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WY Stat § 41-4-202 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights|Article 2 - State Board of Control|Section 41-4-202 - Ex Officio Secretary of the Board; Duties Generally.

41-4-202. Ex officio secretary of the board; duties generally.| The ex officio secretary of the state board of control shall be appointed by the board and be an employee of the state engineer. The duties of the secretary shall, under direction of the president of the board, consist of keeping a full, true and complete record of the transactions of the state board of control, and to certify, under seal, all certificates of appropriation made according to law, and to perform other duties as may be required by the board.
WY Stat § 41-4-203 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights|Article 2 - State Board of Control|Section 41-4-203 - Collection of Fees Generally.

41-4-203. Collection of fees generally.| (a) The secretary of the state board of control shall collect in advance reasonable fees not to exceed the following:  (i) One hundred dollars ($100.00) with each proof of appropriation of water or proof of construction of a reservoir;  (ii) For recording with county clerks any water right instrument or certificate not otherwise specifically provided for, the fees required in accordance with W.S. 18-3-402;  (iii) For making copies of any document recorded or filed in the office of the state board of control, a reasonable fee shall be assessed not to exceed ten dollars ($10.00) per page.
WY Stat § 41-4-204 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights|Article 2 - State Board of Control|Section 41-4-204 - Collection of Fees; Disposition Generally.

41-4-204. Collection of fees; disposition generally.| Said secretary shall, out of the fees so collected, remit with each certificate or order of the state board of control, sent to a county clerk for recording, the statutory fee for recording such instrument and pay all costs of advertising each proof of appropriation of water or proof of construction of reservoir; all other fees so collected to be paid to the state treasurer as by law provided.
WY Stat § 41-4-205 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights|Article 2 - State Board of Control|Section 41-4-205 - State Board of Control; Additional Fees.

41-4-205. State board of control; additional fees.| (a) The secretary of the board of control shall collect fees, not to exceed the following which shall be paid in advance, and turned over to the state treasurer:  (i) For making copies of the records of the board of control or of papers or documents filed with the board, ten dollars ($10.00) for each page;  (ii) For attaching certificate and seal of the board to each document or documents requested, ten dollars ($10.00).
WY Stat § 41-4-206 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights|Article 2 - State Board of Control|Section 41-4-206 - Duty at First Meeting.

41-4-206. Duty at first meeting.| It shall be the duty of said board at its first meeting to make proper arrangements for beginning the determination of priorities of right to the use of the public waters of the state, which determination shall begin on the streams most used for irrigation, and be continued as rapidly as practicable, until all the claims for appropriation now on record shall have been adjudicated.
WY Stat § 41-4-207 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights|Article 2 - State Board of Control|Section 41-4-207 - Copies of Judgments Involving Water Rights to Be Sent to Board.

41-4-207. Copies of judgments involving water rights to be sent to board.| It shall be the duty of the clerk of each district court in the state of Wyoming, upon the rendering of judgment by such court in each and every case wherein is involved in any way, any question affecting the title to any water right, irrigating or water system of any kind whatever, to forthwith prepare, free of charge, a certified copy of such judgment and forward the same to the state board of control.
WY Stat § 41-4-208 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights|Article 2 - State Board of Control|Section 41-4-208 - Tabulations and Supplements of Adjudicated Water Rights; Publication Generally; Contents; Appropriations.

41-4-208. Tabulations and supplements of adjudicated water rights; publication generally; contents; appropriations.| The president of the state board of control shall upon the taking effect of this act, employ competent assistants to compile and edit revised tabulations of adjudicated water rights in each of the four (4) water divisions of the state at such times as the president of the state board of control deems it necessary, and to compile and edit supplements to these tabulations every two (2) years, and shall furnish the necessary supplies for such compilation. These tabulations shall contain the information on adjudicated water rights according to precedent heretofore established, with whatever improvement of arrangement of the subject matter is decided advisable by the president of the board.
WY Stat § 41-4-209 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights|Article 2 - State Board of Control|Section 41-4-209 - Tabulations and Supplements of Adjudicated Water Rights; Adequate Copies to Be Printed; President to Direct.

