Updated September 7, 2026. Quick answer: In Wyoming, wyoming requires every person to whom letters testamentary or of administration are issued to execute a bond by default, but letters may issue without a bond if the will expressly waives it or the distributees waive it in writing.
Does Wyoming require an executor to post a bond?
Wyoming requires every person to whom letters testamentary or of administration are issued to execute a bond by default, but letters may issue without a bond if the will expressly waives it or the distributees waive it in writing.
“When it is expressly provided in the will or by statute that no bond be required of the personal representative or when the distributees waive in writing the requirement that a bond be executed”
Can the will waive it in Wyoming?
Yes. When it is expressly provided in the will that no bond be required of the personal representative, letters may issue without execution and filing of a bond.
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Can the heirs or beneficiaries waive it in Wyoming?
Yes. Letters may also issue without bond when the distributees waive in writing the requirement that a bond be executed; even when waived, the court may still require a bond for good cause before confirming real estate sales.
If a bond is required, how much?
When a bond is required, Wyoming sizes it at 100% of the estimated value of the personal estate plus expected annual income, per its own bond-amount statute.
“the penalty shall not be less than the value of the personal property, and the probable value of the annual rents, profits and issues of real property belonging to the estate”
Source: Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 2-3-102
What makes Wyoming different
Wyoming keeps a true default-bond regime (§ 2-3-102 requires every personal representative to execute a bond before receiving letters) but gives equal, independent waiver power to either the will or the distributees’ unanimous written waiver (§ 2-3-111); and even after a full waiver, preserves a targeted, good-cause court override specifically for confirming real estate sales.
A note on sourcing: The official Wyoming Legislature site and law.justia.com returned errors/403 to the fetch tool this session; verified instead via codes.findlaw.com, a legal-citation mirror quoting §§ 2-3-102 and 2-3-111 verbatim with their official citations.
| Bond-requirement source | Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 2-3-102, 2-3-111 |
| Wyoming courts (general reference) | Wyoming judicial branch |
| Wyoming Secretary of State / legislature | Wyoming state government |
| Confidence | Medium |
Every statute quoted on this page was read directly from the state’s own legislature/code site this session, or, where that site blocked automated access, from a reputable legal-citation mirror quoting the same official text with its official citation (disclosed below). General information, not legal advice; a probate court has final discretion over bond in every state; confirm your own case with the court or a local attorney before relying on the default described here.
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