Wyoming HOA Assessments & Liens: No Statutory Assessment Lien, Collection Rights Come From the Recorded Declaration

Wyoming lacks a comprehensive homeowners'-association statute. Condominiums fall under the brief Condominium Ownership Act, Wyo. Stat. § 34-20-101 through 34-20-104, which recognizes condominium ownership and governs tax assessment and recordation but creates no lien for unpaid common-expense assessments and no foreclosure procedure. The 'lien for taxes' in § 34-20-104(a) is the county's property-tax lien, not an association assessment lien. Instead, § 34-20-104(c) makes a declaration's requirement that owners pay 'charges assessed by the association upon condominium units' a covenant 'running with the land binding upon all condominium owners.' So an association's power to levy assessments, record a lien, and foreclose arises from the recorded declaration plus general lien law, not from a Wyoming statute.

An owner who fails to pay assessments faces only the remedies the recorded declaration provides - typically a contractual lien, late fees, interest, and a suit or foreclosure if the covenants authorize it. Wyoming provides no statutory assessment lien or foreclosure procedure for condos or HOAs, so the governing documents and general lien law control.