# Wyoming — Homestead exemption amounts by state

For Wyoming, homestead exemption is a homestead not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) in value, exempt from execution and attachment arising from any debt, contract or civil obligation entered into or incurred; area limit is a house on a lot or lots or other lands of any number of acres; statute is 1-20-101. Homestead exemption; right, verified against its source on 2026-08-31.

- **State:** Wyoming _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Homestead exemption:** a homestead not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) in value, exempt from execution and attachment arising from any debt, contract or civil obligation entered into or incurred _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Area limit:** a house on a lot or lots or other lands of any number of acres _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Statute:** 1-20-101. Homestead exemption; right. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 1-20-101. Homestead exemption; right. Every resident of the state is entitled to a homestead not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) in value, exempt from execution and attachment arising from any debt, contract or civil obligation entered into or incurred. 1-20-102. Homestead exemption; when operative. (a) The homestead is only exempt as provided in W.S. 1-20-101 while occupied as such by the owner or the person entitled thereto, or his or her family. (b) When two (2) or more persons jointly own and occupy the same residence, each shall be entitled to the homestead exemption.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Area limit

> 1-20-104. Homestead exemption; composition. The homestead may consist of a house on a lot or lots or other lands of any number of acres, or a house trailer or other movable home on a lot or lots, whether or not the house trailer or other movable home is equipped with wheels or resting upon immovable support.

## Source

- https://www.wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title01.pdf

Last verified: 2026-08-31. Review by: 2027-02-27.
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