Wyo. Stat. § 2-3-502
This is the official text of Wyo. Stat. § 2-3-502, 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 2, “Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code.”
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Authorization by court; contents of petition; hearing; objections; terms, etc., of order
Official statutory text
(a) A petition to mortgage or lease under W.S. 2-3-501, or a petition to transfer, sell or assign royalty, overriding royalty, leasehold or other mineral interest, or to lease the mineral interest in the property under W.S. 2-3-503, shall show:
(i) The advantage that may accrue to the estate from the lease, mortgage, transfer, sale or assignment;
(ii) A general description of the property to be leased, mortgaged, sold or assigned;
(iii) The term, rental and general conditions of the proposed lease, transfer, sale or assignment, or the amount, maturity and rate of interest of the proposed mortgage;
(iv) The names of the legatees and devisees, if any, and of the heirs of the deceased, or of the minor or incompetent
person, lessee, assignee or purchaser, so far as known to the petitioner.
(b) Upon the filing of the petition, the court, if it deems the petition sufficient, shall set the matter for hearing and shall direct to what persons and in what manner notice of the hearing shall be given. At the hearing any person interested in the estate may appear and present objections to the proposed lease, mortgage, sale or assignment. If objections are filed to the petition, the court may adjourn the hearing to enable the parties objecting to fully present their reasons and evidence for and against the proposed lease, mortgage, sale or assignment. If no objections are filed, or if upon hearing the objections are deemed insufficient, the court may order the lease, mortgage, transfer, sale or assignment of royalty, overriding royalty, lease or other mineral interest, or lease of the mineral interest in the property, upon the terms, in the amount and for the period as is deemed proper by the court.
(i) The advantage that may accrue to the estate from the lease, mortgage, transfer, sale or assignment;
(ii) A general description of the property to be leased, mortgaged, sold or assigned;
(iii) The term, rental and general conditions of the proposed lease, transfer, sale or assignment, or the amount, maturity and rate of interest of the proposed mortgage;
(iv) The names of the legatees and devisees, if any, and of the heirs of the deceased, or of the minor or incompetent
person, lessee, assignee or purchaser, so far as known to the petitioner.
(b) Upon the filing of the petition, the court, if it deems the petition sufficient, shall set the matter for hearing and shall direct to what persons and in what manner notice of the hearing shall be given. At the hearing any person interested in the estate may appear and present objections to the proposed lease, mortgage, sale or assignment. If objections are filed to the petition, the court may adjourn the hearing to enable the parties objecting to fully present their reasons and evidence for and against the proposed lease, mortgage, sale or assignment. If no objections are filed, or if upon hearing the objections are deemed insufficient, the court may order the lease, mortgage, transfer, sale or assignment of royalty, overriding royalty, lease or other mineral interest, or lease of the mineral interest in the property, upon the terms, in the amount and for the period as is deemed proper by the court.
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