How to Find Your Wyoming Legal Description
A Wyoming quitclaim deed needs the property's legal description — and this is often the field that stalls people. It isn't a street address; it's the formal, surveyed description a county uses to identify a parcel in its own records. In Wyoming, that's frequently a government survey reference (township, range, and section, under the Public Land Survey System) for rural land, or a platted lot and block for property inside a town.
The fastest source is paperwork you may already have. Check the deed or closing documents from when you acquired the property — the legal description is almost always printed there, ready to copy over.
Without that paperwork, most Wyoming counties offer a way to look it up without a courthouse visit. Many county clerk or assessor offices run an online records search, and some counties also provide a property lookup tool through the assessor — usually an interactive map where clicking a parcel shows its details, including the legal description on file.
Find Your County's Property Search
Every Wyoming county's page on this site links to that county's official website — from there, look for a "property search," "records search," or parcel map link. Select your county to get started:
FAQs About Legal Descriptions
What is a legal description?
A legal description is the formal, surveyed description of a property's exact boundaries and location -- a metes-and-bounds description, a government survey (township/range/section) reference, or a platted lot and block -- used to uniquely identify the parcel on a recorded document like a quitclaim deed. It's not the same as the property's mailing address.
Can I find my Wyoming legal description online?
Often, yes. Many Wyoming county clerk or assessor offices offer a free online property search by owner name, address, or parcel number that displays the recorded legal description.
What if my county doesn't have online records?
Check a document you may already have -- your closing or settlement papers usually show the legal description printed on them. Otherwise, call or visit your county clerk's or assessor's office directly and they can look it up.
Do I need a new survey for a quitclaim deed?
Generally no. A quitclaim deed reuses the legal description already on file rather than creating a new one. A fresh survey is typically only needed if you're splitting a parcel into separate lots.