{"data":{"id":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-17-21-101","jurisdiction":"us-wy","citation":"Wyo. Stat. § 17-21-101","heading":"Definitions.","body":"(a) In this chapter:\n(i) \"Business\" includes every trade, occupation and profession;\n(ii) \"Chief executive office\" means the principal operating headquarters and the primary offices of the chief executive officer;\n(iii) \"Debtor in bankruptcy\" means a person who is the subject of:\n(A) An order for relief under title 11 of the United States Code or a comparable order under a successor statute of general application; or\n(B) A comparable order under federal or state law governing insolvency.\n(iv) \"Distribution\" means a transfer of cash or other property from a partnership to a partner in the partner's capacity as a partner, or to the partner's transferee;\n(v) \"Foreign registered limited liability partnership\" means a partnership or association formed under, or pursuant to an agreement governed by, the laws of any state or jurisdiction other than this state that is registered as a limited liability partnership under the laws of the other jurisdiction;\n(vi) \"Partnership\" means an association of two (2) or more persons to carry on as coowners a business for profit formed under W.S. 17-21-202, predecessor law, or comparable law of another jurisdiction, and includes for all purposes of the laws of this state, a registered limited liability partnership;\n(vii) \"Partnership agreement\" means an agreement, written or oral, among the partners concerning the partnership;\n(viii) \"Partnership at will\" means a partnership in which the partners have not agreed to remain partners until the expiration of a definite term or the completion of a particular undertaking;\n(ix) \"Person\" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality or any other legal or commercial entity;\n(x) \"Property\" means all property, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, or any interest therein;\n(xi) \"Registered limited liability partnership\" means a partnership formed pursuant to an agreement governed by the laws of this state, registered under W.S. 17-21-1101 and complying with W.S. 17-21-1103;\n(xii) \"State\" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States;\n(xiii) \"Statement\" means a statement of partnership authority under W.S. 17-21-303, a statement of denial under W.S. 17-21-304, a statement of dissociation under W.S. 17-21-704, a statement of dissolution under W.S. 17-21-806, a statement of merger under W.S. 17-21-906, a statement of registration as a registered limited liability partnership, or a renewal thereof, under W.S. 17-21-1101, a statement of continuance under W.S. 17-21-1106, a statement of registration as a foreign registered limited liability partnership, or a renewal thereof, under W.S. 17-21-1104 or an amendment, cancellation or withdrawal of any of the foregoing;\n(xiv) \"Transfer\" includes an assignment, conveyance, lease, mortgage, deed and encumbrance;\n(xv) \"Registered agent\" means as provided in W.S. 17-28-101 through 17-28-111.","path":["TITLE 17 - CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS","CHAPTER 21 - UNIFORM PARTNERSHIP ACT","ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title17.pdf","current_through":"2026 Budget Session; as of 2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:16:32Z","sha256":"b0b001722c7e3081ba2825ed89a8d5d00153cbd016caf85990353a66e91e98d1","source_id":"us-wy","stale":false,"prev":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-17-20-1801","next":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-17-21-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}