Title 36, Title 36 — State Lands

Definitions. (a) Unless the context indicates otherwise, as used in this act: (i) The term "board" shall mean the board of land commissioners; (ii) The term "director" means the director of the office of state lands and investments; (iii) The term "state" shall mean the state of …

Recording and filing documents of title. Every department, institution, board and commission of the state of Wyoming which now has or shall hereafter acquire an interest in real property, except leases, easements and rights-of-way for a term not exceeding three (3) years, shall r…

Computation of time after registered notice. When the provisions of this act or the rules and regulations of the board require registered notice to be given, the time shall be reckoned from the date of delivery of such notice by the United States post office, or in the event of n…

Acceptance of school lands. Under the provisions of article 18 of the constitution of the state of Wyoming, the state of Wyoming hereby accepts the lands granted to it by the act of congress entitled "An act to provide for the admission of the state of Wyoming into the union, and…

Exchange of land granted by federal government. Whenever, in the judgment of a majority of the members of the board, the interests of the state will be advanced by granting, conveying or deeding to the United States of America, any lands which have been heretofore granted, select…

Exchange of state-owned and federal-owned lands. The state of Wyoming, in accordance with the provisions of the Taylor Grazing Act and other acts of congress authorizing the exchange of federal-owned lands, is hereby authorized and empowered to exchange state-owned lands for fede…

Exchange of state-owned and privately owned lands. The state of Wyoming is also authorized to exchange state-owned lands for privately owned lands.

Pole Mountain district of Medicine Bow national forest; history and relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction by federal government. (a) By W.S. 19-7-301, the legislature of the state of Wyoming ceded exclusive jurisdiction to what was then known as Fort Francis E. Warren, now r…

Pole Mountain district of Medicine Bow national forest; acceptance by state. The state of Wyoming hereby accepts legislative jurisdiction over the Pole Mountain district of the Medicine Bow national forest.

Authority of director to effect and complete exchanges. The director is hereby authorized and empowered, subject to the approval of the state board of land commissioners, to effect and complete such exchange of state-owned lands for federal-owned lands; and also to effect and com…

Orders, rules and regulations relative to exchange of lands. (a) The board of land commissioners is hereby authorized and empowered to pass and promulgate all such orders, rules and regulations as may be necessary or required relative to the appraisal and valuation of the lands t…

Cutting of timber by lessee of state lands prohibited; general penalty for violations; damages. (a) The lessee of state lands shall in no case be allowed to cut or use more timber therefrom, than shall be necessary for the improvement of such lands, or for fuel for the use of the…

Protection of prehistoric ruins; permits to excavate, regulations and violations. Before any excavation on any prehistoric ruins, pictographs, hieroglyphics, or any other ancient markings, or writing or archaeological and paleontological deposits in the state of Wyoming on any st…

Protection of prehistoric ruins; consent to removal from state. No person shall remove from the state of Wyoming any part of any such ruins or deposit except with the consent of the state board of land commissioners. Said board may require, as a condition to such consent, that su…

Protection of prehistoric ruins; penalty. (a) Except as provided by subsections (d) and (e) of this section, any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) or more than one hund…

Sale or trade of state lands; hearing upon request of county commissioners. No sale or trade of any state land including state land currently held by the state of Wyoming shall be made without a public hearing in the county in which the land is located if a hearing is requested b…

Sale of experimental farms and stations. (a) The board of trustees of the University of Wyoming is authorized and empowered on behalf of the state to sell and to execute any document of title necessary to convey title to any agricultural experimental farm or station in Uinta coun…

Posting notice of restrictions to public lands; restrictions; penalties. (a) No person shall post a notice on any public land or on a public road as defined by W.S. 24-1-133(b) restricting access to public lands unless the restriction has been approved by the governing body havin…

Posting of public access to state lands; signage. (a) The office of state lands and investments shall supervise the placement of signs on state lands readily identifiable by the office, using trained volunteers. The signs shall indicate that the land is administered by the board …

Conservation easements. (a) Except for any conservation easement received or accepted by the board before the effective date of this act, the board shall not accept or receive any conservation easement pursuant to W.S. 34-1-202. (b) Except for any conservation easement received o…

Definitions. (a) As used in this article: (i) "Division" means the Wyoming state forestry division of the office of state lands and investments; (ii) "Emergency fire" means a fire located in a rural area which is, or clearly threatens to be, beyond the fire control resources of t…

Emergency fire suppression account; creation; investment of funds; authorized expenditures; reversion of funds from division. (a) There is created the emergency fire suppression account. The account shall include all legislative appropriations, all assessments paid into the accou…

Powers and duties of state forester. (a) The state forester shall: (i) Administer the emergency fire suppression account; (ii) Enter into contracts on behalf of the division with counties desiring to participate in the account; (iii) Establish and collect assessments from partici…

Participation by counties; assessments; withdrawal from participation; forfeiture of assessments for failure to pay assessments. (a) Counties desiring to participate in the emergency fire suppression account shall enter into a written contract with the state forester and shall pa…

