GC Laws — Wyoming contractor-law checklist preview (free)
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[ ] Licensing
      - The State Fire Marshal requires an electrical contractor to employ a Wyoming-licensed master electrician full time as master of record; that master may serve only one company. Electrical-contractor licenses expire on the next July 1 after issuance.
      - Section 16-6-1101 requires an accepting Wyoming jurisdiction to recognize another Wyoming jurisdiction’s active contractor license when statutory conditions are met, including good standing, required financial assurance, and proof of the appropriate examination or equivalent certification. The accepting jurisdiction may deny recognition following its own prior suspension or revocation. Recognition need not confer privileges beyond a similar license type/class; additional requirements can apply for work outside that scope or competency level.

[ ] Mechanic's liens
      - Section 29-2-112 requires preliminary notice to the record owner or agent: a contractor sends it before receiving any payment, including advances; subcontractors and material suppliers send it within 30 days after first furnishing and copy their contractor. Missing this notice deadline bars their lien.
      - Section 29-2-106(a) uses the earlier of last contract work/materials and project substantial completion for its ordinary filing trigger; it separately specifies a subcontractor’s last work at the contractor’s or authorized person’s direction. Apply the 150-day contractor or 120-day other-claimant period to the applicable trigger. A recorded substantial-completion notice creates the statutory rebuttable presumption but does not extend an earlier filing deadline.
      - Section 29-2-107 requires written notice of the amount and debtor to the record owner or agent at least 20 days before filing the lien statement, in the prescribed statutory format.
      - Section 29-2-109 requires suit to foreclose or enforce within 180 days after filing the lien statement.

[ ] Retainage
      - Section 16-6-702(b) limits public retainage to 5% and requires it to be held in an account in the contractor’s name assigned to the public entity. Early payment may be approved after a written request, satisfactory progress and reasons, and written surety approval.
      - Section 16-6-116(a) requires payment of retained and other due amounts on the 41st day after the substantial-completion notice was first both published and posted, less amounts for incomplete or nonconforming work; the Section 16-6-117 sworn-statement requirements also apply.
      - Section 16-6-704 requires the public entity, on the general contractor’s request and after notice to the surety, to enter an interest-bearing deposit agreement for a contract over $50,000.

[ ] Prompt payment
      - Section 16-6-702(a) requires the public entity to authorize partial payments as stipulated in the contract or as soon thereafter as practicable when the contractor is performing satisfactorily.
      - Section 16-6-116(a) requires the substantial-completion notice in the nearest qualifying newspaper once weekly for two consecutive weeks and on the state procurement or public entity website. Retained and other due amounts are payable on day 41 after the notice was first published and posted, less incomplete or nonconforming work.
      - Section 16-6-117 conditions that completion payment on a sworn statement concerning paid material, supply, and labor claims. Disputed claims must be identified and may proceed against the surety bond; they do not by themselves delay payment unless the entity actually knows the bond cannot cover known present claims.
      - Section 16-6-116(a)(iv) requires payment of the remaining amounts due for previously incomplete/nonconforming work after certification of final completion and requires posting the final-completion date.

[ ] Prevailing wage
      - Covered workmen directly employed in actual construction at the site must receive at least the prevailing hourly wage for similar work in the locality, including the associated customary and usual fringe-benefit costs in the statutory definition.
      - Hauling workers count when their work includes a construction phase more than incidental to transportation. Section 27-4-403(c) provides special wage rules for registered or approved trainees and apprentices; the ordinary journeyman rate should not be applied without that qualification.

[ ] Davis-Bacon (federal)
      - Under 40 U.S.C. section 3142, covered contracts require payment to laborers and mechanics employed directly on the site of the work at least weekly, at rates no lower than the applicable prevailing wage determination. The required compensation includes the basic hourly rate and required fringe benefits, which may be provided through qualifying benefits or cash as the statute permits.
      - Qualifying apprentices may receive a lower registered-program rate only when the applicable registration and program conditions are met. The Department of Labor’s apprenticeship rules govern those exceptions.
      - The Department of Labor determines the prevailing rates for the work classifications and locality. Contractors and subcontractors must use the wage determination applicable to their covered contract.
      - Federal assistance alone does not establish coverage: many, but not all, construction-assistance statutes include Davis-Bacon requirements. Identify the funding program and its governing Related Act.
      - SAM.gov publishes Davis-Bacon wage determinations. Search by the wage-determination number or the Davis-Bacon public-buildings-or-works category, and match the decision to the contract, locality, and work classification.

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