Wyoming Consumer Protection Act (§ 40-12-108)

Wyoming’s consumer-protection statute is the Consumer Protection Act, Wyo. Stat. § 40-12-101 et seq., with the private civil remedy at § 40-12-108. It’s one of the weakest consumer statutes in the country — so in a Wyoming lemon case, the heavy lifting is done by the lemon law’s own fees and Magnuson-Moss.

What it provides — and what it doesn’t

Under § 40-12-108, a consumer who relied on an uncured unlawful deceptive trade practice may recover:

• Actual damages — the loss you actually suffered.
• No treble or multiple damages — there’s no statutory multiplier.
• No attorney fees in an individual consumer action — fees are available only in class actions, in actions for willful violations against persons over 60 or with disabilities, and in publicly initiated actions with civil penalties.

It also requires the practice to be “uncured” — meaning the consumer typically must give notice and a chance to cure before suing (§ 40-12-107).

How it compares

Wyoming’s Consumer Protection Act is weaker than most:

• It has no treble (unlike the discretionary-treble statutes of North Dakota, Montana, Rhode Island, or Vermont).
• It denies individual attorney fees (unlike even South Dakota’s UDAP, which awards fees).

So while you can plead it for clear deception, it adds little leverage for an individual consumer.

Why the lemon law carries the case

Because the Consumer Protection Act is so limited, the Wyoming Lemon Law’s in-statute attorney fees (§ 40-17-101) and Magnuson-Moss § 2310(d)(2) fees are the real engines of a Wyoming claim. A Wyoming attorney leads with those.

When the Consumer Protection Act still helps

It can add value where a dealer affirmatively misrepresented or concealed something — undisclosed accident, flood, or odometer issues — in a used-car deal, particularly against a vulnerable buyer or in a pattern justifying public enforcement.

Bottom line

Wyoming’s Consumer Protection Act offers only actual damages and no individual fees, so a Wyoming lemon claim leans on the lemon law’s own fees and Magnuson-Moss. Get a free case review.

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