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Wyoming Non-Compete Agreement Template

Prevent a person or business from competing with your company by using a Wyoming Non-Compete Agreement.

Published December 15, 2022

Employers often seek to enter into non-compete agreements with employees to prevent them from taking a job with a competitor or setting up a rival business for a period of time after leaving work. Non-compete agreements are allowed in Wyoming. To be enforceable, any non-compete agreement must be:

  • (1) in writing;
  • (2) part of a contract of employment;
  • (3) based on reasonable consideration;
  • (4) reasonable in duration and geographical limitations;
  • (5) “not against public policy” and
  •  (6) no greater than “necessary to protect the employer’s legitimate business interests.
Table of Contents
  • Is a Non-Compete Agreement Legally Enforceable in Wyoming?
  • What Can Be Protected?
  • Reasonable Uses and Objections
  • Wyoming Non-Compete Limitations
  • Wyoming Non-Compete Agreement Sample

Is a Non-Compete Agreement Legally Enforceable in Wyoming?

Wyoming courts have ruled that a business may use non-compete agreements to protect itself from “improper and unfair competition by an employee.” However, the courts will not protect a business from “ordinary competition.”

Non-compete agreements are not favored in Wyoming. In Brown v. Best Care Home Health Hospice LLC, 491 P.3d 1021 (Wyo., 2021), the Wyoming Supreme Court held that non-competition agreements are “prima facie invalid,” and that it is the burden of the employer to prove that there are “some special circumstances which rendered it reasonably necessary for the protection of the [employer’s] business.” [1]

As a practical matter, the employer must draft any non-compete agreement quite narrowly to protect business interests, without placing too heavy a burden upon the employee to change jobs and seek work.

What Can Be Protected?

In Wyoming, a non-compete agreement can be used to protect trade secrets and confidential information. It can also be used to protect the business from the special influence of the employee over customers to the extent gained during employment.

Reasonable Uses and Objections

  • Enforceable when terminated without cause? Yes
  • Employee non-solicitation agreement permitted? Not decided
  • Customer non-solicitation agreements permitted? Not decided
  • Does continuing employment equal sufficient consideration? No
  • Statute of Limitations for breach of contract: 10 years

Wyoming Non-Compete Limitations

Time limitations

Wyoming courts will scrutinize the terms of a non-compete agreement to ensure it is reasonable as to its time duration.

Geographical limitations

Courts will examine the terms of a non-compete agreement to ensure the geographical restriction is reasonable. A small geographical coverage for the agreement is more likely to be upheld than a wider area.

Other limitations

The Wyoming Supreme Court recently ruled that agreements containing invalid provisions could not be redrafted or re-construed by the trial court to make them valid. This so-called “blue pencil” rule was occasionally used to save an agreement that had several valid provisions but only a few defective ones. [2]

The Wyoming General Assembly considered legislation to ban non-compete agreements altogether. This bill failed in the Wyoming House of Representatives in 2022 but may return in future legislative sessions.

Wyoming Non-Compete Agreement Sample

Below, you can download a Wyoming non-compete agreement template that will help you draft an agreement for your business:

Non-Compete Agreement

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  1. Brown v. Best Care Home Health Hospice LLC, 491 P.3d 1021 (Wyo., 2021). https://casetext.com/case/brown-v-best-home-health-hospice-llc
  2. Hassler v. Circle C Resources (2022 WY 28). https://casetext.com/case/hassler-v-circle-c-res
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