The thinnest remedy set of any state with a habitability statute. Three things constrain you before you even start. You must be CURRENT ON RENT to demand repairs at all. You cannot withhold rent for any reason — doing so simply gives grounds for eviction. And there is no repair-and-deduct: you may fix things yourself, but you cannot take the cost off the rent. And before any of that, read your lease — Wyoming lets ANY duty in the Act be assigned to a different party or modified by explicit written agreement, so a signed pest-control clause is likely enforceable here. The procedure then needs TWO notices, not one: written notice and a reasonable time, then a second notice to repair or correct sent by certified mail, then three days, and only then may you sue for damages or terminate. The landlord is also entitled to formally dispute your claim in writing rather than fix anything.
Who pays for treatment
Landlord, but with no self-help remedy for the tenant
Landlord response deadline
Reasonable time, then 3 days after a second certified notice
Disclosure before lease
No
What the law actually says
No bed bug provision. Residential Rental Property, Wyo. Stat. tit. 1 ch. 21 art. 12. § 1-21-1203(a) — to protect the physical health and safety of the renter, each owner shall (i) not rent the residential rental unit unless it is reasonably safe, sanitary and fit for human occupancy; (ii) maintain common areas in a sanitary and reasonably safe condition; (iii) maintain electrical systems, plumbing, heating and hot and cold water; and (iv) maintain other appliances and facilities as specifically contracted in the rental agreement. Pests are not enumerated. TWO IMPORTANT LIMITS IN THE SAME SECTION: the owner is not obligated to make repairs which do not materially affect the physical health or safety of the ordinary renter, and the owner is not responsible for repairing damage caused by the renter, the renter's family or guests. § 1-21-1206 (renter's remedies; notice to owner or agent; judicial remedy) — a renter WHO IS CURRENT WITH ALL RENT PAYMENTS may advise the owner in writing of the condition and demand remedial action; if a reasonable time elapses without action, the renter may serve a SECOND written notice to repair or correct the condition BY CERTIFIED MAIL; and if the owner still fails to repair within THREE DAYS of receiving that second notice, the renter may sue for damages or terminate the rental agreement. The owner may instead send a certified letter disputing the claim rather than making the repair. NO RENT WITHHOLDING is permitted for any reason and withholding exposes the renter to eviction; there is NO repair-and-deduct — a renter may make repairs after notice and a reasonable time but cannot deduct the cost from rent. Other sections: § 1-21-1202 duties of owners and renters generally; § 1-21-1204 renter's duties; § 1-21-1205 prohibited acts by renter, under which a renter may not unreasonably withhold consent for the owner to enter to make repairs, inspect, or show the unit; § 1-21-1207 required notice of nonrefundable deposit; § 1-21-1208 deposit deductions, itemisation and penalties; § 1-21-1209 holder of owner's interest bound; § 1-21-1210 abandoned property; § 1-21-1211 owner's remedies and eviction. STATUTORY GAPS THAT MAKE THE LEASE DECISIVE: Wyoming sets no statutory notice period for ending a month-to-month tenancy, requires no advance notice before owner entry, caps no security deposit, and mandates no rent grace period — read the lease closely, because a protection not written into it very likely does not exist. RESOLVED — AND THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT ONE INDUSTRY SOURCE CLAIMS. A landlord-industry site states that the warranty of habitability cannot be waived or modified under § 1-21-1202. The section says the reverse. Its full text: (a) each owner and his agent renting or leasing a residential rental unit shall maintain that unit in a safe and sanitary condition fit for human habitation, and each unit shall have operational electrical, heating and plumbing with hot and cold running water UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED UPON IN WRITING BY BOTH PARTIES, provided that the section does not prevent the rental of seasonal units such as summer cabins not intended to have such amenities; (b) each renter shall cooperate in maintaining the unit; (c) THE ARTICLE DOES NOT APPLY to breakage, malfunctions or other conditions which do not materially affect the physical health or safety of the ordinary renter; and (d) ANY DUTY OR OBLIGATION IN THIS ARTICLE MAY BE ASSIGNED TO A DIFFERENT PARTY OR MODIFIED BY EXPLICIT WRITTEN AGREEMENT SIGNED BY THE PARTIES. Subsection (d) is unqualified — it reaches every duty in the article, including the core habitability duty at (a) and the owner's duties at § 1-21-1203. That makes Wyoming the MOST waivable state in this database, ahead of Michigan (only on leases of a year or more), Louisiana (waiver barred for defects seriously affecting health or safety), Utah (allocation by explicit written agreement) and South Carolina (subject to conditions). The Wyoming Judicial Branch's own Landlord Tenant Basics guide flags subsection (d) with an emphatic 'HOWEVER' for exactly this reason, and notes there are no standardized lease forms in Wyoming, leaving each landlord free to draft their own. PRACTICAL CONSEQUENCE: in Wyoming, read the lease before anything else. A signed, explicit clause making the tenant responsible for pest control is likely to be enforceable here even though it would be void in Vermont, South Dakota or West Virginia.
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What to do, in order
Photograph everything before you touch it
Live insects, shed skins, dark staining along the mattress seam. Timestamps are the evidence.
Notify the landlord in writing
Email or certified letter, never a phone call alone. Written notice is what starts the clock in every state that has one.
Do not throw out furniture yet
Discarded items can't be inspected, and moving them spreads the infestation down the hallway.
Let the deadline above run
Escalating before it expires generally forfeits the remedy.
Escalate to the housing agency, then to court
An independent inspection report is worth more than your own photographs. Rent withholding rules vary sharply — check the section above before you try it.
Read it yourself
Everything above was written by reading the sections named in the citation, not by summarizing another summary. You should not take our word for it — open the statute and check. Look up the section numbers quoted above.
The state's own legislature or code site. Search it for the section numbers quoted above — they are the whole basis for this page.
Last checked against the Wyoming code: . Statutes change every legislative session — if you are reading this long after that date, open the cited sections yourself before relying on them.
Not legal advice. This is a plain-language reference to publicly available statutes, verified against the Wyoming code. Liability turns on your lease, your local ordinance and your specific facts. Talk to a tenant attorney or legal aid before withholding rent or filing anything.