Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, Unemployment Insurance Division
Wyoming · Unemployment
dws.wyo.gov/dws-division/unemployment-insuranceState Unemployment Benefits in Wyoming
The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services administers unemployment insurance through its Unemployment Insurance Division. If a family member receiving unemployment benefits dies, send a copy of the obituary or death certificate to the Unemployment Claims Center; the claim is updated to show the person is deceased so no further payments are issued.
Steps to take when someone dies
- •Wyo. Stat. 27-3-318 lets the Department pay accrued benefits to a surviving spouse, children, or parents without letters testamentary or letters of administration.
- •Under Wyo. Stat. 27-3-409(e)(i) the Department cancels an overpayment only where the individual is deceased with no estate or the estate is closed and all assets are distributed.
- •Otherwise it is a balance the estate should account for.
Required Documents
- Copy of the obituary or death certificate: to report a claimant's death to the Unemployment Claims Center
State Unemployment Benefits in Wyoming: key facts
What Wyoming says5
- Reporting a death
A family member sends a copy of the obituary or death certificate to the Unemployment Claims Center. The claim is then updated to show the person is deceased, so no further payments are issued.1
- Benefits at and after the death
Under Wyo. Stat. 27-3-318, the Department may pay benefits a deceased individual had accrued without letters testamentary or letters of administration.2
- Who may claim a final payment
Wyo. Stat. 27-3-318 names the surviving spouse, children or parents as the people the Department may pay a deceased individual's accrued benefits to.2
- Overpayments
Under Wyo. Stat. 27-3-409(b), an individual who received benefits he was not entitled to is liable to repay them, by recoupment, civil action, treasury offset or a voluntary reimbursement agreement.2
Wyo. Stat. 27-3-409(e)(i) requires the Department to cancel an overpayment or its penalty when the individual is deceased with no estate, or the estate is closed and all assets are distributed.2
- Claimant portal
Claims may be filed at any time online at wyui.wyo.gov, the Wyoming UI online claims portal.3, 4
Governing law: Wyo. Stat. 27-3-318; 27-3-409
Not in Wyoming's published guidance3
- A claim form
- A procedure for claiming benefits accrued before death
- Overpayment rules that address a death or an estate
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