Lost title · Wyoming

Replacing a lost car title in Wyoming

Wyoming charges $15, and you have to go back to the specific county clerk that issued the title in the first place.

An empty document sleeve and a set of car keys on a kitchen table

What Wyoming charges

The replacement title fee is $15. $15 from the county clerk that issued the title; all owners must sign the duplicate-title application before a notary. Mail or in person; a lien still showing requires a lien release or lienholder permission.

That figure comes from Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) — titles are issued by county clerks, plates and registration by county treasurers, read from its own page and current as of August 2026. The hub compares all fifty states if you want to see where Wyoming sits — the spread runs from $5 to $101, which is wider than most people expect for the same piece of paper.

The part that catches people out

This is not a state-level transaction. The duplicate comes from the county clerk that issued the original, which means someone who has moved within Wyoming since buying the car is driving back to the county they left. Every owner named on the title must sign the application in front of a notary — Wyoming being one of the four notarisation states in this table — and the filing is by post or in person at that clerk’s office.

Wyoming 020-021: Duplicate Title (Laramie County), with every box filled in

That is the document Wyoming wants, and we publish a worked example of it: Wyoming 020-021: Duplicate Title (Laramie County).

A lien still showing requires either a lien release or the lienholder’s permission before the clerk will issue, so the county visit is wasted unless that is settled first.

Sources

Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) — titles are issued by county clerks, plates and registration by county treasurers — replacement title fee — Where the Wyoming figure of $15 was read, current as of August 2026
Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) — titles are issued by county clerks, plates and registration by county treasurers — agency home — The agency that issues Wyoming titles

Common questions

What people ask about this

How much does it cost to replace a lost car title in Wyoming?

$15. $15 from the county clerk that issued the title; all owners must sign the duplicate-title application before a notary. Mail or in person; a lien still showing requires a lien release or lienholder permission.