Power of attorney in Wyoming: form, signing and powers

The form, the signing rules, durable or not, and what an agent can do in Wyoming, from Wyoming law.

Checked against official sources: October 31, 2026.

Short answer

Uniform Power of Attorney Act

Official form: State of Wyoming Statutory Form Power of Attorney, with Agent's Certification
How to sign: Signed by you; the law requires no notary or witnesses
Durable unless it says otherwise?: Yes: it continues if you lose capacity unless it says otherwise.
Uniform Power of Attorney Act: Yes

Words used in Wyoming

In Wyoming you name an agent for money and property in a power of attorney, and an agent for medical decisions in a power of attorney for health care. Your written treatment wishes are called individual instructions; both are advance health care directives. If an adult cannot decide and has no documents, family members can act as surrogate, and a district court can appoint a guardian and a conservator.

An agent (also called an attorney-in-fact) is the person you choose to act for you. You are the principal.

Money and property: Power of attorney; 'Statutory Form Power of Attorney'
The person you choose: Agent
Health care: Power of attorney for health care (an 'advance health care directive'); the agent may also be called 'attorney-in-fact'
Treatment wishes: Individual instruction (part of an advance health care directive)
Court-appointed decision-maker: Guardian (care of the person) and conservator (property and finances) of an 'incompetent person'; plenary or limited

Law and official form

Law: Uniform Power of Attorney Act
Uniform Power of Attorney Act: Yes (effective January 1, 2018)
Official form: State of Wyoming Statutory Form Power of Attorney (Wyo. Stat. § 3-9-301), with Agent's Certification (§ 3-9-302)Published by Wyoming Judicial Branch (Legal Help by Topic: Power of Attorney)
You do not have to use it.
Covers property only, not health care. Includes a notary block. The court page says the statutory form 'meets the requirements for granting a power of attorney in Wyoming'.

Law: Wyo. Stat. § 3-9-101 et seq. (2017 Wyo. Sess. Laws ch. 117, SF 105, § 4); Wyo. Stat. §§ 3-9-301, 3-9-302

Signing rules

How to sign

The Act requires only your signature. If you acknowledge your signature before a notary, it is presumed genuine, and banks and others must follow the acceptance rules for an 'acknowledged' power of attorney. The statutory form includes a notary block.

Who signs

Signed by you, or in your conscious presence by another person you direct to sign your name.

Notary

Not required

Witnesses

None required

Agent's acknowledgment

No agent signature is required. A person accepts appointment by acting as agent or by other conduct showing acceptance, unless the document says otherwise.

Law: Wyo. Stat. § 3-9-113

Law: Wyo. Stat. §§ 3-9-105, 3-9-119, 3-9-120

Durable and springing

Is it durable?

A power of attorney created on or after the Act's effective date is durable unless it expressly says it ends when you become incapacitated; an older one is durable only if it was durable under the law when signed.

Law: Wyo. Stat. § 3-9-104

Durable unless it says otherwise?

Yes: it continues if you lose capacity unless it says otherwise.

Starting later (springing)

It is effective when signed unless it says it starts on a future date or event. You can name who decides that the event happened. If it starts on your incapacity and no one you named can decide, it starts when a physician or licensed psychologist, or an attorney, judge or appropriate government official, determines in writing that you are incapacitated.

Law: Wyo. Stat. § 3-9-109

What an agent can and cannot do

Needs express permission

Create, amend, revoke or end a living (inter vivos) trust
Make a gift
Create or change rights of survivorship
Create or change a beneficiary designation
Delegate authority granted under the power of attorney
Waive your right to be a beneficiary of a joint and survivor annuity, including a retirement plan survivor benefit
Exercise fiduciary powers you have authority to delegate
Disclaim property, including a power of appointment

No power of attorney can

Unless the power of attorney says otherwise, an agent who is not your ancestor, spouse or descendant may not use it to give themselves, or someone they must support, an interest in your property. The Act does not apply to a power to make health care decisions.

Law: Wyo. Stat. § 3-9-201(b); § 3-9-103(a)(ii)

Law: Wyo. Stat. § 3-9-201(a)

Agent duties, pay and court review

Agent duties

Act according to your reasonable expectations, if known, and otherwise in your best interest
Act in good faith and only within the authority granted
Act loyally for your benefit and avoid conflicts of interest
Use the care, competence and diligence ordinarily used by agents
Keep a record of all receipts, payments and transactions
Cooperate with your health care decision-maker
Try to preserve your estate plan, if known and in your best interest

Agent pay

Unless the power of attorney says otherwise, an agent is entitled to reimbursement of reasonable expenses and to reasonable compensation.

Law: Wyo. Stat. § 3-9-112

Asking a court to review an agent

You, the agent, a guardian or conservator, your health care decision-maker, your family and presumptive heirs, beneficiaries, a protective agency, your caregiver, a person asked to accept the power of attorney and others listed in the Act can petition a court to construe it or review the agent's conduct.

Law: Wyo. Stat. § 3-9-116

Law: Wyo. Stat. § 3-9-114

When it ends and how to revoke it

How to revoke a power of attorney in Wyoming

Official forms in Wyoming

Forms published by the state or its courts. You open them on the official site.

Financial power of attorney

State of Wyoming Statutory Form Power of Attorney (Wyo. Stat. § 3-9-301), with Agent's Certification (§ 3-9-302) · Published by Wyoming Judicial Branch (Legal Help by Topic: Power of Attorney)

Guardianship / conservatorship

Good to know in Wyoming

A Wyoming health care power of attorney must be notarized or signed by two witnesses who each sign a declaration under penalty of perjury.
Law: Wyo. Stat. § 35-22-403(b)
You can revoke the naming of a health care agent only by a signed writing.
Law: Wyo. Stat. § 35-22-404(a)
Wyoming guardianship is decided by a preponderance of the evidence, and the petitioner, proposed ward or custodian may demand a jury.
Law: Wyo. Stat. §§ 3-2-103, 3-2-104
Guardians must file reports on the ward every six months.
Source: Wyoming Judicial Branch adult guardianship page

Free help in Wyoming

Report abuse or exploitation

Wyoming Department of Family Services (reports go to your local DFS office) · 1-800-457-3659

Questions about powers of attorney in Wyoming

What is a power of attorney called in Wyoming?

Power of attorney; 'Statutory Form Power of Attorney'. In Wyoming you name an agent for money and property in a power of attorney, and an agent for medical decisions in a power of attorney for health care. Your written treatment wishes are called individual instructions; both are advance health care directives. If an adult cannot decide and has no documents, family members can act as surrogate, and a district court can appoint a guardian and a conservator.

Does a power of attorney have to be notarized in Wyoming?

Is there an official power of attorney form in Wyoming?

State of Wyoming Statutory Form Power of Attorney, with Agent's Certification. You do not have to use it.