41-4-209. Tabulations and supplements of adjudicated water rights; adequate copies to be printed; president to direct.| Adequate copies, as determined by the president of the state board of control, of the tabulation of adjudicated water rights and supplements shall be printed under the direction of the president of the state board of control upon a printing contract let by the department of administration and information, general services division, procurement.
WY Stat § 41-4-210 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights|Article 2 - State Board of Control|Section 41-4-210 - Tabulations of Adjudicated Water Rights; Distribution and Sale of Copies; Disposition of Proceeds.

41-4-210. Tabulations of adjudicated water rights; distribution and sale of copies; disposition of proceeds.| The state board of control is hereby instructed to deposit with the state library five (5) copies for use therein and to distribute sufficient copies for administrative purposes to the water division superintendents and water commissioners and their assistants. The balance of the copies of the complete tabulations of adjudicated water rights in Water Divisions Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 shall be safely kept by the board of control for sale at a reasonable price to be determined by the board. Funds derived from the sale of such volumes shall be paid into the general fund of the state of Wyoming.
WY Stat § 41-4-211 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights|Article 2 - State Board of Control|Section 41-4-211 - Authority to Administer Oaths; Rulemaking Authorized.

41-4-211. Authority to administer oaths; rulemaking authorized.| (a) The members of the board of control shall administer oaths in all cases where it is necessary in the performance of their official duties.  (b) The board of control may adopt reasonable rules and regulations to carry out the duties imposed by law on the board of control. The rules and regulations may specify that the applicant shall pay the cost of advertising.
WY Stat § 41-4-301 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights|Article 3 - Adjudication|Section 41-4-301 - Streams to Be First Adjudicated.

41-4-301. Streams to be first adjudicated.| The method of determining the priority and amounts of appropriation to be as follows: the board of control shall decide at their first meeting, the streams to be first adjudicated, and shall fix a time for the beginning of taking of testimony, and the making of such examination as will enable them to determine the rights of the various claimants.
WY Stat § 41-4-302 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights|Article 3 - Adjudication|Section 41-4-302 - Notice; by Publication; Contents; Taking of Testimony; Adjournment of Hearings Generally.

41-4-302. Notice; by publication; contents; taking of testimony; adjournment of hearings generally.| The said board shall prepare a notice, setting forth the date when the engineer will begin a measurement of the stream, and the ditches diverting the water therefrom, and a place, and a day certain, when the superintendent of the water division in which the stream to be adjudicated is situated, shall begin the taking of testimony as to the rights of the parties claiming water therefrom. Said notice shall be published in two (2) issues of a newspaper having general circulation in the county in which such stream is situated, the publication of said notice to be at least thirty (30) days prior to the beginning of taking testimony by said division superintendent, or for the measurement of the stream by the state engineer, or his assistant; and the superintendent taking such testimony shall have the power to adjourn the taking of evidence from time to time, and from place to place; provided, all places appointed and adjourned to by the superintendent shall be so situated, as related to the streams, as shall best suit the proper convenience of the persons interested in the determination of such priorities and appropriations.
WY Stat § 41-4-303 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights|Article 3 - Adjudication|Section 41-4-303 - Notice; by Mail to Claimants.

41-4-303. Notice; by mail to claimants.| It shall also be the duty of said division superintendent to mail to each party having a recorded claim to waters of said stream, by registered mail, a similar notice setting forth the date when the state engineer, or his assistant, will begin the examination of the stream and ditches diverting water therefrom, and also the date when the superintendent will begin the taking of testimony, and the date when the taking of such testimony by said division superintendent shall close.
WY Stat § 41-4-304 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights|Article 3 - Adjudication|Section 41-4-304 - Notice; All Claimants to Be Notified.

41-4-304. Notice; all claimants to be notified.| In issuing notices to claimants in priority adjudications of the waters of any stream and its tributaries, as provided in W.S. 41-4-305, all parties named in claiming the waters of said stream or tributaries in said transcript shall be notified by mail.
WY Stat § 41-4-305 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights|Article 3 - Adjudication|Section 41-4-305 - Notice; Enclosure of Form for Statement by Claimant; Contents.

