Wyo. Stat. § 31-2-104.1 (2026)

designation forms; definitions.

     (a) Each county clerk shall make available a beneficiary
designation form that allows the owner or owners of a vehicle to
arrange for the transfer of the vehicle's title to a named
beneficiary upon the death of the owner or upon the death of all
owners of the vehicle. The form shall include fields for the
following information:

          (i) The manufacturer, model, year and vehicle
identification number of the vehicle;

           (ii)   The name of all owners of the vehicle;

          (iii) The words "transfer on death to" followed by
the name of the beneficiary; and

           (iv)   The notarized signature of all owners of the
vehicle.

     (b) The form shall be recorded in the office of the county
clerk in the county where the vehicle is titled.

     (c) Upon the death of the owner, or of the last surviving
owner, of a vehicle for which a beneficiary designation form has
been properly executed and recorded, as described in subsections
(a) and (b) of this section, the beneficiary shall present the
recorded form or a copy of the form to the county clerk and
request a new certificate of title in the beneficiary's name.
The beneficiary shall also present to the county clerk:

          (i) A certified copy of the death certificate of the
vehicle's owner or the last surviving owner of the vehicle; and

          (ii) The fee for an application for a certificate of
title required under W.S. 31-3-102(a)(vii).

     (d) Upon the presentation of a properly executed
beneficiary designation form, submittal of the certified copy of
a death certificate and payment of the certificate of title
application fee, as described in subsection (c) of this section,
the county clerk, subject to any liens and security interest,
shall issue a new certificate of title to the beneficiary.

     (e) The estate of a deceased vehicle owner is not liable
for obtaining a new certificate of title or for transferring
title to the vehicle pursuant to a beneficiary designation form
if the personal representative does not have actual knowledge of
the existence of a valid, unrevoked beneficiary designation
form.

     (f) A successor of a decedent, or a person acting on
behalf of a successor, is not liable for obtaining a new
certificate of title or transferring title to a vehicle subject
to a beneficiary designation form if the person does not have
actual knowledge of the existence of a valid, unrevoked
beneficiary designation form.

     (g) During the lifetime of the owner of a vehicle for
which a beneficiary designation form has been properly executed
or before the death of the last surviving owner of such a
vehicle:

          (i) The signature or consent of the beneficiary is
not required for any transaction relating to the vehicle; and

          (ii) The owner or owners of the vehicle may revoke
the beneficiary designation form or change the beneficiary of
the beneficiary designation form at any time by:

               (A) Transferring ownership of the vehicle with
proper assignment and delivery of the certificate of title to
another person; or

               (B) Properly executing a subsequent beneficiary
designation form that designates a new beneficiary.

     (h) Upon the death of the owner of a vehicle or upon the
death of the last surviving owner of a vehicle for which a
beneficiary designation form has been properly executed, the
interest of the beneficiary in the vehicle is subject to any
contract of sale, assignment, lien, ownership or security
interest to which the deceased owner or owners were subject.

     (j) Except as provided in paragraph (g)(ii) of this
section, the designation of a beneficiary in a beneficiary
designation form may not be changed or revoked by will or by any
other instrument or by a change in circumstances.
     (k) The transfer of a vehicle pursuant to this section is
a nonprobate transfer pursuant to the Wyoming Probate Code.

     (m) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise
requires:

          (i) "Beneficiary" means one or more specifically
named persons or entities designated to receive title to a
vehicle upon the death of the preceding owner;

          (ii) "Beneficiary designation form" means a form that
indicates the intention of a present owner or owners of a
vehicle to transfer ownership of the vehicle to a named
beneficiary upon the death of the owner or last surviving owner
of the vehicle.