Definitions. (a) As used in this article: (i) "Division" means the Wyoming state forestry division of the office of state lands and investments; (ii) "Good neighbor authority" means an agreement between the division, the bureau of land management and the United States forest serv…

Wyoming state forestry good neighbor authority revolving account; creation; investment of funds; authorized expenditures. (a) There is created the Wyoming state forestry good neighbor authority revolving account. The account shall include all legislative appropriations, federal f…

Powers and duties of state forester. (a) The state forester shall: (i) Administer the account; (ii) Ensure that all funds generated from good neighbor authority projects or other federally funded cooperative forest management projects are deposited in the account; (iii) Enter int…

Forest health grant program; duties of state forester; account created; eligible entities; attorney general approval. (a) There is created the forest health grant program. The grant program shall be administered by the state forester, who shall establish the application process a…

Composition; powers generally. The governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, state auditor, and superintendent of public instruction, being constituted a "board of land commissioners" by the provisions of section 3, article 18, of the constitution of the state of Wyoming, sh…

Authority to administer oaths. Each member of the board is hereby authorized and empowered to administer oaths in any proceeding of any character which may be pending before it.

President; quorum; duties of employees. The governor shall be president of said board, but in his absence from any meeting, one (1) of the members may act as president pro tempore, and shall preside at such meeting. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum…

Meetings; rules, regulations and forms of procedure; records. The board shall hold such regular and special meetings as it may prescribe and consider necessary for the proper transaction of the business before it. All meetings and transactions incident to the duties of the board,…

Rules and regulations; general penalty for violations; enforcement. (a) The board shall have the power and authority to promulgate and adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of the state, as it may from time to time deem necessary in the direction, control, di…

Appointment of state forester; qualifications; duties. (a) The state board of land commissioners shall appoint a state forester who shall be the administrative head of the Wyoming state forestry division of the office of state lands and investments. The state forester shall serve…

Fire protection revolving account. There is created the fire protection revolving account. Funds received by the state forester from local and county fire service entities and other payments received by the state forester for billable fire expenses shall be deposited into the acc…

Interstate compact for the prevention and control of forest fires. The interstate compact for the prevention and control of forest fires as contained herein is hereby enacted into law and entered into on behalf of this state with any and all other states legally joining therein i…

Questions may be reserved to district court. Whenever an important or difficult matter of law or fact is to be decided in a contest or other proceeding pending before the board of land commissioners, or whenever in the judgment of the members of said board any of its members are …

Certified copies of papers to be sent to court; docket fee. When a contest or other proceeding is reserved and ordered sent to a district court, the director shall transmit certified copies of all the papers in the case in his possession and in his office to the clerk of the said…

When issues made up before removal. If the issues in said reserved contest or proceeding have been made up before the same shall have been removed, then in that case the said contest or proceeding when so removed shall be deemed ready for hearing; provided, however, that the judg…

When issues not made up before removal. If the issues in said contest or proceeding have not been made up at the time the same is so removed to the district court then in that case the date when said contest or proceeding is filed in said district court shall be deemed the date o…

Determination, certification, recordation and effect. When such case is reserved to the district court the same shall be tried and determined by such court, and its findings and judgments thereon shall be certified by the clerk of said court, to the director and he shall record t…

Appeals to district court. Any party who may feel himself aggrieved by the decision of the board of land commissioners rendered in any contest proceeding held before said board, may have an appeal from such decision to the district court sitting within and for the county in which…

Written notice of intent to appeal; bond. The party appealing shall, within thirty (30) days after receiving notice by registered mail of the decision of the board, file with the director, a notice in writing to the board of land commissioners stating that such party intends to a…

Transmission of evidence to district court; hearing on appeal. Upon notice of intention to appeal having been filed with the director, he shall at once transmit to the clerk of the district court to which such appeal has been taken, a certified copy of all papers and documents in…

Notice of perfected appeal; proof of service. Upon the approval of the bond as aforesaid, the clerk of the district court shall immediately issue a notice to the director and to said appellees and each of them that said appeal has been perfected; such notice may be served persona…

Hearing and trial upon appeal; appeal to supreme court. At the expiration of the time for the appearance of the appellees, the case is to be deemed ready for hearing; and it shall be heard and tried the same in all respects as civil cases are tried in said district court; and an …

Appointment; term; salary; removal. (a) There shall be a director of the office of state lands and investments, who shall be appointed by the governor by and with the consent of the state senate. The term of his office shall expire at the end of the term of office of the governor…

Duties generally. (a) The director shall keep the records of the board of land commissioners, and be the secretary thereof. He shall make out and countersign all patents, contracts or other instruments issued by him to purchasers and others, and make out and sign all leases. He s…

Selection and location of lands. The director shall select and locate all lands which are now or may be hereafter granted to the state of Wyoming by the United States for any purpose whatever.

Notice of selection. Before any selection of lands granted to the state is made, it shall be the duty of the director to publish in at least one (1) newspaper of general circulation in each county in the state a notice giving the area of the said lands so to be selected, and the …