Wyo. Stat. § 1-38-105

This is the official text of Wyo. Stat. § 1-38-105, part of Wyoming’s Wyoming Statutes — the complete compiled statutory law of Wyoming, organized into 40+ numbered titles by subject. This particular section falls under Title 1, “Code of Civil Procedure.”

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§ 1-38-105. Notice

Official statutory text

(a) Within thirty (30) days of the filing of an action to appoint the wrongful death representative, the plaintiff shall cause to be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a daily or weekly newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the decedent resided at the time of death, a notice that an action to appoint the wrongful death representative has been instituted and that any person claiming to qualify under W.S. 1-38-104(a) may intervene as a matter of right.

(b) Within sixty (60) days after appointment, the wrongful death representative shall file with the court a report listing all reasonably ascertainable beneficiaries. The report shall set forth all reasonable efforts made by the wrongful death representative to notify such beneficiaries of the wrongful death representative's appointment.

(c) Irregularities in the manner or method of giving notice under this section are not jurisdictional.

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