Section 2-7-726 - Rights of a Purchaser for Value; Duty to Inquire; Rights to Proceeds From Sale or Security Interest.

WY Stat § 2-7-726 (2019) (N/A)
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2-7-726. Rights of a purchaser for value; duty to inquire; rights to proceeds from sale or security interest.

(a) If a surviving spouse has apparent title to property to which this act applies, a purchaser for value or a lender taking a security interest in the property takes his interest in the property free of any rights of the personal representative or an heir or devisee of the decedent.

(b) If a personal representative or an heir or devisee of the decedent has apparent title to property to which this act applies, a purchaser for value or a lender taking a security interest in the property takes his interest in the property free of any rights of the surviving spouse.

(c) A purchaser for value or a lender need not inquire whether a vendor or borrower acted properly.

(d) The proceeds of a sale or creation of a security interest shall be treated in the same manner as the property transferred to the purchaser for value or a lender.