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Probate in Wyoming

What Wyoming’s own law and courts say about probate, from how an estate comes before the court to when creditors must claim. Nothing on this page decides whether a particular estate needs probate. That question belongs to the court, or to an attorney in Wyoming.

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  • Each state’s own law

Every quotation checked October 24, 2026

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Which court has jurisdiction over probate, letters and the settlement of estates

The district courts of the state have exclusive original jurisdiction of all matters relating to the probate and contest of wills and testaments, the granting of letters testamentary and of administration, and the settlement and distribution of decedents' estates.

Wyoming · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · W.S. 2-2-101

How long a named executor has to petition for probate, and what may be lost by waiting

If the person named in a will as executor, for thirty (30) days after he has knowledge of the death of the testator and that he is named as executor, fails to petition the proper court for probate of the will and that letters testamentary be issued to him, he may be held to have renounced his right to letters

Wyoming · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · W.S. 2-6-202

The notice to creditors, and when a claim must be filed or be barred

Creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate are required to file them in duplicate with the necessary vouchers, in the office of the Clerk of said Court, on or before three months after the date of the first publication of this notice

shall file his claim within three (3) months after the date of first publication of the notice in the newspaper, or before the expiration of thirty (30) days after the mailing, whichever date is later, and any claim not so filed is barred forever.

Wyoming · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · W.S. 2-7-201, 2-7-703(a)

The filing fee the clerk collects, the part figured on the estate’s value, and the added fees

For probate matters filed or commenced, the clerk of the district court shall collect fees as follows:

Original filing fee $110.00

Each additional ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) of value or portion thereof $5.00

a court automation fee in the amount of forty dollars ($40.00)

Wyoming · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · W.S. 2-2-401(a)

What the person holding the will must do, how soon, and the liability for failing to

Every custodian of a will, within ten (10) days after receipt of information that the maker thereof is dead, shall deliver the same to the clerk of the district court having jurisdiction of the estate or to the executor named therein. A failure to comply with the provisions of this section makes the person failing responsible for all damages sustained by anyone injured thereby.

Wyoming · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · W.S. 2-6-119(a)

Filing a will with the clerk without probate or administration, and whether a fee is charged

Concurrently with the filing with the clerk of a will of a deceased person, or at any time thereafter, the executor or any distributee named therein may file a sworn petition for filing of the will without probate or administration.

The clerk shall receive, file and index the petition, and annex the will thereto, and maintain same as part of the permanent files. No filing fee shall be charged.

Wyoming · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · W.S. 2-6-121

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The district courts of the state have exclusive original jurisdiction of all matters relating to the probate and contest of wills and testaments, the granting of letters testamentary and of administration, and the settlement and distribution of decedents' estates.

Wyoming · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · W.S. 2-2-101

If the person named in a will as executor, for thirty (30) days after he has knowledge of the death of the testator and that he is named as executor, fails to petition the proper court for probate of the will and that letters testamentary be issued to him, he may be held to have renounced his right to letters

Wyoming · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · W.S. 2-6-202

Creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate are required to file them in duplicate with the necessary vouchers, in the office of the Clerk of said Court, on or before three months after the date of the first publication of this notice

shall file his claim within three (3) months after the date of first publication of the notice in the newspaper, or before the expiration of thirty (30) days after the mailing, whichever date is later, and any claim not so filed is barred forever.

Wyoming · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · W.S. 2-7-201, 2-7-703(a)

For probate matters filed or commenced, the clerk of the district court shall collect fees as follows:

Original filing fee $110.00

Each additional ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) of value or portion thereof $5.00

a court automation fee in the amount of forty dollars ($40.00)

Wyoming · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · W.S. 2-2-401(a)

Concurrently with the filing with the clerk of a will of a deceased person, or at any time thereafter, the executor or any distributee named therein may file a sworn petition for filing of the will without probate or administration.

The clerk shall receive, file and index the petition, and annex the will thereto, and maintain same as part of the permanent files. No filing fee shall be charged.

Wyoming · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · W.S. 2-6-121

Every custodian of a will, within ten (10) days after receipt of information that the maker thereof is dead, shall deliver the same to the clerk of the district court having jurisdiction of the estate or to the executor named therein. A failure to comply with the provisions of this section makes the person failing responsible for all damages sustained by anyone injured thereby.

Wyoming · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · W.S. 2-6-119(a)

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