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Every source behind the Wyoming guide

4 primary records, quoted verbatim and checked against 12 named presence or absence conditions that must pass against the live government text. Open the record, read the words the publishing body actually used, and confirm the current rule for yourself.

Last full re-fetch September 15, 2026

What each source establishes

The Wyoming guide rests on the source-backed rules this site can verify for the state: which simplified procedure exists and what it limits, what the court charges, how the person administering the estate may be paid, and the statutory creditor-deadline clocks the official text states.Every published rule below is quoted in the publisher’s own words rather than summarised.

Simplified-procedure rule

Wyo. Stat. § 2-1-205

Wyoming Legislature · Publisher states no currentness signal; manual session review required · Verified August 9, 2026

2-1-205. Summary procedure for distribution of personal or real property; application for decree; notice by publication; presumptive evidence of title; effect of false statements. (a) If any person dies who is the owner of personal or real property, including mineral interests, but whose entire estate including personal property does not exceed four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000.00), less liens and encumbrances, the person or persons claiming to be the distributee or distributees of the decedent may file, not earlier than thirty (30) days after the decedent's death, an application for a decree of summary distribution of property. (b) The application shall be sworn to and signed by any person claiming to be a distributee and shall state the facts required by W.S. 2-1-201(a)(i) through (v).

What was published from this source

  • WY Wyo. Stat. § 2-1-205

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • WY summary threshold and wait
  • WY small-estate section identity
  • section identity

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Executor compensation rule

Wyo. Stat. § 2-7-803

Wyoming Legislature · Publisher states no currentness signal; manual session review required · Verified August 9, 2026

The fees shall be computed on the basis of the amount of the decedent's probate estate accounted for as follows: (i) For the first one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) of the basis, ten percent (10%); (ii) For all sums over one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) but not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) of the basis, five percent (5%); (iii) For all sums over five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) but not exceeding twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) of the basis, three percent (3%); (iv) For all sums over twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) of the basis, two percent (2%).

What was published from this source

  • WY Wyo. Stat. § 2-7-803

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • WY compensation tiers and base
  • WY compensation section identity
  • section identity

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Creditor deadline rule

Wyo. Stat. §§ 2-7-201, 2-7-703

Wyoming Legislature · Publisher states no currentness signal; manual session review required · Verified August 9, 2026

2-7-703. Filing required; failure to do so constitutes bar; exceptions. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all claims whether due, not due or contingent, shall be filed in duplicate with the clerk within the time limited in the notice to creditors and any claim not so filed is barred forever. Any claimant to whom the personal representative has mailed a notice pursuant to W.S. 2-7-205(a)(ii) 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. If only one (1) copy of a claim is filed, the clerk shall make a duplicate and shall charge the claimant a reasonable fee not to exceed two dollars ($2.00) per page.

What was published from this source

  • WY Wyo. Stat. §§ 2-7-201, 2-7-703

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • WY publication and mailed claim deadlines
  • WY claims section identity
  • section identity

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Court cost rule

Wyo. Stat. § 5-3-206(a)(i)

Wyoming Legislature · Publisher states no currentness signal; manual session review required · Verified August 9, 2026

5-3-206. Fees. (a) For all civil matters filed or commenced, the clerk of each district court shall charge the following fees: (i) For filing instruments or documents in each civil action and certifying one (1) copy of any order, decree or judgment at the time of its filing for each party, an original filing fee of one hundred sixty dollars ($160.00), which shall be paid by the plaintiff. This fee shall apply to original actions commenced and to actions that are reopened after a final decree previously has been entered. Forty dollars ($40.00) of the filing fee shall be for court automation, ten dollars ($10.00) shall be for indigent civil legal services and both shall be remitted as provided in W.S. 5-3-205;

What was published from this source

  • WY Wyo. Stat. § 5-3-206(a)(i)

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • WY district filing fee
  • WY fee section identity
  • section identity

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Wyoming source decision map

How the Wyoming records fit together

The source record is most useful when each citation has a job. This map links the Wyoming procedure, cost, compensation, and deadline records to the decision each one can and cannot answer.

