Free Wyoming Affidavit of Death

In Wyoming, a surviving joint owner records the “Affidavit of survivorship”; a transfer on death deed beneficiary records the “Affidavit to establish the death of the grantor”, which the state makes a condition of the transfer.

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Who may sign in Wyoming: Any person interested in the affected property or the title thereto.

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The “Affidavit of survivorship”: When a joint tenant or tenant by the entirety dies, any person interested in the property may record an affidavit of survivorship with the county clerk, attaching a copy of the death certificate certified by the office that holds the original. Recording is optional. A surviving joint owner records it with the county recording office, and the prepared document is laid out for recording.

Who may sign, in the statute's words: Any person interested in the affected property or the title thereto. The affidavit is sworn before a notary public, who completes the jurat.

It states: a description of the property; the instrument under which the estate was vested, with references to its recording data if it was recorded; a statement under oath of the death of the decedent as the party named in the vesting instrument whose death ended the decedent's estate in the property; the name of the person appearing by the record to be the owner of the land when the affidavit is recorded. Attached when recorded: death certificate (a copy of the official death certificate of the decedent, certified to by the public authority in which the original death certificate is a matter of record).

Recording is not a condition of the transfer: title passed at the death under the instrument.

The “Affidavit to establish the death of the grantor”: After the owner's death, an affidavit of the death that identifies the transfer on death deed is recorded with the county clerk together with a Department of Health certificate of clearance. Wyoming law makes these the only proof of the transfer. Who signs: Any person having knowledge of the facts and competent to testify concerning them in open court. The document is prepared on that basis as well.

The Affidavit of Death in Wyoming

Wyoming's instrument for a joint owner's death is the “Affidavit of survivorship”, recorded by a surviving joint owner with the county recording office. What it does: When a joint tenant or tenant by the entirety dies, any person interested in the property may record an affidavit of survivorship with the county clerk, attaching a copy of the death certificate certified by the office that holds the original. Recording is optional.

The affidavit is sworn before a notary public, who completes the jurat. Who may make it: Any person interested in the affected property or the title thereto.

What the statute has it state: a description of the property; the instrument under which the estate was vested, with references to its recording data if it was recorded; a statement under oath of the death of the decedent as the party named in the vesting instrument whose death ended the decedent's estate in the property, and 1 more.

Attached when recorded: death certificate (a copy of the official death certificate of the decedent, certified to by the public authority in which the original death certificate is a matter of record).

Recording is not a condition of the transfer; title passed at the death under the instrument, and the affidavit puts the death on the record.

A transfer on death deed beneficiary records the “Affidavit to establish the death of the grantor”: After the owner's death, an affidavit of the death that identifies the transfer on death deed is recorded with the county clerk together with a Department of Health certificate of clearance. Wyoming law makes these the only proof of the transfer. The document is prepared on that basis as well.

SimplyTrust Editorial·Updated October 26, 2026

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The Affidavit of Death in Wyoming

The affidavit is sworn before a notary public, who completes the jurat. Who may make it: Any person interested in the affected property or the title thereto.

Recording is not a condition of the transfer; title passed at the death under the instrument, and the affidavit puts the death on the record.

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