Title 18, Counties

Reimbursement for traveling expenses; receipt required. Any county officer whose official duties require him to travel away from the county seat shall be reimbursed by the county for his actual and necessary traveling expenses and mileage as provided by W.S. 9-3-103. The county s…

Responsibility of officers. All county officers are responsible for the acts of their deputies and assistants, and as such are liable on their official bonds.

Powers; bonds. All deputy county officers have the same power and authority as their principal, and all official acts performed by them have the same force and effect as if done by their principal. All officers appointing deputies and assistants may require from them bond for the…

Qualifications; certification and education. (a) There shall be elected in each county a county assessor as provided by the Wyoming Election Code of 1973 as amended, who shall be a qualified elector and own real property in the county in which he is elected. The county assessor s…

Oath. Before entering upon the duties of his office, the county assessor shall take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation: "I, .... having been elected assessor of .... county, state of Wyoming, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully and impartially perfor…

Supplies. The county assessor shall be furnished with books, assessment roll, stationery and supplies as necessary for the proper discharge of his duties.

Duties generally. (a) Each county assessor shall: (i) Keep his office open during the usual business hours with the exception of the time he is away in the performance of his duties making assessments and listing property for the purpose of taxation; (ii) Secure data concerning t…

Interfering with assessor; failure to return property; penalties. (a) Any person interfering with the county assessor or deputy county assessor in the discharge of his duties, or any person refusing to allow the county assessor, deputy county assessor or representative of the dep…

Penalties. (a) Any county assessor who fails to perform the duties provided by W.S. 18-3-201 through 18-3-206 is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00). (b) Any county assessor who swears falsely to any oath provide…

Office created; qualifications; certificate of election; counties empowered to consolidate. (a) In judicial districts in which the office of district attorney has not been created there shall be elected in each county a county and prosecuting attorney who at the time of his nomin…

Duties generally; employment of other attorneys by county. (a) Each county attorney shall: (i) Act in all courts in the state as legal counsel for his county or counties and its officers acting in their official capacity and prosecute or defend all suits instituted by or against …

Fees or salary; restriction upon employment; failure to perform official duties. (a) Each county attorney and their deputies shall receive such fees, salary or both as allowed by the board of county commissioners. When counties have consolidated the office of county and prosecuti…

Travel allowances. When any county attorney is called upon to render services for the county outside of his county or consolidation of counties, or within his county or consolidation of counties at a distance of more than ten (10) miles from the county seat, or more than ten (10)…

Office created; election. There shall be elected in each county a county clerk, who shall be a resident of the county in which the county clerk serves, beginning on the first day of the term and through the last day of the term for which the county clerk serves.

Duties generally. (a) The county clerk shall: (i) Act as clerk to the board of county commissioners and as such shall: (A) Attend all sessions of the board of county commissioners either in person or by deputy; (B) Keep the seal, records and papers of the board of county commissi…

Composition; election for increasing the number; term; quorum; election for districting; procedures. (a) Each board of county commissioners shall consist of three (3) qualified electors who shall be elected in the following manner: at the general election held in the year 1980 an…

Meetings in counties. Each board of county commissioners shall meet at the county seat of their respective counties on the first Tuesday in each month or at such other times as may be designated by resolution of the board or when it is necessary to meet for the transaction of urg…

Length of sessions. The board of county commissioners may sit four (4) days or longer at each regular session and two (2) days at each special session, but shall not receive any compensation for any length of time over four (4) days at regular sessions, and over two (2) days at s…

Powers and duties generally. (a) Each board of county commissioners may: (i) Make such orders concerning the property of the county as they deem expedient; (ii) Examine and settle all accounts of receipts and expenses of the county and examine, settle and allow all accounts again…

Commissioners may authorize acceptance of negotiable paper in payment of fees; negotiable paper defined; no personal liability of county officers; date of payment; effect of dishonor; seizure. (a) Each board of county commissioners may except where expressly prohibited by law aut…

Seal; meetings open to public; rules and regulations. Every board of county commissioners shall have a seal and may alter it. They shall sit with open doors and all persons conducting themselves in an orderly manner may attend their meetings. They may establish rules and regulati…

Selection of chairman. The board of county commissioners shall at the first meeting after their election or appointment elect one (1) member chairman, who shall preside at all meetings, except in his absence any of the other members may act as temporary chairman.

Chairman to administer oaths and sign orders. The chairman of the board of county commissioners may administer oaths to any person concerning any matter submitted to the board or connected with their powers and duties, and shall sign all county orders.

