Wyoming route screening

Wyoming small-estate limit: $400,000

After 30 days, distributees may apply in District Court for summary distribution when the entire estate, including personal and real property and mineral interests, does not exceed $400,000 less liens and encumbrances.

Sources reviewed August 9, 2026. Latest primary-source re-fetch October 3, 2026.

1. Where and when

StateWyomingFixed to this page. Open the navigator to compare another state.Date of deathRequired. Without it no waiting period can be tested and the route stays undecided.

2. What they left

Asset 1

DescriptionValue$Not entered. A blank amount is not counted as zero.Enforceable liens or mortgage$Not entered. Enter 0 if there is no lien.OwnershipThis is real property

Asset 2

DescriptionValue$Not entered. A blank amount is not counted as zero.Enforceable liens or mortgage$Not entered. Enter 0 if there is no lien.OwnershipThis is real propertyWill it be sold during administration?Some court charges are assessed on sale proceeds and exclude real property that is kept, so this changes the amount.

Ownership determines whether an asset usually enters probate. Choose “Not sure” when title or beneficiary status has not been confirmed.

amount of the decedent's probate estate accounted for$Includes inventory values adjusted for reappraisal or sale, estate accretions, and net business income, with stated deductions. Leaving it blank keeps the compensation undecided rather than assuming a number.

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Your working estimate

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More information is needed

Counted probate estate: not yet counted

A valid date of death is required before any waiting period can be tested.

Gross probate propertyNot yet counted

Court chargeMore information neededOriginal District Court civil filing2 asset entries have no value entered. A blank amount is not treated as zero, so the charge cannot be computed.Court charges only, for the proceeding named beside each figure. That proceeding is not always the route screened above.

Scheduled executor compensationCase accounting neededEnter the compensable value above and this schedule is applied to it, band by band.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.

This route check is general information, not legal advice. It does not test every eligibility condition, creditor issue, will provision, local fee, or asset-title fact.

Threshold evidence and currency

What the reviewed source establishes

Currency: No later session-law supersession is recorded in the reviewed source set for this threshold. The edition/currentness label below is the basis for the published figure.

Controlling citation: Wyo. Stat. § 2-1-205 — Publisher edition or amendment label not stated; verified October 3, 2026.

Verbatim threshold text from that source:

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).

How the Wyoming screen is measured

Procedure	Summary procedure for distribution of personal or real property
What counts	The probate estate within the statute’s scope, so solely owned real property can count
Value basis	Value less enforceable liens and encumbrances
Waiting period	30 days after death

The Wyoming caveats that can change this answer are listed once, on the Wyoming overview.

The official Wyoming path

No statewide form is published for this route; ask the District Court in the county of residence for its packet.

What a small-estate screen can and cannot decide, and which assets never enter it, is explained once in small-estate affidavit or probate and what counts as a probate asset.

Controlling source

Statute

Wyo. Stat. § 2-1-205

Reviewed source note: 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).

Wyoming Legislature · Edition/currentness: Publisher edition or amendment label not stated · Verified October 3, 2026

Wyoming record: 4/4 verified, 12 matched checks, latest source re-fetch October 3, 2026. Source record · method · report a correction

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