QuestionRecorded Wyoming answerCarry into the case
What route is being screened?Summary procedure for distribution of personal or real propertyConfirm that the will, prior appointment, family facts, and asset titles fit this route.
What property and basis count?probate property within the rule's stated scope; net of enforceable liens and encumbrances.Keep real property, liens, beneficiary transfers, and survivorship transfers classified separately.
What is the amount screen?$400,000Use the counted property, not a bank-balance shortcut.
What is the time or deadline record?30 days after death; Wyoming has separate publication and mailed-notice deadlines. Published claims generally run three months from first publication; a mailed claimant receives the later of that date or 30 days after mailing. Multiple triggers make one days value misleading.Keep the event that starts each clock with the date; do not combine separate periods into one number.
What does the cost record establish?$160 is the recorded statewide amount.Ask the District Court about local surcharges, copies, publication, bond, and later filings.
What does compensation use?Ordinary fees apply to the amount of the decedent’s probate estate accounted for: 10% of the first $1,000, 5% through $5,000, 3% through $20,000, and 2% above. The court may adjust for unusual circumstances and allow just and reasonable extraordinary-service fees. The relevant base is the estate accounting.Keep the will, task log, receipts, and accounting base together; extraordinary work is separate.

Decision boundary

What the Wyoming source set does not silently decide

The Wyoming records establish the rules listed above, but they do not turn a source citation into advice about title, family priority, tax filing, contested proceedings, or the exact clerk practice in every county. Those questions stay with the official court or a qualified adviser. The useful next step is to match the question to the citation rather than treating the longest quote as the answer to every estate problem.

Arithmetic illustration

See the Wyoming amount screen without mistaking it for a result

The recorded Wyoming ceiling is $400,000, and it is tested against probate property within the rule's stated scope, on a basis this site records as net of enforceable liens and encumbrances. Counted that way, $300,000 sits below the Wyoming figure and $500,000 sits above it. Both are comparisons to a published number rather than legal outcomes: two estates holding the same total can land on opposite sides of this line, because what Wyoming counts and how it values it are decided before the comparison is made.

Illustrative counted amountComparison to the Wyoming ceilingWhat it does not decide
$300,000Below $400,000Title, liens, waiting period, appointment, or creditor duties
$500,000Above $400,000Whether another statutory route or court process applies

Next evidence to collect

Open the quoted record for the row you rely on and check the publisher's current text before filing.

  1. Record the date of death, the county, and the exact proceeding or affidavit being considered.
  2. Classify each asset by title, beneficiary, trust, real-property status, and the value basis shown above.
  3. Open the official court material below and keep its form or schedule with the estate record.
  4. Do not distribute property until the route, creditor position, and required approvals are resolved.

Official material

Wyoming publishes no court artifact in this registry. Wyoming Judicial Branch probate-help and court-locator URLs returned HTTP 403 during verification, so no nonresolving resource is published.

Wyoming Judicial Branch probate-help and court-locator URLs returned HTTP 403 during verification, so no nonresolving resource is published.

Wyoming's summary-distribution route under Wyo. Stat. 2-1-205 is started by an application the applicant drafts, so there is no official statewide small-estate form to download. The Wyoming Judicial Branch probate-help and court-locator pages returned HTTP 403 to automated requests during this review, so no court link is published here rather than one this site could not prove reachable. Ask the District Court clerk in the county of residence for local requirements.

Source trail

Records used by this Wyoming map

What Wyoming courts publish

The statutes on this page state the rule. These are the documents the court itself publishes. Every link is probed before release, and any link that stops resolving fails the build rather than staying on the page.

No Wyoming court document is linked here. The notes below state why, rather than leaving the absence unexplained.

Limits on court material

  • Wyoming Judicial Branch probate-help and court-locator URLs returned HTTP 403 during verification, so no nonresolving resource is published.
  • Wyoming's summary-distribution route under Wyo. Stat. 2-1-205 is started by an application the applicant drafts, so there is no official statewide small-estate form to download. The Wyoming Judicial Branch probate-help and court-locator pages returned HTTP 403 to automated requests during this review, so no court link is published here rather than one this site could not prove reachable. Ask the District Court clerk in the county of residence for local requirements.

Checking these Wyoming records against the publishers

Every citation above links to the body that publishes it, and every quoted sentence is reproduced exactly, so a text search on the publisher’s own page should land on it. Where the publisher’s current wording differs from what is recorded here, the publisher governs and this page is wrong; naming the citation and the language you see maps the difference onto a specific condition rather than a general complaint. The full procedure, including how a source qualifies in the first place and what disqualifies one, is set out once on the methodology page instead of being restated on each of the254 state records.

These records cover the cost and route questions this site answers for Wyoming. They do not cover intestate succession shares, spousal and family allowances, creditor priority, tax filing obligations, real-property transfer mechanics, or contested proceedings. Where an answer would require one of those, the site says so rather than estimating.

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