Wyoming § 33-31-101 - Operation authorized; filing and execution of bond; action upon bond; additional bond.
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§ 33-31-101. Operation authorized; filing and execution of bond; action upon bond; additional bond.
Any warehouseman as provided by W.S. 34-17-101 through 34-17-106 may operate his business under said chapter as a bonded warehouseman upon filing a bond as herein provided in the office of the county clerk in the county wherein may be situated his principal warehouse, tanks, or other place of storage. Such bond shall run to the state of Wyoming and be in a principal sum of not less than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), and conditioned that said warehouseman shall conduct his business in compliance with the provisions of W.S. 34-17-101 through 34-17-106, and shall be good for a stated term of not less than one (1) year from the date thereof. Said bond shall be executed by such warehouseman as principal and by a corporate surety company authorized to transact business under the laws of the state of Wyoming as surety, or by two (2) sureties, residents of this state, who shall be severally and jointly liable on said bond and who shall each justify before said county clerk as provided in W.S. 1-1-105. Anyone injured by reason of a violation of the conditions of said bond may bring suit thereon and recover the amount of damages sustained not in excess of the principal sum of said bond; and if said bond shall become impaired by reason of recovery of damages or for other reason during its term such warehouseman shall file an additional bond sufficient to make good such impairments.
Source: official Wyoming text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 33-31-101 ("Operation authorized; filing and execution of bond; action upon bond; additional bond.") is part of the Wyoming Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of Wyoming. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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