Sale of Corporate Stock Under Execution or Attachment

Wyo. Stat. Ann. tit. 1, ch. 19

in effect

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-19-101 Right to levy and sale.

Rights and shares of stock in any corporation owned or held by any defendant in execution or attachment, or in trust for such person, may be levied upon under any execution or writ of attachment, and may be sold under any execution in the manner provided.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-19-102 Duty to furnish statement of defendant's rights or shares.

When any execution or writ of attachment is issued against the owner of any rights or shares in any corporation or for whom any rights or shares are held by any person other than the defendant, it is the duty of any officer of the corporation, or if there is no officer in the state, then the resident manager or agent, upon the request of the officer having the execution or writ of attachment, to furnish him a certificate under his hand stating the number of rights or shares which the defendant holds, or which are held in trust for defendant, or for his use, in the corporation.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-19-103 Manner of making levy.

To levy execution or attachment on rights or shares in a corporation, the officer making the levy shall leave a true copy of the writ, with any officer of the corporation and if there is no officer, then with the resident manager or agent thereof, together with the officer's certificate stating that he levies upon and takes in execution or attachment the rights or shares to satisfy the writ.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-19-104 Sale of rights or shares.

Rights or shares in any corporation levied upon by writ of attachment shall be held subject to the judgment rendered in the action in which the writ is issued. Whenever execution is levied upon such rights or shares, they shall be sold as personal property as provided by law, at the front door of the courthouse in the county in which the levy is made.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-19-105 Certificate of sale; transfer on corporate books.

Every officer who sells any rights or shares of stock in any corporation under an execution shall execute to the purchaser a certificate in writing reciting the sale and payment of the consideration, and conveying to the purchaser the rights and shares. The officer shall also leave with an officer of the corporation or the resident manager or agent, a true copy of the certificate. The person having charge of the books of the corporation shall make entries in the books as necessary to vest the legal and equitable title to the rights or shares in the purchaser.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-19-106 Rights and privileges of purchasers.

A purchaser of rights or shares in a corporation at a sale made by an officer, upon receiving a certificate of the sale as provided in W.S. 1-19-105 is deemed to be the legal and equitable owner of the rights or shares and is entitled to all dividends and to the same rights and privileges as a shareholder of the corporation as was the defendant in execution, even though the rights and shares of stock may not have been transferred upon the books of the company.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-19-107 Effect of levy.

Rights and shares of stock in a corporation levied upon as provided by W.S. 1-19-101 through 1-19-107 shall be held and bound from the time of the levy.

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-19-108 Liability of shares pledged or used as collateral.

When shares of any corporation are pledged in good faith, or pledged as collateral security for any loan or debt, and the certificate is delivered upon the pledge or debt, the shares are not liable to be taken on execution against the pledgor except for the excess of their value over the sum for which they have been pledged.

Source: WY Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title01.pdfFetched: 10/4/2026