In Wyoming, estates valued at $400,000Wyo. Stat. § 2-1-201Verified Sep 9, 2026View source or less use the Affidavit for Distribution of Personal PropertyWyo. Stat. § 2-1-201Verified Sep 9, 2026View source, 30 daysWyo. Stat. § 2-1-201Verified Sep 9, 2026View source after death, a court filing short of full probate. Real property counts toward the limitWyo. Stat. § 2-1-201Verified Sep 9, 2026View source. Wyoming sets the limit by the decedent's date of deathWyo. Stat. § 2-1-201Verified Sep 9, 2026View source; an earlier death may be measured against a lower figure. An estate over the limit does not qualify, and no affidavit is prepared for it.

Wyoming's recorded instrument, affidavit affecting title, rests on the general recording statute for affidavits of facts affecting title to land. What a recorded affidavit does, in the statute's words: A recorded affidavit or a certified copy thereof is prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated insofar as the facts affect title to real estateWyo. Stat. § 34-11-101(a), (b)Verified Sep 24, 2026View source. It is evidence of the facts it states, not a deed; it does not itself transfer title, and a purchaser, lender or title company decides whether to rely on it.

In the office of the county clerk in the county in which the real estate is situatedWyo. Stat. § 34-11-101(a), (c)Verified Sep 24, 2026View source. The office records it as it records deeds, in the county where the land lies, and charges its recording fee per page.

It depends on what the person owned and how it was titled. Property with a named beneficiary, joint property with survivorship, and property in a trust pass outside probate. What remains goes through probate unless it is under the state's small estate limit, in which case a small estate affidavit collects it. The Probate Decision Tool applies your state's rules.