Wyoming Rent Increase Notice Requirements

Wyoming's Residential Rental Property Act, Wyo. Stat. §§ 1-21-1201 through 1-21-1211, contains no provision addressing rent increases or the notice a landlord must give to raise rent, and no Wyoming statute imposes rent control. Because the legislature has not regulated the subject, the terms of the written or oral rental agreement govern. For a periodic tenancy, an increase generally cannot take effect mid-period without the tenant's agreement; the landlord effectively must propose the new rent before the next rental period begins. This makes Wyoming one of the most landlord-permissive states on pricing — there is no statutory ceiling and no mandated notice window beyond what the lease itself provides.

No specific statutory penalty. With no statute on rent increases, enforcement turns on the rental agreement; a tenant who does not agree to a higher rent on a month-to-month tenancy may decline and the landlord's remedy is to terminate the tenancy.