Clear Money Guide
What this state guide covers
A quick view of the questions, practical details and source notes below.
Updated August 4, 2026. Quick answer for Wyoming: nobody publishes a reliable, state-specific median for what a will costs here, and the figures you will see quoted — including ours — are national. Anyone showing you a precise Wyoming number is estimating. What is genuinely Wyoming-specific, and what actually decides whether your will works, is how it has to be executed. The detail worth knowing before you sign anything: what is genuinely Wyoming-specific is how a will has to be executed, and that is what decides whether the document works at all.
Putting a loan in writing? The interest limit, the signing rules and the time limit to sue, from the state’s own statutes: Wyoming promissory note.
How to make a will in Wyoming: what the statute says
Each line is a passage quoted from the Wyoming statute itself; the section has the exceptions.
- Signing and witnesses. Wyo. Stat. § 2-6-112(a): “Except as provided in W.S. 2-6-113, all wills to be valid shall be in writing, or typewritten, witnessed by two (2) competent witnesses and signed by the testator or by some person in his presence and by his express direction.”
- Gift to a witness. Wyo. Stat. § 2-6-112(a): “No subscribing witness to any will can derive any benefit therefrom unless there are two (2) disinterested and competent witnesses to the same, but if without a will the witness would be entitled to any portion of the testator’s estate, the witness may still receive the portion to the extent and value of the amount devised.”
- Handwritten (holographic) will. Wyo. Stat. § 2-6-113: “A will which does not comply with W.S. 2-6-112 is valid as an holographic will, whether or not witnessed, if it is entirely in the handwriting of the testator and signed by the hand of the testator himself.”
The cost of settling an estate is a separate question: Wyoming Probate Cost 2026.
The honest position on Wyoming pricing
We publish a national attorney median for a simple will of $625 (middle 50% $450–$1,000) and a DIY platform range of $129–$599. Attorney figures are the national medians from the LegalTemplates 2026 survey of 909 firms, verified July 23, 2026. They are national, not state-specific. Geographic multipliers are widely republished, but the primary source for them blocks automated verification, so we will not apply one to Wyoming and present the result as a Wyoming figure. When a defensible state-level dataset exists, this page will carry it and say where it came from.
What Wyoming law actually requires
This is the part that is genuinely state-specific, and the part that decides whether the document works at all. Every line below is read from the statute, with the citation attached:
- Witnesses: 2. Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 2-6-112(a)
- If a beneficiary witnesses it: the gift to that witness is void or cut back, but the will still stands (purging statute). Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 2-6-112(a)
- Notary required for the will to be valid: no. A notary is not what makes a will valid here — the witnesses are. Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 2-6-112, 2-6-116
- Self-proving affidavit: available. Signing one at the same time as the will is what saves your executor from tracking witnesses down years later. Wyo. Stat. § 2-6-114(a)
- Handwritten (holographic) wills: recognised, with conditions. The statute’s conditions are quoted in the statute section near the top of this page. Wyo. Stat. § 2-6-113
- Electronic wills: only partly addressed. Witnesses may appear by audio-video technology and sign electronically. Not a standalone electronic-wills act: remote audio-video witnessing and electronic witness signatures are layered onto the traditional attested-will statute. Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 2-6-112(b)
The full 44-jurisdiction comparison is on what each state requires for a will to be valid. Whether a beneficiary may witness is covered nationally on can a beneficiary witness a will, and the notary question on does a will need to be notarised.
Does Wyoming give you a free form?
No. We found no complete statutory will form in the Wyoming code. California, Maine, Michigan, New Mexico and Wisconsin each print one in their own codes. In Wyoming your realistic routes are a DIY platform, a flat-fee attorney will, or an hourly engagement if the estate is complicated.
If a DIY will is the right route for you in Wyoming
Where the estate is straightforward and none of the complications above apply, a properly executed DIY will does the job, and how it is signed matters far more than where the document came from. LawDepot builds a state-specific last will and testament, which you then sign and witness under the Wyoming rules above.
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What skipping it costs in Wyoming
Wyoming sets probate compensation on a mixed basis rather than a single percentage schedule. The two numbers that decide what an estate actually pays are the fee basis and the small-estate threshold.
Fee basis: Both PR and estate attorney fees follow the same statutory schedule: 10% of first $1,000; 5% of next $4,000; 3% of next $15,000; 2% of amounts above $20,000 of the estate value (PR: Wyo. Stat. §2-7-803; attorney: §2-7-804), plus court-allowed extraordinary fees; parties may negotiate lower.
Small-estate threshold: $400,000 value of the entire estate located in Wyoming subject to administration, less liens and encumbrances (Wyo. Stat. §§ 2-1-201, 2-1-205).
A will does not avoid probate — it directs it. What it prevents is the estate being distributed by Wyoming’s intestacy statute instead of by you, and it lets you name the executor rather than leaving the court to appoint one. The arithmetic on the other side is on what probate costs in Wyoming.
What a will costs nationally — every route priced, and the four situations where DIY fails.
Statutory text read at the state’s own legislature or official code site. Pricing figures are national and dated above. General information, not legal advice.
Also on Wyoming: Wyoming Small Estate Affidavit.
Related: whether Wyoming requires the executor to post a bond.
The court’s own filing fee to open probate is a separate cost from what’s on this page, see the Wyoming probate filing fee.
Related: how long creditors have to file a claim against an estate in Wyoming.