Wyoming § 6-3-608 Fraudulent use of materials; fraudulent obtaining
of money by contractor; penalties

Wyoming Statutes

§ 6-3-608 — Fraudulent use of materials; fraudulent obtaining of money by contractor; penalties

Wyoming § 6-3-608

Title 06Crimes and Offenses

Ch. 3OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY

Art. 6FRAUD

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Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-3-608 (2026).

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(a)A contractor or subcontractor who purchases materials on credit and represents that they will be used in a designated building or improvement and who knowingly and with intent to defraud the seller uses the materials or allows them to be used in a building or improvement other than the one designated is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both.

(b)Any contractor who receives money from an owner and provides the owner with an affidavit that all materialmen and subcontractors have been paid when he knows all materialmen and subcontractors have not been paid is guilty of a felony and shall be sentenced to not more than five (5) years in the penitentiary, fined not more than

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(a) A contractor or subcontractor who purchases materials
on credit and represents that they will be used in a designated
building or improvement and who knowingly and with intent to
defraud the seller uses the materials or allows them to be used
in a building or improvement other than the one designated is
guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more
than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty
dollars ($750.00), or both.
(b) Any contractor who receives money from an owner and
provides the owner with an affidavit that all materialmen and
subcontractors have been paid when he knows all materialmen and
subcontractors have not been paid is guilty of a felony and
shall be sentenced to not more than five (5) years in the
penitentiary, fined not more than ten thousand dollars
($10,000.00), or both. Lien waivers signed by all materialmen,
subcontractors and laborers are prima facie evidence that monies
received from the owner were applied toward construction costs
by the contractor.