9-1-408. Payment by auditor's warrants.

(a) When accounts are audited and allowed against the state, or grants, salaries, pay and expenses are allowed by law, the auditor shall draw a warrant on the treasurer for the amount due if money is legally available to pay the claim.

(b) Upon satisfactory proof being presented to the state auditor that any warrant drawn on the state treasury has been lost or destroyed before having been paid, the state auditor shall issue a duplicate warrant therefor. The state auditor may require a bond to be executed, or security approved by him, payable to the state of Wyoming, in the penalty of the amount of the warrant and conditioned to save harmless the state from any loss occasioned by the issuing of the duplicate warrant.

(c) Upon satisfactory proof being presented to the state auditor that any warrant drawn on the state treasury has been stolen, forged and then paid, the state auditor may issue a duplicate warrant to the payee, provided:

(i) The payee affirms in writing under oath that the endorsed signature on the paid warrant is not that of the payee, the payee did not aid or abet the individual who stole and endorsed the warrant, and the payee will assist the state and law enforcement officials in determining who stole and forged the paid warrant; and

(ii) The payee, if entitled to any future payments from the state, agrees that future payments will be reduced by the amount of the forged warrant, should it be discovered that the payee provided false information pursuant to this subsection.