Title 36, Title 36 — State Lands

Authority; restrictions. (a) The board of land commissioners may at any time direct the sale of state lands subject to any lease thereof. Subject to criteria established by the board, any person may request that a parcel of state land be considered for sale by the board, but such…

Manner of sale; minimum price. All state lands shall be disposed of only at public auction to the highest responsible bidder after having been duly appraised by the board, and shall be sold at not less than the appraised value thereof, and for not less than ten dollars ($10.00) p…

Appraisers for improvements. All improvements upon state lands, when such lands are to be sold as provided by W.S. 36-9-102, shall be appraised by three (3) disinterested persons who shall appraise the improvements separately from the lands, though they may be attached thereto. T…

Advertisement. All sales of state lands under this act shall be advertised for four (4) consecutive weeks in some newspaper in the county in which such land is situated, if there be such paper; if not, then in some paper published in an adjoining county. Advertisements of such sa…

Purchaser to pay owner appraised value of improvements; receipt. If any state lands are sold upon which surface improvements, including irrigation works of any kind, have been made by a lessee, or for which water rights or proportionate interests in irrigation, reservoirs, canals…

Place of sale; execution of leases. All sales of state lands shall be held at a location to be determined by the board within the county in which the land is located and leases for state lands may be executed in the presence of a notarial officer or other officer authorized to ad…

Terms of payment. (a) The terms of payment for school and state lands shall be as follows: not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the purchase price in cash on day of sale, the balance is not to exceed thirty (30) equal annual payments figured on the amortization plan, which …

"Amortization plan" defined. The amortization plan is hereby defined, when applied to state land contracts or certificates, as being that plan under which part of the principal is required to be paid each time interest becomes due and payable, and under which this part payment on…

Certificate of purchase; issuance and contents. When any state land shall have been purchased according to law, the board shall make and deliver to the purchaser a certificate of purchase, which shall contain the name of the purchaser, a description of the land purchased, the sum…

Certificate of purchase; conversion of outstanding certificates; fee. (a) Any certificate of purchase of state or school land issued and outstanding when this act takes effect may be converted into an amortization certificate on the plan set forth in this act at the request of th…

Certificate of purchase; loss or wrongful detention. Whenever a certificate of purchase shall be lost, or wrongfully withheld from the owner thereof, the board may receive evidence of such loss or wrongful detention, and upon satisfactory proof of this fact, and such indemnity th…

Granting of patents; reservation of minerals. (a) Whenever the purchaser of any state land, or his assign, has complied with all the conditions of this act and has paid all the purchase money therefor, together with the lawful interest thereon, he shall receive a patent for the l…

Deposition of moneys. All moneys arising from the sale or lease of state lands as collected shall be paid by the board to the treasurer of the state, who shall receipt for the money.

Refund of money when paid by mistake. In case any person, persons or corporation shall pay to the board of land commissioners any money for any state or school lands sold to him, or them, or in case any person shall pay into the state treasury, any money in consideration of the l…

Determination of claims; rules and regulations against fraud. The board of land commissioners may hear and determine the claims of each person who may claim to be entitled, in whole or in part, to any lands owned by this state. The decisions of the board shall be final until set …

Trespass. Any person who shall use or who shall occupy any state land without lease or certificate of purchase, and any person who shall use or occupy state lands for more than thirty (30) days after the cancellation or expiration of his lease, unless he shall be a purchaser ther…

Institution of actions. All civil suits or actions brought under the provisions of this act shall be instituted by the board, in the name of the people of the state of Wyoming.

Rights-of-way for public conveyances. The board may, at their discretion, grant permanent rights-of- way or easements across or upon any portion of state or school lands, upon such terms as the board may determine, for any ditch, reservoir, railroad, public highway, telegraph and…

Rights of ditch owners. Nothing in this act shall be construed so as to impair the rights of any ditch company, or any person owning any ditch or ditches, on or passing through any of the lands included herein.

Rights-of-way to counties. Upon application of the board of county commissioners of any county, the board of land commissioners shall have authority to grant either a temporary or permanent right-of-way for ditches owned by the county or for county roads over and across any of th…

County and municipal roads on state lands; easements granted; duties. (a) As used in this section: (i) "County road" means a road that is established pursuant to W.S. 24-3-101 through 24-3-127, identified pursuant to W.S. 24-3-201 through 24-3-206 or a road for which the county i…