Updated October 11, 2026. Quick answer: Wyoming requires the grantor to acknowledge a deed before a notarial officer, and the acknowledgment certificate entitles the deed to be recorded. The statutory county clerk recording charge is $12.00 for the first page of any instrument and $3.00 for each additional page. Additional charges apply of $1.00 for each additional name when an instrument has more than five grantors or grantees of a different surname, $1.00 for each section, block, lot or tract description in excess of ten, and $2.00 for each additional real estate description given by book and page only when an instrument has more than two, and the clerk charges $2.00 for acknowledgments (W.S. 18-3-402).
Wyoming quitclaim deed at a glance
| Item | What the documents say |
|---|---|
| Signing | A Wyoming conveyance of land is made by an instrument executed and acknowledged by the grantor, and a deed of quitclaim and release passes all the estate the grantor could convey. |
| Witnesses | Not found in the documents read |
| Notary or acknowledgment | Wyoming requires the grantor to acknowledge a deed before a notarial officer, and the acknowledgment certificate entitles the deed to be recorded. |
| Statutory quitclaim form | Wyoming provides a short statutory form of quitclaim deed (grantor, consideration, grantee, description, date), and a deed in substance in that form is a sufficient conveyance and quitclaim. |
| Where to record, and the fee | County Clerk of the county where the land lies. The statutory county clerk recording charge is $12.00 for the first page of any instrument and $3.00 for each additional page. Additional charges apply of $1.00 for each additional name when an instrument has more than five grantors or grantees of a different surname, $1.00 for each section, block, lot or tract description in excess of ten, and $2.00 for each additional real estate description given by book and page only when an instrument has more than two, and the clerk charges $2.00 for acknowledgments (W.S. 18-3-402). |
| State transfer tax | Not found in the documents read (No Wyoming state real estate transfer tax statute was read in an archived source, so the state-level position is UNVERIFIED.) |
| Gift from a parent to a child | Not found in the documents read |
| Spouse or homestead | A deed of a homestead must contain the statutory homestead release words and be signed and acknowledged by the owner and the spouse of the owner, except a conveyance directly from husband to wife (Wyo. Stat. 34-2-121). |
| Source | Wyoming Legislature |
Signing, witnesses and the notary in Wyoming
A Wyoming conveyance of land is made by an instrument executed and acknowledged by the grantor, and a deed of quitclaim and release passes all the estate the grantor could convey.
Wyoming requires the grantor to acknowledge a deed before a notarial officer, and the acknowledgment certificate entitles the deed to be recorded.
Statutory form: Wyoming provides a short statutory form of quitclaim deed (grantor, consideration, grantee, description, date), and a deed in substance in that form is a sufficient conveyance and quitclaim.
The text itself:
- Wyoming Statutes Title 34 (Real Property): “instrument executed and acknowledged by the party from whom or which”
- Wyoming Statutes Title 34 (Real Property): “Quitclaim may be in substance in the following form:”
- Wyoming Statutes Title 34 (Real Property): “shall be acknowledged by the party or parties executing same”
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Recording office: County Clerk of the county where the land lies. The statutory county clerk recording charge is $12.00 for the first page of any instrument and $3.00 for each additional page. Additional charges apply of $1.00 for each additional name when an instrument has more than five grantors or grantees of a different surname, $1.00 for each section, block, lot or tract description in excess of ten, and $2.00 for each additional real estate description given by book and page only when an instrument has more than two, and the clerk charges $2.00 for acknowledgments (W.S. 18-3-402).
The text itself:
- Wyoming Statutes Title 34 (Real Property): “recorded in the office of the county clerk”
- Wyoming Statutes Title 18 (Counties): “Recording charges for any instrument-first page”
- Wyoming Statutes Title 18 (Counties): “Each additional page”
Transfer tax and a gift to a family member
No Wyoming state real estate transfer tax statute was read in an archived source, so the state-level position is UNVERIFIED.
Between family members: Not found in the documents read.
Other filings the documents mention
A sworn statement by the grantee or his agent (names, addresses, date, legal description, amount paid) must accompany a deed presented for recording, and the clerk may not accept the instrument until it is received.
For a transfer between husband and wife or parent and child with only nominal consideration, the presenting party may omit the amount paid and sale terms from that sworn statement.
The text itself:
- Wyoming Statutes Title 34 (Real Property): “accompanied by a statement under oath by the grantee”
- Wyoming Statutes Title 34 (Real Property): “between husband and wife or parent and child with only nominal consideration”
A worked example: a parent deeds the home to an adult child
An illustration, not a return: a parent bought a home for $100,000, and it is worth $300,000 when the parent deeds it to an adult child by quitclaim deed, with no payment. The child later sells it for $350,000. For a gift, federal law says the child’s basis is “the same as it would be in the hands of the donor”, so the basis stays $100,000 and the gain is $250,000 ($350,000 minus $100,000). Had the child received the same home at the parent’s death, when it was worth $300,000, the statute sets the basis at “fair market value of the property at the date of the decedent’s”, so the gain would be $50,000 ($350,000 minus $300,000).
See CMG’s quitclaim vs warranty deed for a family transfer page for the choice of deed.
What the documents do not say
- Whether Wyoming requires witnesses on a deed: not found in the documents read, and that is not a statement that none are needed.
- Whether a gift from a parent to a child is exempt from the transfer tax: not found in the documents read.
- Whether Wyoming has a state transfer tax on deeds: not found in the documents read.
- Whether a spouse must join a deed of land that is not the homestead: not found in the documents read.
- County or city transfer taxes and local recording surcharges in Wyoming were not read unless named above.
Common mistakes
- Assuming the Wyoming rules above govern land in another state, or that signing the deed ends the paperwork before it is recorded with the county clerk.
Related: quitclaim vs warranty deed for a family transfer, Wyoming transfer on death deed, Wyoming probate cost, and whether Wyoming has an estate tax.
Sources
- Wyoming Statutes Title 34 (Real Property): https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title34.pdf
- Wyoming Statutes Title 18 (Counties): https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title18.pdf
- 26 U.S.C. 1015, Basis of property acquired by gifts and transfers in trust (U.S. Code, GovInfo): https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2023-title26/html/USCODE-2023-title26-subtitleA-chap1-subchapO-partII-sec1015.htm
- 26 U.S.C. 1014, Basis of property acquired from a decedent (U.S. Code, GovInfo): https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2023-title26/html/USCODE-2023-title26-subtitleA-chap1-subchapO-partII-sec1014.htm
Sources: the primary documents linked above, read on October 11, 2026. General information, not tax advice. Your own facts decide the outcome, and a tax professional or the state agency itself is the right place to confirm anything consequential.