Wyoming: Landlord Entry Notice Requirements

How entry works in Wyoming without an entry-notice statute

Wyoming is one of the states with no landlord-entry-notice law. Its Residential Rental
Property Act (Wyo. Stat. §§ 1-21-1201 to 1-21-1211) covers habitability, deposits,
renter and owner duties, and eviction — but it has no section requiring a landlord to
give notice before entering, no list of hours, and no fixed set of reasons the landlord
must stay within. What the Act does have is a one-sided access rule: as a renter, you
"[u]nreasonably deny access to, refuse entry to or withhold consent to enter the
residential rental unit to the owner ... for the purpose of making repairs to or
inspecting the unit, and showing the unit for rent or sale" at your peril
(§ 1-21-1205(a)(iii)). In other words, the statute protects the owner's access and
says nothing about the notice the owner owes you.

So the two questions this survey asks — how much notice, and for what reasons — have no
landlord-facing state-code answer in Wyoming. The rules come from two other places.

Your lease. Because Wyoming supplies no default entry-notice rule, the lease is where
that rule lives. If your lease states how much notice the landlord must give before
entering, that clause controls. If you want a dependable notice rule, get one written
into the lease before you sign — the statute will not supply one.

The common-law covenant of quiet enjoyment. Even where the lease is silent, and even
though the Act protects the owner's access, a Wyoming landlord cannot lawfully enter an
occupied home in a way that disregards your possession. Every tenancy carries an implied
covenant of quiet enjoyment, and a pattern of unannounced, unjustified entries can breach
it; a landlord who forces entry with no lawful purpose can also be liable for trespass.

The practical takeaway: in Wyoming the statute makes clear you must not unreasonably lock
the landlord out for repairs, inspections, or showings — but how much warning you get
before those entries is a lease-and-common-law question, not a statutory one.

What trips people up

The access rule runs against you, not the landlord. Wyoming's only entry statute,
§ 1-21-1205(a)(iii), is a renter duty not to unreasonably deny the owner access — it
gives you no right to advance notice. Do not read it as a 24-hour rule; there is none.

Your real protection is the lease. Because the state sets no landlord-notice default,
a tenant who wants reliable notice before repairs, inspections, or showings should
negotiate an entry-notice clause into the lease.

"You can't unreasonably deny access" is not "the landlord can enter anytime." The
denial has to be unreasonable to violate § 1-21-1205(a)(iii). Refusing a genuinely
unreasonable demand — say, entry with no warning during the night — is not the conduct
the statute prohibits, and the common-law covenant of quiet enjoyment still limits the
landlord.

Common questions

Does my Wyoming landlord have to give notice before entering? Not by statute.
Wyoming's Residential Rental Property Act has no landlord entry-notice section. Whether
the landlord owes you notice depends on your lease; the common-law right to quiet
enjoyment still limits entry even if the lease is silent.

Is there a Wyoming law requiring 24 hours' notice to enter? No. The only access rule,
§ 1-21-1205(a)(iii), tells renters not to unreasonably deny the owner entry — it sets no
notice the owner must give. Do not assume a 24-hour right exists; check your lease.

Can I refuse to let my landlord in? Not unreasonably. Under § 1-21-1205(a)(iii) a
renter may not unreasonably deny the owner access for repairs, inspection, or showing —
but you can insist on reasonable arrangements, and a genuinely unreasonable demand is a
different matter.

What can I do if my landlord keeps entering without warning? Because there is no
statutory penalty, your recourse is a common-law claim for breach of quiet enjoyment or
trespass — you can seek an injunction and damages — plus whatever your lease provides.

Statutes and sources

• Wyo. Stat. § 1-21-1205 — the renter's prohibited-acts section of Wyoming's Residential Rental Property Act. Subsection (a)(iii) is quoted to show the one-sided shape of Wyoming's access rule: it bars a renter from unreasonably denying the owner entry for repairs, inspection, or showing, but imposes no notice the owner must give, and the Act (§§ 1-21-1201 to 1-21-1211) has no landlord entry-notice section.
  https://law.justia.com/codes/wyoming/title-1/chapter-21/article-12/section-1-21-1205/ (accessed 2026-07-11)