Title 41 — Title 41 — Water

Ditches; generally. The owner or owners of any ditch for irrigation, or other purposes, shall carefully maintain the embankments thereof so that the water of such ditch may not flood or damage the premises of others.

Ditches; jointly owned; action to recover proportionate share of work. In all cases where irrigating ditches are owned by two (2) or more persons and one (1) or more of such persons shall fail or neglect to do his, her or their proportionate share of the work necessary for the pr…

Ditches; jointly owned; lien for work. Upon the failure of any co-owner to pay his proportionate share of such expense as mentioned in W.S. 41-5-102, within thirty (30) days after receiving a statement of the same as performed by his co-owner or owners, such person or persons so …

Ditches; bridge to be built when ditch crosses public roads; costs of construction; failure to comply. When any such ditch or watercourse shall be constructed across any public traveled road, and not bridged within three (3) days thereafter, it shall be the duty of the county com…

When capital stock of irrigation companies assessable for maintenance. Any ditch or irrigation company or association, all the property or capital stock of which is owned by farmers or others, owning lands under the line of such company's or association's ditch, and receiving wat…

Keeping fish out of irrigation systems. The game and fish department of the state of Wyoming may construct and maintain, at or near the point of diversion where the water of any stream or reservoir is diverted by any means of conveyance from its natural channel, some fit and prop…

Removal or destruction of bridges or flumes. Whenever any person, persons or corporation shall remove or destroy any bridge or flume which crosses any ditch, canal or other irrigation works, when said flume or bridge is in good condition a legal right for such crossing having bee…

streams. Driving or floating logs, timber or lumber on (a) Any person, association or corporation desiring or intending to drive or float logs, timber or lumber down or upon any stream in this state shall, before commencing operations apply to the state engineer for a permit to d…

Construction of acts. (a) Nothing in this chapter contained, shall be so construed as to impair the prior vested rights of any mill or ditch owner, or other person, to the use of any such watercourse. (b) This chapter shall in no wise be construed as impairing or abridging any ri…

Prohibited acts; penalty for violation. It shall be unlawful for any person without authority, to willfully interfere with or damage any dam, diversion structure or means of conveyance whether jointly owned by the person, on the property or in the lawful possession of another, wi…

maintenance. Irrigation facility modification and (a) Any person who, acting directly or indirectly through an agent or representative, in trespass or in other violation of the rights of a user, wrongfully modifies an existing irrigation ditch or other irrigation facility in any …

Contractor's bond. Whenever any ditch or canal company, or other owner or owners, shall contract with any person, persons or corporation, for the construction of its, his or their ditch, canal or reservoir, or any part thereof, such company, owner or owners, shall take from the p…

Statement of mechanic's lien; delivery to owner of ditch; retention of unpaid amount from subsequent payments to contractor. Every laborer, mechanic, ranchman, farmer, merchant or other person performing any work or labor or furnishing any material, or goods of any kind which ent…

Statement of mechanic's lien; delivery of copy to contractor; time limits for disputing claims; recovery by civil action; application of W.S. 41-5-201 through 41-5-203. Whenever any verified account mentioned in W.S. 41-5-202 shall be placed in the hands of any such owner or owne…