010-1 Wyo. Code R. § 1-3

Current through April 27, 2019
Section 1-3 - Definitions

As used in this Chapter and in addition to the definitions found in W.S. 11-41-102(a), the following terms are defined:

(a) "Act" means the Agriculture Mediation Service Act of 1987 as amended by the Agriculture and Natural Resource Mediation Act of 1998, W.S. W.S. W.S. 11-41-101 through 11-41-110;

(b) "Action" under W.S. W.S. W.S. 11-41-102(a)(i) means a court action by a Creditor against a Farmer for payment of a debt, to enforce or foreclose a security interest, lien or mortgage, or to repossess or declare a Creditor's interest in real property. "Action" also includes any matter filed in a court of law or before an agency by a party to resolve a dispute.

(c) "Agricultural property " under W.S. W.S. W.S. 11-41-102(a)(ii) means real property that is used principally for Farming or ranching, real property that is a Farmer's principal residence and any land contiguous to the residence, personal property that is used as security to finance Farming or personal property that is used for Farming;

(d) "Board" under W.S. W.S. W.S. 11-41-102(a)(iii) means the Agriculture and Natural Resource Mediation Board;

(e) "Creditor" under W.S. W.S. W.S. 11-41-102(a)(iv) means any person who holds a mortgage on or is a vendor of a land contract for Agricultural property, who has a lien on or security interest in Agricultural property or who is a judgment Creditor with a judgment against a Farmer affecting the Farmer's Agricultural property;

(f) "Farmer" or "Rancher" under W.S. W.S. 11-41-102(a)(v) means a person engaged in Farming or ranching who owns or leases a total of sixty (60) acres or more of land that is Agricultural property and whose gross sales of farm products for the preceding year equaled twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) or more;

(g) "Farming or ranching" under W.S. W.S. W.S. 11-41-102(a)(vi) means the employment and operation of real property for the production of agricultural products, including but not limited to:

  • (i) Raising, harvesting and selling crops, hay and other products of the soil;
  • (ii) Feeding, breeding, management and sale of livestock, poultry, fur bearing animals or honeybees, or the produce thereof; or
  • (iii) Dairying and the sale of dairy products.

(h) "Natural Resources" means the physical, chemical or biological properties of natural resources including but not limited to air, water, wildlife, soil, minerals, or vegetation.

(i) "Mediation" under W.S. W.S. W.S. 11-41-102(a)(vii) means the act of a neutral person in intermediating between or among contending Parties with a view to persuading them to adjust or settle their dispute by mutual agreement.

(j) "Parties" under W.S. W.S. W.S. 11-41-102(a)(viii) means the primary decision makers engaged in the Mediation process.

(k) "Standing" under W.S. W.S. W.S. 11-41-102(a)(ix) means a person is given the authority to initiate a Mediation process by the Board.

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