2-3-101. Oath. Before letters testamentary or of administration are issued, the personal representative shall take and subscribe an oath before some officer authorized to administer oaths, that he will perform according to law the duties of executor or administrator, which oath shall be attached to the letters.
2-3-102. Bond required; sureties; form; amount; ascertaining value of property. Except as provided by W.S. 2-3-111, every person to whom letters testamentary or of administration are issued shall, before receiving them, execute a bond to the state of Wyoming with two (2) or more sufficient individual sureties or one (1) sufficient corporate surety approved by […]
2-3-103. Letters and bonds to be recorded. All letters testamentary or of administration issued to, and all bonds executed by personal representatives, with the affidavits and certificates thereon, shall be recorded by the clerk of the court.
2-3-104. Appointment orders to state qualification time; lapses. Whenever an order appointing a personal representative is made by any district court or officer having authority to make the appointment, the order shall state the time within which the personal representative shall qualify by giving the bond and taking the oath required by law. Upon failure […]
2-3-105. Additional bond required upon sale of real estate; when required. The district court may require an additional bond whenever the sale of any real estate belonging to the estate is ordered, unless it satisfactorily appears that the penalty of the bond given before receiving letters or any bond given in place thereof is equal […]
2-3-106. Additional bond required upon sale of real estate; conditions. The additional bond shall be conditioned that the personal representative shall faithfully execute the duties of the trust according to law, and the sureties shall justify as provided in W.S. 2-3-102.
2-3-107. Separate bond required from each personal representative. When two (2) or more persons are appointed personal representatives, a separate bond is required from each of them in the same amount as would be required from one.
2-3-108. Several recoveries on same bond allowed. The bond shall not be void upon the first recovery. It may be used and recovered upon from time to time by any person aggrieved, in his own name, until the whole penalty is exhausted.
2-3-109. Ordering sureties to appear for property value examination; notice to personal representatives; requiring additional security. Before any bond is approved and after its approval, the officer whose duty it is to approve the same, of his own motion or upon the motion of any person interested in the estate, supported by affidavit that the […]
2-3-110. When sufficient security not given in time. If sufficient security is not given within the time fixed by the order, the right of the personal representative to the administration shall cease, and the person next entitled to the administration of the estate, shall be appointed to the administration upon execution of a sufficient bond.
2-3-111. When no bond required; generally. (a) 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, letters testamentary or of administration may issue without the execution and filing of a […]
2-3-112. When no bond required; suspension of powers upon allegation of waste. When a petition is presented praying that a personal representative be required to give further security, or to give bond, where by the terms of the will no bond was originally required, and it is alleged on oath that the personal representative is […]
2-3-113. Requiring further security; petition. Any person interested in any estate may, by verified petition, represent to the court or commissioner that the sureties of a personal representative have become or are becoming insolvent, or that they have removed or are about to remove from the state, or that from any other cause the bond […]
2-3-114. Requiring further security; citation to personal representative; service. If the court or commissioner is satisfied that the matter requires investigation, a citation shall be issued to the personal representative requiring him to appear at a time and place specified to show cause why he should not give further security. The citation shall be served […]
2-3-115. Requiring further security; hearing; order therefor or new bond. At the time appointed the court shall hear the proofs and allegations of the parties. If it satisfactorily appears that the security is insufficient, an order may be made requiring the personal representative to give further security, or to file a new bond in the […]
2-3-116. Requiring further security; failure to comply. If the personal representative neglects to comply with the order within the time prescribed, the court shall revoke his letters and his authority shall cease.
2-3-117. Ordering further security without application. When it comes to his knowledge that the bond of a personal representative is insufficient, the court or commissioner, without any application, shall cause him to be cited to appear and show cause why he should not give further security, and shall proceed as upon the application of any […]
2-3-118. Relief of sureties; application; citation and service. When a surety of any personal representative desires to be released from responsibility on account of future acts, he may apply to the court or commissioner for relief. Citation shall be issued to the personal representative and served personally, requiring him to appear at a time and […]
2-3-119. Relief of sureties; release order. If new sureties are given to the satisfaction of the court or commissioner, he may order that the sureties who applied for relief shall not be liable on their bond for any subsequent act, default or misconduct of the personal representative.
2-3-120. Relief of sureties; revocation of letters. If the personal representative neglects or refuses to give new sureties to the satisfaction of the court or commissioner, unless the surety making the application shall consent to a longer extension of time, the court or commissioner shall by order revoke his letters.
