Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 34-10-109

Prohibition against filing notices for purpose of slandering title to land

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Sweetwater Station, LLC v. Daniel L. and Linda J. Pedri Daniel J. and Rori S. Pedri Chelsea Egbert Randy Fuja Gabe E. Bustos Cesar F. Diaz-Vazquez Aaron Wilcox Jannel Fossen Brent and Kayla Lloyd Jose A. Gonzalez Allyson Cross Kerry E. Osborne and Judith A. Osborne, as Trustees of the Kerry E. Osborn and Judith A. Osborne Trust Dated December 11, 2007 Rory M. and Brianne M. Crofts Fred and Susan Von Ahrens Rick A. and Rhonda F. Greene Daniel Madsen James J. and Dorothy S. Schneiders John E. Hay Gary W. Elmore Jr., Trustee of the Gary W. Elmore Jr., Living Trust Dirk L. and Melissa Anderson Jason and Kara Grenier Ryan B. Greene and Sweetwater Station Homeowners Association (2022)

Most recently applied in Sweetwater Station, LLC v. Daniel L. and Linda J. Pedri Daniel J. and Rori S. Pedri Chelsea Egbert Randy Fuja Gabe E. Bustos Cesar F. Diaz-Vazquez Aaron Wilcox Jannel Fossen Brent and Kayla Lloyd Jose A. Gonzalez Allyson Cross Kerry E. Osborne and Judith A. Osborne, as Trustees of the Kerry E. Osborn and Judith A. Osborne Trust Dated December 11, 2007 Rory M. and Brianne M. Crofts Fred and Susan Von Ahrens Rick A. and Rhonda F. Greene Daniel Madsen James J. and Dorothy S. Schneiders John E. Hay Gary W. Elmore Jr., Trustee of the Gary W. Elmore Jr., Living Trust Dirk L. and Melissa Anderson Jason and Kara Grenier Ryan B. Greene and Sweetwater Station Homeowners Association (December 2022)

No person shall use the privilege of filing notices hereunder for the purpose of slandering the title to land, and in any action brought for the purpose of quieting title to land, if the court shall find that any person has filed a claim for that reason only, the court shall award the plaintiff all costs of such action as the court may allow to the plaintiff, and in addition, shall decree that the defendant asserting such claim shall pay to plaintiff all damages that plaintiff may have sustained as the result of such notice of claim having been so filed for record.

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