Title 36, Title 36 — State Lands

Qualifications of lessees; lease terms; rental. (a) No person shall be qualified to lease state lands unless that person has reached the age of majority, and is a citizen of the United States, or has declared an intention to become a citizen of the United States. No person or leg…

Maximum term of agricultural or grazing lease. No lease for agricultural or grazing purposes shall be issued for a term of more than ten (10) years.

Application for lease; cancellation of application. Any person, firm, association or corporation desiring to lease state lands for agricultural and grazing purposes shall file with the director an application on the form approved by the board, which must be accompanied by the reg…

Time for filing renewal applications; cure process and timeline; conflicting applications; grace period. (a) All applications to lease grazing and agricultural lands under outstanding leases must be filed in the office of state lands and investments not earlier than one hundred t…

Criteria for leasing; preferences; assignments, subleases or contracts; lands taken for war purposes; mineral lands excepted; agricultural lands. (a) All state lands leased by the state board of land commissioners, for grazing and other agricultural purposes shall be leased in su…

Richard Bridge historical park; Oregon Trail State Veterans' Cemetery buffer zone; veterans' home and skilled nursing facility buffer zone. (a) The state board of land commissioners is hereby authorized, if after investigation and study the board deems it to the best interest of …

Preference in granting leases on exchanged lands. The holder of a lease of any school, state or institutional land that is offered for exchange under section 8, of the Taylor Grazing Act, shall have preference to lease the land received in such exchange.

Even rental offers. If two (2) or more qualified applicants under W.S. 36-5-101 shall offer the same annual rental for the same lands, and such offers are the highest offers received and are equal to or above the minimum rental fixed by the board, and no preferred right exists in…

When rental due; procedure upon failure to pay. Upon notice provided not less than sixty (60) days before the anniversary date of a lease, all rentals accruing to the state by virtue of this act, except those for the first year, shall become due and payable at the office of state…

Right to make and remove improvements. (a) A lessee of state lands shall have the right to construct or make improvements upon state lands in an amount not to exceed four thousand dollars ($4,000.00) per section for each separate improvement, without first obtaining permission. I…

Payment for or removal of existing improvements. Any applicant applying to lease state lands upon which there are fences, buildings, reservoirs, ditches, dams, wells, or other improvements of any kind, belonging to or made by another, or for which water rights or proportionate in…

Form and execution of lease; bond. The general form of grazing and agricultural lease upon state lands shall be prescribed by the board and shall be signed by the director on behalf of the state. Except in cases where the board deems necessary, leases shall be issued without bond…

Cancellation of leases. The board shall have the power and authority to cancel leases procured by fraud, deceit or misrepresentation, or for use of the lands for unlawful or illegal purposes, or for the violation of the covenants of the lease, upon proper proof thereof.

Leasing for industrial, commercial, residential and recreational purposes; authority; rental fees; rules and regulations. (a) The board of land commissioners may lease for a term of not more than seventy-five (75) years state lands for industrial, commercial and recreational purp…

Leasing for industrial, commercial and recreational purposes; "recreational purposes" defined. As used in W.S. 36-5-114 through 36-5-117 the term "recreational purposes" means land used for cabin sites, public camp sites, public parks and recreation areas, golf courses and any as…

Leasing for industrial, commercial and recreational purposes; assignment or transfer. Leases issued under the provisions of W.S. 36-5-114 through 36-5-117 shall not be assignable or transferable except with written consent of the board of land commissioners.

Lessee's liability. (a) A state lands lessee's liability to users of those lands is limited as specified in W.S. 34-19-101 through 34-19- 107. A state lands lessee's liability to users of improvements upon those lands is limited to the same extent, provided that: (i) The improvem…

Renewal of state land leases and rental payments. All state land lease renewal applications and rental payments required under this act that are submitted using a mail service shall be deemed filed on the date of the postmark stamped on the envelope in which the renewal applicati…