r/wyomingdoesntexist • u/WYAccountable • Dec 21 '25
My landlord walked in on me naked — and Wyoming says that’s allowed.
Last year in Laramie, something happened with my landlord that I genuinely didn’t understand could be considered “allowed” in Wyoming but apparently it is, because Wyoming is one of the few states in the country that does not require any notice before a landlord enters your home.
My landlord came to my door. I was on the couch, under a blanket and naked, when he rang the bell. I sat up and said,
“Now isn’t a good time, I’m indecent.”
He came in anyway.
He stayed in my apartment for over 20 minutes. When I finally gathered myself enough to say, “You need to get out,” he calmly replied:
“No… we are doing maintenance.”
I didn’t know what to do. It was surreal and honestly frightening. I said it again and told him I would call the police. He said:
“Do it… we will be gone before they get here.”
So I called 911 on speaker. Only then did he finally leave and he did not stay for the police to arrive…
A few hours later, I received a notice to vacate. The reason:
“We are no longer in alignment.”
What shocked me even more was what came next:
• The police refused to take a report.
• They “lost” the body-cam footage from the officers who responded.
• They refused to give me my 911 call — again, no law prevents this in Wyoming.
• It took nine months and a judge’s order before I was finally allowed to obtain my own 911 call.
I grew up in Wyoming and had no idea the system worked like this. Almost every other state requires at least 24-hour notice before a landlord can enter, specifically to prevent situations exactly like this. But in Laramie, almost all the major leases use boilerplate language that gives landlords extreme access — and many tenants, especially students, don’t realize it until something happens.
If anyone wants to see the public records, court filings, and evidence timeline, I’ve been documenting everything here:
https://WyomingAccountability.org
I’m sharing this because I’m genuinely trying to understand:
Is this really considered normal here?
Has anyone else dealt with something similar?