Fire protection. (a) The board of county commissioners may provide fire protection for persons and property within the boundaries of the county, and may: (i) Contract to give or receive fire protection to or from one (1) or more municipal corporations or private organizations; (i…

Claims against county to be itemized and verified; penalty. (a) No claim against the county shall be allowed by the board of county commissioners unless it is properly dated and itemized and the value of each item specifically described, and when no specified fees are allowed by …

Presentation, auditing and payment of claims; issuance of tax-anticipation warrants; limitation and form of warrants; effect of acceptance. (a) All claims and demands against a county shall be presented for audit and allowance to the board of county commissioners before any actio…

Appeal on disallowance of claim. (a) When any claim against a county is disallowed by the board of commissioners, the claimant may appeal the decision of the board to the district court for the county by serving a written notice of appeal on the clerk and chairman of the board wi…

County officers to be provided with stationery and supplies. Each board of county commissioners at the expense of the county shall annually furnish to the county assessor and county treasurer suitable blank books and forms necessary for their respective offices prepared in accord…

Preparation and publication of annual statements. Each board of county commissioners at their regular July meeting shall request a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the county during the preceding twelve (12) months setting forth the source and amount of all receipts …

Publication of proceedings; publication of salary information of certain officials and employees. (a) Each board of county commissioners shall post a comprehensive summary of the entire proceedings of all regular and special meetings held by the board on the county's official web…

Designation of official paper. When there is more than one (1) paper published in any county the board of county commissioners shall designate which one is the official paper of the county.

Legal advertising; rates; type size requirements; "daily newspaper"; "weekly newspaper." (a) Legal advertising required by law to be published shall be purchased at a rate not to exceed the amount charged by a daily newspaper at the lowest rate for display advertising or by a wee…

Requirements as to newspaper publishing legal notices. (a) The publication of any legal notice, printing or advertising required by law is without force or effect unless published in a newspaper which has been regularly issued at least once each week for a period of fifty-two (52…

Restrictions upon employment of attorneys. No attorney shall be employed by the board of county commissioners except as provided by W.S. 18-2-110 and the nature and necessity of such employment shall appear in the record of the board.

Appropriation to encourage industrial development; advertising county resources. Each board of county commissioners may make appropriations from the county general fund for advertising the resources of the county, for furthering its industrial development or for encouraging exhib…

Membership in organizations for furtherance of good government. Each board of county commissioners may take out a county membership and cooperate with associations and organizations of other counties or county officials within or without this state for the furtherance of good gov…

Removal from office. (a) If any county commissioner refuses or neglects without just cause to perform any duties required of him as a member of the board of county commissioners or knowingly commits any act which by law is in violation of his official oath and bond, charges in wr…

Appointments to fill vacancies; term. (a) Within twenty (20) days after the office of any county commissioner becomes vacant the remaining members of the board shall declare a vacancy to exist and immediately give notice of the vacancy in writing to the chairman of the county cen…

Dissolution of boards; procedure. (a) Each board of county commissioners may dissolve any board or district created under W.S. 18-11-101, 18-12-105 or chapter 9, article 1 of this title in accordance with the following: (i) Before any dissolution authorized under this subsection,…

Office created; election. There shall be elected in each county a county sheriff, who shall be a resident of the county in which the county sheriff serves, beginning on the first day of the term and through the last day of the term for which the county sheriff serves.

Qualifications, appointment, duties and salary of undersheriff; deputies, reserve deputies, clerks, stenographers and assistants; appointment of deputies for special acts; appointment of deputies by county commissioners. (a) Each county sheriff may appoint an undersheriff who sha…

Duty as custodian of jail and prisoners; requirements for boarding prisoners; quarters or rental allowance to be furnished by county. (a) Each sheriff has charge of the jail and the prisoners therein confined in his county. The prisoners shall be kept by the sheriff or by a deput…

Service of process; attendance upon courts. The county sheriff or his deputy shall serve and execute according to law all processes, writs, precepts and orders issued by any court of record in his county or other lawful authority in all criminal and civil cases and he shall atten…

Service of process on sheriff; appearing as attorney prohibited. Every paper required by law to be served on the county sheriff may be served on him in person or left at his office during business hours. No sheriff or deputy shall appear or advise as attorney or counselor in any …

Duty to preserve peace. Each county sheriff and deputy shall preserve the peace in the respective counties and suppress all affrays, riots, unlawful assemblies and insurrections. Each sheriff or deputy sheriff may call upon any person to assist in performing these duties or for t…

Cash book to be kept by sheriff as ex officio county collector; entries to be made; inspection; receipts; penalties. (a) Every county sheriff as ex officio county collector shall have and keep in his office a cash book in which shall be entered all monies paid him by virtue of hi…