2-7-601. When conveyance required; generally. When a person who is bound by contract in writing to convey any real estate dies before making the conveyance, and in all cases when the decedent, if living, might be compelled to make the conveyance, the court may order his personal representative to convey the real estate to the […]
2-7-602. When conveyance required; time and place for hearing; notice. On presentation of a verified petition by any person claiming to be entitled to the conveyance from a personal representative setting forth the facts upon which the claim is predicated, the court shall appoint a time and place for hearing the petition and notice thereof […]
2-7-603. When conveyance required; hearing. At the hearing all persons interested in the estate may appear and contest the petition by filing their objections in writing. The court may examine, on oath, the petitioner and all before him for that purpose.
2-7-604. When conveyance required; order for conveyance; journal entry. If after hearing and examination of the claim the court is satisfied the petitioner is entitled to a conveyance of the real estate described in the petition, an order directing the personal representative to execute a conveyance thereof to the petitioner shall be made and entered […]
2-7-605. When conveyance required; execution. The personal representative shall execute the conveyance according to the directions of the order.
2-7-606. When conveyance required; dismissal of petition; specific performance. If upon hearing the right of the petitioner to have specific performance of the contract is found to be doubtful, the court shall dismiss the petition without prejudice to the right of the petitioner, who may at any time within two (2) months thereafter proceed by […]
2-7-607. When conveyance required; title to pass. Every conveyance made in pursuance of an order or decree as provided in W.S. 2-7-601 or 2-7-604 shall pass title to the estate contracted for as fully as if the contracting party himself was still living and executed the conveyance.
2-7-608. When conveyance required; right of successor to enforce. If the person entitled to the conveyance dies before the commencement or completion of proceedings therefor, any person entitled to succeed to his rights in the contract, or the personal representative of the decedent, may, for the benefit of the person so entitled, commence the proceedings […]
2-7-609. When power given in will. When power to sell, mortgage, lease, pledge or exchange property of the estate is given to any personal representative under the terms of a will, the statutory requirements for such purposes do not apply.
2-7-610. Equitable conversion; effect thereof. A testamentary direction to sell real property, or the exercise of a testamentary power of sale of real property constitutes an equitable conversion of real estate into personal property, but shall not affect distribution of the estate under the provisions of the will.
2-7-611. When real property deemed personalty; when personalty deemed real property. (a) Real property acquired by the personal representative by the completion of foreclosure proceedings or by the forfeiture of real estate contracts after the death of the decedent is deemed to be personal property for the purpose of administration and distribution of the estate. […]
2-7-612. Purposes for which realty or personalty may be sold; exempt personal property and homestead. (a) Any real or personal property belonging to the decedent except exempt personal property and the homestead may be sold, mortgaged, pledged, leased or exchanged by the personal representative for any of the following purposes: (i) The payment of debts […]
2-7-613. Sale of personalty without court order. Personal property of a perishable nature and personal property for which there is a regularly established market may be sold by the personal representative without order of court.
2-7-614. Petition to sell; generally. A petition to sell, mortgage, exchange, pledge or lease any real or personal property shall set forth the reasons for the petition and describe the property involved. It may apply for different authority as to separate parts of the property, or it may apply in the alternative for authority to […]
2-7-615. Petition to sell; notice and hearing; exception; court order. Upon filing of the petition, the court shall fix the time and place of hearing of the petition, and the personal representative shall give notice of the hearing as provided in W.S. 2-7-205, but as to personal property and as to the lease of real […]
2-7-616. Sale subject to mortgage. When a claim is secured by a mortgage on property, the court, with the consent of the mortgagee, may order the sale of the property subject to the mortgage, and the consent shall release the estate should a deficiency later appear.
2-7-617. Extension of credit in sales. In all sales of property, the court may authorize credit to be given by the personal representative on such terms as the court may prescribe. Credit for more than twelve (12) months shall be extended only after hearing pursuant to notice to interested parties.
2-7-618. Purchase by holder of lien. At any sale of real or personal property upon which there is a mortgage, pledge or other lien, the holder of the lien may become the purchaser, and may apply the amount of his lien on the purchase price. If no claim thereon has been filed or allowed, the […]
2-7-619. Bond to prevent sale; liability for breach; effect of compliance. (a) Any person interested in the estate may prevent a sale, mortgage, pledge, exchange or lease of the whole or any part of the real estate or personal property for any purpose by giving bond to the satisfaction of the court, conditioned that he […]
2-7-620. Collateral attacks precluded. No proceedings for sale, mortgage, pledge, lease, exchange or conveyance by a personal representative of property belonging to the estate is subject to collateral attack on account of any irregularity in the proceedings which do not deprive the court of jurisdiction.
