Title 18 — Title 18 — Counties
17 chapters · 375 sections in this title.
W.S. § 18-2-101 General powers
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General powers. (a) Each organized county in the state is a body corporate and politic. The powers of the county shall be exercised by a board of county commissioners which may: (i) Sue and be sued; (ii) Purchase property for the use of the county and acquire real property at tax…
W.S. § 18-2-102 Property
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Property. Any property conveyed to a county, is the property of the county.
W.S. § 18-2-103 Buildings generally; infrastructure for court information technology
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Buildings generally; infrastructure for court information technology. (a) Each county shall provide and maintain a suitable courthouse, jail and other necessary county buildings. (b) Each county shall provide and maintain infrastructure to ensure the proper function of court info…
W.S. § 18-2-104 Joint city and county buildings
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Joint city and county buildings. (a) Any county and its county seat, acting through the board of county commissioners and the city or town council respectively may agree for the joint purchase or construction and use of: (i) A building to be used as a county courthouse and city h…
W.S. § 18-2-105 County, city or local housing authority; authority to establish senior citizen center; receiving state and federal monies; contracting for services
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County, city or local housing authority; authority to establish senior citizen center; receiving state and federal monies; contracting for services. A board of county commissioners, cities or local housing authorities designated by said counties or cities may establish and mainta…
W.S. § 18-2-106 Senior citizen advisory commission
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Senior citizen advisory commission. A board of county commissioners, the mayor and council or the board of commissioners of a local housing authority may appoint an advisory commission for senior citizens. The composition of the advisory commission, the appointment and terms of i…
W.S. § 18-2-107 Cooperation with other agencies for funding and operation of senior citizen centers
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Cooperation with other agencies for funding and operation of senior citizen centers. The county, city or local housing authority may cooperate with other agencies as provided in W.S. 16-1-101, for the operation and funding of senior citizen centers.
W.S. § 18-2-108 Joint establishment, operation, contracts and agreements of facilities by local governments; sharing of costs; issuance of bonds; limitation on expenditures
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Joint establishment, operation, contracts and agreements of facilities by local governments; sharing of costs; issuance of bonds; limitation on expenditures. (a) Each county, municipality, school, hospital or other special district, or any two (2) or more of them may enter into c…
W.S. § 18-2-109 Name in which county shall sue or be sued
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Name in which county shall sue or be sued. In all suits or proceedings the county shall sue or be sued as the "board of county commissioners of the county of . . . . . . . . . . ," but this shall not prevent county officers when authorized by law from suing in their name of offic…
W.S. § 18-2-110 Commissioners to receive service of process and employ attorney in behalf of counties
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Commissioners to receive service of process and employ attorney in behalf of counties. In all legal proceedings against the county process shall be served on the board of county commissioners or any member thereof and they may in the absence of the county attorney employ an attor…
W.S. § 18-2-111 Judgment against county to be paid by tax levy; when execution to issue
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Judgment against county to be paid by tax levy; when execution to issue. Except as provided in the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act, when a judgment is rendered against the board of county commissioners or any county officer the judgment shall be paid by a tax levied for that purp…
W.S. § 18-2-112 Contracts for human services
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Contracts for human services. A county may contract for treatment and preventive services for the mentally ill, substance abuser and developmentally disabled as provided in W.S. 35-1-611 through 35-1-627.
W.S. § 18-2-113 Prohibition of towing by a county
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Prohibition of towing by a county. (a) As used in this section, "towing service" means the transportation or recovery of privately owned vehicles or the disposal of abandoned, privately owned vehicles by use of a motor vehicle altered, designed or equipped to tow or render assist…
W.S. § 18-2-114 Prohibitions; amateur radio antenna regulation
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Prohibitions; amateur radio antenna regulation. No county shall enact or enforce an ordinance or regulation that fails to conform to the limited preemption entitled "Amateur Radio Preemption, 101 FCC 2d 952 (1985)" issued by the federal communications commission. An ordinance or …
W.S. § 18-2-115 Nuisance abatement; procedures
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Nuisance abatement; procedures. (a) A board of county commissioners shall, by resolution, establish standards for determining when a site may be declared a nuisance under W.S. 18-2-101(a)(viii). (b) A board of county commissioners may issue an order declaring a property to be a n…
W.S. § 18-2-116 County prohibitions on utility connections
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County prohibitions on utility connections. No county shall enact or implement any resolution or policy that prohibits, or has the effect of prohibiting, the connection or reconnection of an electric, natural gas, propane or other energy utility service provided by a public utili…