Wyoming timeline
Wyoming probate timeline: the 30-day wait and when creditor claims close
The simplified route starts 30 days after death. Source: Wyo. Stat. § 2-1-205.
Creditor-claim deadline in a full Wyoming administration, counted from publication of the notice to creditors: Three months after first publication. Source: Wyo. Stat. §§ 2-7-201, 2-7-703. The clocks running from actual notice to a known creditor and appointment are set out below.
The 30-day wait is the earliest the simplified route can be used; the creditor deadline is when claims not yet presented are barred. They belong to different proceedings, so they are not added together. No overall duration is published here: court scheduling, accountings and disputes add time these clocks do not measure.
Sources reviewed August 9, 2026. Sources rechecked October 3, 2026. This page last revised .
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The summary procedure for distribution of personal or real property route requires 30 days to elapse from the date of death. This is a precondition: the affidavit or petition cannot be presented before it runs, regardless of how straightforward the estate is.
Source: Wyo. Stat. § 2-1-205, Wyoming Statutes Title 2 — Wills, Decedents’ Estates and Probate Code(Wyoming Legislature; rechecked October 3, 2026).
The section’s own words
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).
Creditor deadlines
- From publication of notice to creditors
- Three months after first publication.
- From actual notice to a known creditor
- For a mailed claimant, later of three months after first publication or 30 days after mailing.
- From appointment of the representative
- Admission and issuance of letters trigger publication once a week for three consecutive weeks.
How these combine. 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. Because the deadlines start from different events, a single number of days would mislead.
Source: Wyo. Stat. §§ 2-7-201, 2-7-703, Wyoming Statutes Title 2 — Wills, Decedents’ Estates and Probate Code(Wyoming Legislature; rechecked October 3, 2026).
The section’s own words
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.
General sequence: first week, how long probate takes.
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