{"data":{"id":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-34.1-9-324","jurisdiction":"us-wy","citation":"Wyo. Stat. § 34.1-9-324","heading":"Priority of purchase-money security interests.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g), a perfected purchase-money security interest in goods other than inventory or livestock has priority over a conflicting security interest in the same goods, and, except as otherwise provided in section 34.1-9-327, a perfected security interest in its identifiable proceeds also has priority, if the purchase-money security interest is perfected when the debtor receives possession of the collateral or within twenty (20) days thereafter.\n(b) Subject to subsection (c) and except as otherwise provided in subsection (g), a perfected purchase-money security interest in inventory has priority over a conflicting security interest in the same inventory, has priority over a conflicting security interest in chattel paper or an instrument constituting proceeds of the inventory and in proceeds of the chattel paper, if so provided in section 34.1-9-330, and, except as otherwise provided in section 34.1-9-327, also has priority in identifiable cash proceeds of the inventory to the extent the identifiable cash proceeds are received on or before the delivery of the inventory to a buyer, if:\n(i) The purchase-money security interest is perfected when the debtor receives possession of the inventory;\n(ii) The purchase-money secured party sends an authenticated notification to the holder of the conflicting security interest;\n(iii) The holder of the conflicting security interest receives the notification within five (5) years before the debtor receives possession of the inventory; and\n(iv) The notification states that the person sending the notification has or expects to acquire a purchase-money security interest in inventory of the debtor and describes the inventory.\n(c) Paragraphs (b)(ii) through (iv) apply only if the holder of the conflicting security interest had filed a financing statement covering the same types of inventory:\n(i) If the purchase-money security interest is perfected by filing, before the date of the filing; or\n(ii) If the purchase-money security interest is temporarily perfected without filing or possession under section 34.1-9-312(f), before the beginning of the twenty (20) day period thereunder.\n(d) Subject to subsection (e) and except as otherwise provided in subsection (g), a perfected purchase-money security interest in livestock that are farm products has priority over a conflicting security interest in the same livestock, and, except as otherwise provided in section 34.1-9-327, a perfected security interest in their identifiable proceeds and identifiable products in their unmanufactured states also has priority, if:\n(i) The purchase-money security interest is perfected when the debtor receives possession of the livestock;\n(ii) The purchase-money secured party sends an authenticated notification to the holder of the conflicting security interest;\n(iii) The holder of the conflicting security interest receives the notification within six (6) months before the debtor receives possession of the livestock; and\n(iv) The notification states that the person sending the notification has or expects to acquire a purchase-money security interest in livestock of the debtor and describes the livestock.\n(e) Paragraphs (d)(ii) through (iv) apply only if the holder of the conflicting security interest had filed a financing statement covering the same types of livestock:\n(i) If the purchase-money security interest is perfected by filing, before the date of the filing; or\n(ii) If the purchase-money security interest is temporarily perfected without filing or possession under section 34.1-9-312(f), before the beginning of the twenty (20) day period thereunder.\n(f) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g), a perfected purchase-money security interest in software has priority over a conflicting security interest in the same collateral, and, except as otherwise provided in section 34.1-9-327, a perfected security interest in its identifiable proceeds also has priority, to the extent that the purchase-money security interest in the goods in which the software was acquired for use has priority in the goods and proceeds of the goods under this section.\n(g) If more than one (1) security interest qualifies for priority in the same collateral under subsection (a), (b), (d) or (f):\n(i) A security interest securing an obligation incurred as all or part of the price of the collateral has priority over a security interest securing an obligation incurred for value given to enable the debtor to acquire rights in or the use of collateral; and\n(ii) In all other cases, section 34.1-9-322(a) applies to the qualifying security interests.\n34.1-9-324A. Priority of production-money security interests and agricultural liens.\n(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c), (d) and (e), if the requirements of subsection (b) are satisfied, a perfected production-money security interest in production-money crops has priority over a conflicting security interest in the same crops and, except as otherwise provided in section 34.1-9-327, also has priority in their identifiable proceeds.\n(b) A production-money security interest has priority under subsection (a) if:\n(i) The production-money security interest is perfected by filing when the production-money secured party first gives new value to enable the debtor to produce the crops;\n(ii) The production-money secured party sends an authenticated notification to the holder of the conflicting security interest not less than ten (10) or more than thirty (30) days before the production-money secured party first gives new value to enable the debtor to produce the crops if the holder had filed a financing statement covering the crops before the date of the filing made by the production-money secured party; and\n(iii) The notification states that the production-money secured party has or expects to acquire a production-money security interest in the debtor's crops and provides a description of the crops.\n(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) or (e), if more than one (1) security interest qualifies for priority in the same collateral under subsection (a), the security interests rank according to priority in time of filing under section 34.1-9-322(a).\n(d) To the extent that a person holding a perfected security interest in production-money crops that are the subject of a production-money security interest gives new value to enable the debtor to produce the production-money crops and the value is in fact used for the production of the production-money crops, the security interests rank according to priority in time of filing under section 34.1-9-322(a).\n(e) To the extent that a person holds both an agricultural lien and a production-money security interest in the same collateral securing the same obligations, the rules of priority applicable to agricultural liens govern priority.","path":["TITLE 34.1 - UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE","ARTICLE 9 - SECURED TRANSACTIONS","PART 3 PERFECTION AND PRIORITY"],"source_url":"https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title34.1.pdf","current_through":"2026 Budget Session; as of 2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:16:32Z","sha256":"d0ef2241fe95b35c8ce7b96d9f6d4faab41b68c942ca40131209ad167d030b4a","source_id":"us-wy","stale":false,"prev":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-34.1-9-323","next":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-34.1-9-325"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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