Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 2-7-201 (2026)

Admission of will or estate to probate and

✓ current as of May 2026

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section WY-LEGwyoleg.gov JustiaTitle on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

appointment of personal representative; contents; form.

Upon admission of a will or an estate of an intestate decedent
to probate and issuance of letters, the personal representative
shall cause to be published once a week for three (3)
consecutive weeks in a daily or weekly newspaper of general
circulation in the county in which the probate is pending, a
notice of admission of the will or estate to probate and of the
appointment of the personal representative. The notice shall
state that any action to set aside the probate of the will shall
be brought within three (3) months from the date of the first
publication of the notice or thereafter be barred. The
publication shall include a notice to debtors to make payment
and to creditors having claims against the decedent to file them
with the necessary vouchers in the office of the clerk of court
from which the letters were issued within three (3) months from
the date of the first publication of the notice, or thereafter
be forever barred. The notice required by this section shall be
substantially in the following form:

State of Wyoming         )         In the District Court

                         )ss       ....Judicial District

County of ....           )             Probate No. ....

In the Matter of the Estate )

                         )

of                       )             Notice of Probate

                         )

...., Deceased.          )

TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN SAID ESTATE:

     You are hereby notified that on the .... day of ....,
(year), the estate of the above named decedent was admitted to
probate by the above named court, and that .... was appointed
personal representative thereof.

or-
     You are hereby notified that on the .... day of ....,
(year), the Last Will and Testament of decedent was admitted to
probate by the above named court, and .... was appointed
personal representative thereof. Any action to set aside the
Will shall be filed in the Court within three months from the
date of the first publication of this notice, or thereafter be
forever barred.

     Notice is further given that all persons indebted to the
decedent or to his Estate are requested to make immediate
payment to the undersigned at ...., Wyoming.

     Creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate
are required to file them in duplicate with the necessary
vouchers, in the office of the Clerk of said Court, on or before
three months after the date of the first publication of this
notice, and if such claims are not so filed, unless otherwise
allowed or paid, they will be forever barred.

     Dated ...., (year).        Personal Representative ....

PUBLISH: (once a week for 3 successive weeks).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 14 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1986–2026 · leading case: Britain v. Britain (In re Est. of Britain), 425 P.3d 978 (Wyo. 2018).

Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment

Britain v. Britain (In re Est. of Britain), 425 P.3d 978 (Wyo. 2018). · cites it 7× “In this case, the time for contesting the will was governed by Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 2-7-201 (LexisNexis 2017) : Upon admission of a will or an estate of an intestate decedent to probate and issuance of letters, the personal representative shall cause to be published once a week for…”

Hanesworth v. Johnke, 783 P.2d 173 (Wyo. 1989). · cites it 13× “On October 31, November 7, and November 14, 1986, the notice of the probate of her will and notice to creditors was published pursuant to Wyo.Stat. § 2-7-201 (1977). 1 Appellants failed to file a claim within the three-month period provided in the notice.”

In the Matter of the Est. of Robert S. Meeker, Robin Meeker Gaston, Misty S. Oxborrow, & Dustin D. Meeker v. Carole L. Wagner, 2017 WY 75 (Wyo. 2017). · cites it 4× “Wyo. Stat. §§ 2-7-201 and 2-7-205 (LexisNexis 2015),.”

In Re Est. of Novakovich, 101 P.3d 931 (Wyo. 2004). · cites it 4× “See Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 2-7-201 (LexisNexis 2008).”

Matter of Est. of Reed, 768 P.2d 566 (Wyo. 1989). · cites it 8× “5 At the basis of the contest action and implicit in the district court’s dismissal was the conclusion that the Wyoming notice published in the newspaper was sufficient to meet W.S. 2-7-201 6 . The propriety of any contest hinges on the validity of the notice which starts the…”

Rodriguez v. Casey, 2002 WY 111 (Wyo. 2002). “§ 2-7-205 (a) states, in part: A true copy of the notice required in W.S. 2-7-201 shall be mailed by ordinary United States mail, first class, to: [[Image here]] (i) Each creditor of the decedent whose identity is reasonably ascertainable by the per-.”

North Fork Land & Cattle, Lllp v. First Am. Title Ins. Co., 2015 WY 150 (Wyo. 2015). · cites it 2× “See Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 2-7-201 through 206, 602 through 627, 701 through 729, 818 (LexisNexis 2015), These actions are not necessarily automatic or involuntary.”

Taylor v. Est. of Taylor, 719 P.2d 234 (Wyo. 1986). · cites it 2× “Section 2-7-201, W.S.1977, provides that the personal representative of a decedent shall cause notice to be published of the admission of a will or estate to probate, and the publication shall include a notice to *238 creditors having claims against the decedent to file them…”

Scott v. Scott, 918 P.2d 198 (Wyo. 1996). · cites it 2× “In accordance with Wyo. Stat. § 2-7-201 (1980), a notice of probate was published on January 5, 12, and 19, 1994, which directed creditors that had claims against the decedent to file those claims on or before three months after the date on which the notice was first published…”

Zmijewski v. Wright, 809 P.2d 280 (Wyo. 1991). “2-7-712(a) is established by W.S. 2-7-201 to be three months after the date of the first publication which was in this case July 11, 1989.”

Beit Hanina Enter., Inc. v. Moffett, 267 P.3d 1070 (Wyo. 2011). · cites it 2× “1998), we stated: The legislature requires the personal representative to publish notice of admission of an estate to probate, Wyo. Stat. § 2-7-201(1997), and to mail that notice to heirs, beneficiaries, and ereditors, Wyo.”

Accelerated Receivable Solutions v. Hauf, 350 P.3d 731 (Wyo. 2015). “The statutory procedure in Wyoming is quite similar to Oklahoma's scheme in that the time bar provided in § 2-7-201 is triggered only after probate proceedings have been commenced in district court, a personal representative has been appointed by the district court, and notice…”

Show all 14 citing cases →

— Wyo. Stat. § 2-7-201(1997) — 2 cases

Beit Hanina Enter., Inc. v. Moffett, 267 P.3d 1070 (Wyo. 2011). “1998), we stated: The legislature requires the personal representative to publish notice of admission of an estate to probate, Wyo. Stat. § 2-7-201(1997), and to mail that notice to heirs, beneficiaries, and ereditors, Wyo.”

Harris v. Taylor, 969 P.2d 142 (Wyo. 1998).

Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.