Title 36 — Title 36 — State Lands

will. Liability and penalty for livestock roaming at It shall be unlawful for any person, owner or custodian of any livestock to permit the same to roam at will over, upon or across any portion of the lands owned by the state in Hot Springs county and known as the Hot Springs Sta…

Repealed by Laws 1982, ch. 48, § 3.

Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 35, § 2.

Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 35, § 2.

Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 35, § 2.

Purchase of hot springs; description of land. The state board of charities and reform of the state of Wyoming is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to purchase, take and secure the title thereof in the name of the state of Wyoming and pay therefor, in the manner hereinafte…

Control and use of property; transfer of control to the Wyoming department of state parks and cultural resources. (a) The property described in W.S. 36-8-401 is placed under control of the state board of charities and reform or its successors and forever set aside for the treatme…

Sale of lands and improvements; authority. Notwithstanding any contrary provisions contained in W.S. 36-8-401, 36-8-402, or in any other provision of law, the sale of the lands and improvements known as and included in the Saratoga Hot Springs Reserve to any person, association o…

Sale of lands and improvements; conduct of sale. Any sale of the lands and improvements referred to in W.S. 36-8-403 shall be conducted by the state board of land commissioners in the manner provided for the sale of other state lands in W.S. 36-9-101, 36-9-102 and 36-9-104 throug…

Lease of lands and improvements. The department, in consultation with the commission, may lease the lands and improvements referred to in W.S. 36-8-403 to any person, association, firm or corporation for any lawful purpose, for any term not in excess of ninety-nine (99) years.

Repealed by Laws 1990, ch. 44, § 3.

Repealed by Laws 1990, ch. 44, § 3.

(a) South Pass City state historic site. Repealed By Laws 2010, Ch. 11, § 3. (b) Upon approval by the governor, the department of state parks and cultural resources may purchase in the name of the state of Wyoming the following real property, unless the Carissa gold mine has crea…

Corporate powers. Except as herein limited the preserve shall have powers like a corporation as provided in the Wyoming Business Corporation Act and by law for nonprofit corporations.

Declaration of Curt Gowdy state park. (a) The lands in Laramie and Albany counties managed by the department as of July 1, 2010 at Granite Reservoir, Crystal Reservoir and Upper North Crow Reservoir areas known collectively as Curt Gowdy state park are hereby declared to be a sta…

Administration. The department of state parks and cultural resources shall administer this area.

of land. Declaration of Sinks Canyon state park; disposal (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…

Repealed By Laws 2010, Ch. 11, § 3.

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) 36-8-1001(d). In accordance with the plan specifie…

Repealed by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 207.

Repealed by Laws 2009, Ch. 168, § 207.

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…

lands. Fort Bridger state historic site; acceptance of 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…

Repealed By Laws 2008, Ch. 63, § 2.

Repealed By Laws 2009, Ch. 6, § 2.

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…

Repealed By Laws 2009, Ch. 6, § 2.

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…

detention. Certificate of purchase; loss or wrongful 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.