34-4-113. Payment of proceeds.
(a) After any sale of real estate made as herein prescribed, proceeds from the sale shall be paid over by the officer or other person making the sale in the following order:
(i) Payment of the reasonable expenses of collection and enforcement and, to the extent provided by law, reasonable attorney's fees and legal expenses incurred by the foreclosing mortgagee;
(ii) The satisfaction of obligations secured by the mortgage being foreclosed;
(iii) The satisfaction of obligations secured by any subordinate or junior mortgage or other lien on the real estate sold at the foreclosure sale; and
(iv) Surplus proceeds on demand to the mortgagor, his legal representatives or assigns, and if no demand is made, then the foreclosing mortgagee, officer or other person making sale may retain the surplus proceeds for disposition to the mortgagor or may dispose of the surplus proceeds in accordance with W.S. 34-24-101 et seq.
(b) If the foreclosing mortgagee receives a demand for the proceeds accompanied by the materials required by W.S. 1-18-104(c) and signed by the holder of a subordinate or junior mortgage or other lien within thirty (30) days after the results of the sale are served in accordance with W.S. 34-4-104, proceeds remaining after distribution under paragraphs (a)(i) and (ii) of this section shall be paid over by the officer or other person making the sale as agreed upon by all parties in interest, or by court order, to the subordinate mortgagees or lienholders in accordance with their priority and to the extent of their interest.
(c) Subject to the other provisions of this section, a mortgagee shall account to and pay a mortgagor for any surplus, and the mortgagor is liable for any deficiency.
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