Conditions for providing escrow, closing or settlement services, or maintaining title indemnification accounts.
Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 26-23-314
in effect(a) A title insurer or title agent may engage in the escrow, settlement, or closing business, or any combination of such businesses, and operate as an escrow, settlement, or closing agent, provided that:
(i) Funds deposited in connection with any escrow, settlement, closing or title indemnification shall be deposited in a separate fiduciary trust account or accounts in a bank or other financial institution insured by an agency of the federal government. These funds are the property of the person or persons entitled thereto under the provisions of the escrow, settlement, closing or title indemnification and shall be segregated by escrow, settlement, closing or title indemnification in the records of the title insurer or title agent. Those funds are not subject to any debts of the title insurer or title agent and shall be used only in accordance with the terms of the individual escrow, settlement, closing or title indemnification under which the funds were accepted;
(ii) Interest received on funds deposited with the title insurer or title agent in connection with any escrow, settlement, closing or title indemnification shall be paid to the depositing party unless the instructions provide otherwise;
(iii) The title insurer or title agent shall maintain separate records of all receipts and disbursements of escrow, settlement, closing or title indemnification funds.
Source: WY Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title26.pdfFetched: 10/4/2026