Section 1 — Overview: How records inspection works in Wyoming

Wyoming governs condominium ownership under the Wyoming Condominium Ownership Act (Wyo. Stat. §§ 34-20-101 to 34-20-104)¹ — but the Act has nothing to say about records inspection. Not a word. For that right, Wyoming associations — condominiums and planned communities alike — turn to the Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act (Wyo. Stat. § 17-19-101 et seq.) and their recorded governing documents, with any court appeal going directly to the Wyoming Supreme Court because the state has no intermediate appellate court.²

The member-inspection right lives at Wyo. Stat. §§ 17-19-1601 through 17-19-1605 — corporate law drawn from the Model Nonprofit Corporation Act, not an HOA statute.³ The Condominium Ownership Act spans only four sections, covering ownership recognition, definitions, and recording mechanics. It carries no books-and-records provision, no availability standard, and no production deadline. A condominium association organized as a nonprofit corporation — the standard structure in Wyoming — takes its records obligations from the Nonprofit Corporation Act and its declaration and bylaws, exactly as a planned-community association does.¹

The Nonprofit Corporation Act conditions inspection on a written demand made at least five business days in advance. For a defined set of sensitive records, the member must also demonstrate a good-faith proper purpose.⁴ Wyoming imposes no hard production deadline on associations; the operative standard is reasonableness. That places Wyoming among the states where owners depend on a corporate-law inspection right and their governing documents — well away from hard-clock states like Florida and California that prescribe precise day-counts. Wyoming’s single-tier appellate structure means a district-court records ruling goes straight to the Wyoming Supreme Court, with no intermediate stop.²

The table and detailed sections below set out the mechanics, the proper-purpose split, the permissible withholding, and the judicial remedy.

1. Wyo. Stat. §§ 34-20-101 to 34-20-104 (Wyoming Condominium Ownership Act) (Wyoming Legislature, Title 34 Statutes PDF) ↩
2. Wyoming Judicial Branch, About the Courts (court structure; Wyoming has no intermediate appellate court) ↩
3. Wyo. Stat. § 17-19-1601 (Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act, Corporate Records) (Wyoming Secretary of State PDF) ↩
4. Wyo. Stat. § 17-19-1602 (Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act, Inspection of Records by Members) (Wyoming Secretary of State PDF) ↩
5. Wyo. Stat. § 17-19-720 (Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act, Members’ List for Meeting) (Wyoming Secretary of State PDF) ↩
6. Wyo. Stat. § 17-19-1603 (Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act, Scope of Inspection Rights) (Wyoming Secretary of State PDF) ↩
7. Wyo. Stat. § 17-19-1605 (Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act, Limitations on Use of Membership List) (Wyoming Secretary of State PDF) ↩
8. Wyo. Stat. § 17-19-1604 (Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act, Court-Ordered Inspection) (Wyoming Secretary of State PDF) ↩
9. SF0132 (2025), enrolled act, ch. 112, Wyoming Legislature (W.S. 19-13-501, 19-13-503, drones and critical infrastructure; veto overridden) ↩
10. H.B. 0339, 2025 Wyo. Leg. Gen. Sess. (Wyo. 2025) (Homeowners Associations — Display of Political Campaign Signs) (Wyoming Legislature) ↩
11. HB0189 (2026 Budget Session), bill record, Wyoming Legislature (received for introduction Feb. 11, 2026; did not consider for introduction Feb. 13, 2026) ↩
12. Conger v. AVR Homeowner’s Ass’n, Inc., 2025 WY 91, No. S-24-0174 (Wyo. Aug. 13, 2025) ↩
13. Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Committee, meeting minutes (May 21–22, 2026), Wyoming Legislature ↩