
services by contract and by fact;
(B) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 117, § 2.
(C) Represents his services to the public as a self-employed individual or an
independent contractor; and
(D) May substitute another person to perform his services.
(xxiv) "Casual labor" means service of less than two (2) consecutive weeks and
not within the normal course of business;
(xxv) "Temporary service contractor" means any person, firm, association or
corporation conducting a business that employs individuals directly for the
purpose of furnishing services of the employed individuals on a temporary basis
to others;
(xxvi) "Temporary worker" means a worker whose services are furnished to
another employer on a temporary basis to substitute for a permanent employee on
leave or to meet an emergency or short-term workload;
(xxvii) "This act" means W.S. 27-14-101 through 27-14-805;
(xxviii) "State employee" means any individual entering into service of or
working under an employment contract with any agency of the state of Wyoming
for which compensation is paid or which qualifies the individual to participate
in the state retirement fund. Effective on and after July 1, 2002, "state
employee" shall include the University of Wyoming;
(xxix) "Professional athlete" means an individual who receives payment from a
team owner for competing on a baseball, basketball, football, hockey or soccer
team having its principal place of business in Wyoming.
§ 42-2-113 Assignment or transfer of assistance and services; exemption from
legal process
(a) Any assignment or transfer of public assistance and social services provided
under this article is void.
(b) Except as authorized under W.S. 42-2-112(m), public assistance and social
services provided by this article are exempt from levy, execution, attachment,
garnishment or other legal process or debt collection remedy. A waiver of
exemptions provided by this subsection is void.
§ 32-1-106 Official seal
(a) Each notary public before entering upon the duties of his office, shall
provide himself with an official seal with which he shall authenticate all his
official acts, which seal shall clearly show, when embossed, stamped, impressed
or affixed to a document, his name, the words "notary public," the name of the
county wherein he resides, and the word "Wyoming," and the seal of a notary
public shall not be levied upon or sold. If the notary public changes his
county of residence to a different county than that shown on the seal, he shall
have the seal altered to indicate such change.
(b) The seal of every notary public may be affixed by a seal press or stamp that
will print or emboss a seal which legibly reproduces under the photographic
methods the name of the notary, the words "notary public," the name of the
county in which he resides and the word "Wyoming." The seal may be circular not
over two (2) inches in diameter or may be a rectangular form of not more than
three-fourths of an inch in width by two and one-half (2 ) inches in length,
with a serrated or milled edged border, and shall contain the information
required by this section.
§ 9-3-426 Benefits, allowances and contents of account exempt from taxation and
not subject to execution or attachment; assignment limited; qualified domestic
relations order; system assets
(a) The benefits and allowances and the cash and securities in the account
created by this article:
(i) Are exempt from any state, county or municipal tax of this state;
(ii) Are not subject to execution or attachment by trustee process or
otherwise, in law or equity, or under any other process whatsoever;
(iii) Shall not be used for any purpose other than a purpose specified in W.S.
9-3-407(c); and
(iv) Are not assignable except as specifically provided in this article.
(b) Repealed by Laws 1993, ch. 149, § 2.
(c) The retirement system including the Wyoming state highway patrol, game and
fish warden and criminal investigator retirement program, any paid firemen's
pension plan established under the firemen's pension account created by W.S.
15-5-202 and any plan through the volunteer firemen's pension fund account
established under W.S. 35-9-602, shall pay retirement benefits in accordance
with any qualified domestic relations order for the payment of a specified
percentage of a member's benefits or account to an alternate payee, for a
specified number of payments or period of time and from a specified retirement
plan. Upon request of the alternate payee, a lump sum refund of the alternate
payee's percentage of the member's account shall be paid pursuant to the
qualified domestic relations order. Acceptance by the alternate payee of the
lump sum refund terminates his right to any further payment or benefit provided
by the retirement system. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
retirement system is exempt from the qualified order unless:
(i) Benefits are paid pursuant to the amount, type, form and options otherwise
available under the retirement system and except as otherwise provided under
this subsection, are paid upon or after the member's retirement or separation
from service; and
(ii) Joint survivor benefit options are not available to alternate payees.
(iii) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 89, § 2.
(d) The board shall review submitted domestic relations orders and shall
promulgate rules and regulations for the determination of the qualified status
of a submitted order and for the administration of distributions under the
qualified order. Upon a determination that an order is qualified, the board
shall notify the participating member and the named alternate payee of the
qualified order.
(e) For purposes of this section, "qualified domestic relations order" means any
judgment, decree or order including approval of a property settlement
agreement, which:
(i) Relates to the provision of child or spousal support or to marital property
rights of a spouse, former spouse, child or other dependent of a member;
(ii) Is made pursuant to the domestic relations law of any state; and
(iii) Creates or recognizes the existence of an alternate payee's right to, or
assigns to an alternate payee the right to, receive all or a part of the
member's account or of the benefits payable to the member.
§ 15-5-209 Payments; when and how made; protections; nonassignability; qualified
domestic relations order
(a) Payments made under this article shall be made to the beneficiaries on or
before the fifth day of each month and shall be made by voucher approved by the
board or its designee drawn against the firemen's pension account and paid by
the board out of the account. No payments made under this article are subject
to judgment, attachment, execution, garnishment or other legal process and are
not assignable nor shall the board recognize any assignment nor pay over any
sum assigned.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, payments under this article
may be made in accordance with qualified domestic relations orders pursuant to
W.S. 9-3-426.
§ 12-4-604 Transfer or sale of license or permit; attachment, garnishment or
execution
No license or permit shall be transferred or sold except as provided by W.S.
12-4-601 through 12-4-603, used for any place not described in the license or
permit at the time of issuance or subject to attachment, garnishment or
execution.
§ 17-21-501 Partner's interest in partnership property not transferable
A partner is not a co-owner of partnership property and has no interest that
can be transferred, either voluntarily or involuntarily, in partnership
property.
Note: Exemptions may have changed since our last update. For the latest updates on these property exemptions, speak to a local bankruptcy lawyer.
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