Title 36, Title 36 — State Lands

Declaration of Sinks Canyon state park; disposal of land. (a) The lands in Fremont County managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 and known as Sinks Canyon are hereby declared to be a state park. The department shall by rule specify the legal description of the state park. (…

Administration. The department of state parks and cultural resources and the Wyoming game and fish commission shall jointly administer this area.

Declaration of area as Fort Fred Steele state historic site; administration; safety facilities. (a) The lands in Carbon county managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 and known as the Fort Fred Steele area are hereby declared to be a state historic site. The department shall…

Designation of lands as Bear River state park; park administration and operation. (a) The lands in Uinta county managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 and known as Bear River State Park are declared to be a state park. The department shall by rule specify the legal descript…

Wyoming Territorial Prison state historic site. (a) The lands in Albany County managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 and known as the Wyoming Territorial Prison are declared to be a state historic site. The department shall by rule specify the legal description of the stat…

Transfer of lands; site administration; lease and contract agreements. (a) Repealed By Laws 2010, Ch. 11, § 3. (b) The department of state parks and cultural resources shall administer, operate and maintain the historic site: (i) In accordance with the plan specified under W.S. 3…

Sale of land to town of Guernsey. (a) The board of land commissioners is authorized and directed to convey its right, title and interest, in the surface estate of the following described parcel of land to the town of Guernsey: That part of the NE1/4 and NE1/4 SE1/4 of Section 34,…

Sale of land to town of Newcastle. (a) The board of land commissioners is authorized and directed to convey, its right, title and interest, in the surface estate of the following described parcels of land to the town of Newcastle: Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Block 1, Washington Park Ad…

Sale of land to Uinta County. (a) The board of land commissioners is authorized and directed to convey, subject to section 2 of this act, its right, title and interest, in the surface estate of the following described parcel of land to Uinta County: A tract of land located in the…

Fort Bridger state historic site; acceptance of lands. The legislature authorizes the acceptance of the following lands to be included in the Fort Bridger state historic site managed by the department of state parks and historic sites upon final negotiation with Uinta County: Tow…

Wyoming historic mine trail and byway system; creation; department duties and processes for trail and byway development; advisory groups. (a) The Wyoming historic mine trail and byway system is created for purposes of designating and identifying historic mine locations and trails…

State park designation; state historic site designation; state archeological site designation; state recreation area designation. (a) In addition to state parks designated in other statutes, the following lands are designated as state parks and the department shall by rule specif…

Authorizing lease or use of Quebec 1 missile alert facility; declaration of Quebec 1 missile alert facility state historic site. (a) The legislature authorizes the department of state parks and cultural resources, in consultation with the governor and the attorney general, to neg…

Administration; fees. (a) Upon the execution of a use or lease agreement under this article, the department of state parks and cultural resources is authorized to administer, operate and maintain the historic site in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966,…

Ranch A account; use of funds. (a) There is created the Ranch A account. The board of land commissioners shall deposit all earnings, whether from lease or otherwise, generated by state owned property commonly known as "Ranch A" to the account. The board may accept gifts from any …

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…

Authority to acquire state lands; reservation of mineral rights. The United States shall be and is authorized to acquire by purchase or condemnation or otherwise, any land in this state required for public buildings, custom houses, arsenals, national cemeteries, or other purposes…

Jurisdiction ceded to United States. The jurisdiction of the state of Wyoming in and over any land so acquired by the United States shall be, and the same is hereby ceded to the United States, but the jurisdiction so ceded shall continue no longer than the said United States shal…

Retention of concurrent jurisdiction by state. The said consent is given and the said jurisdiction ceded upon the express condition that the state of Wyoming shall retain concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and over the said land, so far as that all civil process, i…

When jurisdiction vests; exoneration from taxes, assessments and other charges. The jurisdiction hereby ceded shall not vest until the United States shall have acquired the title to the said lands by purchase or condemnation or otherwise, and so long as the said land shall remain…

Rights-of-way. There is hereby granted over all the lands now owned by the state of Wyoming, and which may hereafter be owned by the state of Wyoming, a right-of-way for public utility facilities constructed by and under the authority of the United States. Any right-of-way desire…

Yellowstone National Park; reservation of jurisdiction by United States. By section 2 of the Act of Admission of the state of Wyoming, 26 United States Statutes at Large, 222, chapter 664, the United States of America reserved exclusive control and jurisdiction over Yellowstone N…

Yellowstone National Park; boundary revision. On March 1, 1929, the congress of the United States by the passage of an act set out in 45 United States Statutes at Large 1435 revised the boundaries of Yellowstone National Park.

Yellowstone National Park; jurisdiction ceded to state. By reason of the act of March 1, 1929, as set out in 45 United States Statutes at Large 1435, revising the boundaries of Yellowstone National Park, the United States of America ceded exclusive jurisdiction to the state of Wy…

Yellowstone National Park; acceptance of jurisdiction by state. The state of Wyoming hereby accepts jurisdiction for all purposes whatsoever over the lands included within the original boundaries of Yellowstone National Park as described in 17 United States Statutes at Large 32 b…

Present funds to be paid to treasurer of Teton county. All funds now held by the treasurer of the state of Wyoming, which have been received by the state of Wyoming from the United States under Public Law 787-81st congress (which is known as an act to establish a new Grand Teton …

Subsequent funds received to be paid to treasurer of Teton county. All funds hereafter received by the state of Wyoming from the United States under aforesaid act shall be paid by the state treasurer to the treasurer of Teton county, Wyoming, as soon as received.

Crediting and distribution of funds received by treasurer of Teton county. The treasurer of Teton county, Wyoming, shall credit all funds so received to the various tax districts of said county in the proportion that the assessed valuation each tax district bears to the total ass…

Legislative determinations. (a) The legislature determines: (i) The intent of the framers of the constitution of the United States was to guarantee to each of the states sovereignty over all matters within its boundaries except for those powers specifically granted to the United …

Management. (a) Upon transfer to the state of Wyoming [of] the jurisdiction and ownership of lands and mineral resources subject to this act, the board shall manage such in an orderly manner in trust for the optimum benefit and use of all the people of Wyoming and in conformity w…