41-4-305. Notice; enclosure of form for statement by claimant; contents.| (a) Said division superintendent shall, in addition, enclose with said notice a blank form on which said claimant shall present in writing all the particulars showing the amounts and dates of appropriations to the use of water of said stream to which he lays claim; the said statement to include the following:  (i) The name and post office address of the claimant;  (ii) The nature of the use on which the claim for appropriation is based;  (iii) The time of the commencement of such use, and if distributing works are required;  (iv) The date of beginning of the survey;  (v) The date of beginning of construction;  (vi) The date when completed;  (vii) The date of beginning and completion of enlargements;  (viii) The dimensions of the ditch as originally constructed and as enlarged;  (ix) The date when water was first used for irrigation or other beneficial purposes, and if used for irrigation, the amount of land reclaimed the first year; the amount in subsequent years, with the dates of reclamation, and the amount of land such ditch is capable of irrigating;  (x) The character of the soil and the kind of crops cultivated and such other facts as will show a compliance with the law in acquiring the appropriation and the rank of priority claimed.
WY Stat § 41-4-306 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights|Article 3 - Adjudication|Section 41-4-306 - Notice; Statements to Be Under Oath; Administering.

41-4-306. Notice; statements to be under oath; administering.| Each of said claimants shall be required to certify to his statements under oath, and the superintendent of the water division in which the testimony is taken is hereby authorized to administer such oaths, which shall be done without charge to the claimant, as also shall be the furnishing of blank forms for said statement.
WY Stat § 41-4-307 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights|Article 3 - Adjudication|Section 41-4-307 - Notice; Payment of Printing Costs.

41-4-307. Notice; payment of printing costs.| All bills for the printing of notices to claimants of water in the adjudications provided for in this act shall be paid for by the secretary of the state board of control.
WY Stat § 41-4-308 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights|Article 3 - Adjudication|Section 41-4-308 - Taking of Testimony Generally; Taking of Proof.

41-4-308. Taking of testimony generally; taking of proof.| Upon the date named in the notice provided for in the preceding sections, the division superintendent shall begin the taking of testimony and shall continue until the testimony shall be completed; provided, that in case the division superintendent of any water division is directly or indirectly interested in the water of any stream of his division, or is prevented by illness or other disability from the taking of the proofs, the taking of evidence so far as relates to the stream shall be under the direction of the division superintendent of the next nearest water division or under the direct personal supervision of the state engineer, as may be deemed by the engineer the most expedient. Provided, that in the taking of proofs of appropriation of water made under a permit issued by the state engineer, the permits having been issued subsequent to the adjudication of the waters of the stream from which the appropriation is made, the superintendent may, in his discretion, authorize the water commissioner of the district in which the appropriation is made to take the proofs. Upon the taking of the proofs so ordered the water commissioner shall at once forward them to the division superintendent. The water commissioner shall take no proofs except those specifically ordered by the division superintendent. Provided that in the taking of proofs of appropriation of water made under a permit issued by the state engineer subsequent to the adjudication of the water of the stream from which the appropriation is made, the superintendent may, in his discretion authorize the water commissioner of the district in which the appropriation is made to take the proofs. Upon the taking of the proofs so ordered the water commissioner shall at once forward them to the division superintendent. The water commissioner shall take no proofs except those specifically ordered by the division superintendent.
WY Stat § 41-4-309 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights|Article 3 - Adjudication|Section 41-4-309 - Notice on Completion of Testimony; Inspection of Evidence.

41-4-309. Notice on completion of testimony; inspection of evidence.| Upon the completion of the taking of evidence by the division superintendent, it shall be his duty to at once give notice, in one (1) issue of some newspaper of general circulation in the county where such determination is, and by registered mail to the various claimants, that upon a certain day, and a place named in the notice, all of said evidence shall be open to the inspection of the various claimants, and said superintendent shall keep said evidence open to inspection at said place, not less than one (1) day and not more than five (5) days.
WY Stat § 41-4-310 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights|Article 3 - Adjudication|Section 41-4-310 - Duty of Claimants to Appear; Failure to Comply; Time Limits for Appearance; Rights of Claimant Not Notified of Adjudication.

41-4-310. Duty of claimants to appear; failure to comply; time limits for appearance; rights of claimant not notified of adjudication.| Whenever the state board of control shall, as provided by law, proceed to adjudicate and determine the rights of the various claimants to the use of water upon any stream or other body of water, it shall be the duty of all claimants interested in such stream or other body of water to appear and submit proof of their respective appropriations, at the time and in the manner required by law; and any such claimant who shall fail to appear in such proceedings and submit proof of his appropriations shall be barred and estopped from subsequently asserting any rights theretofore acquired upon the stream or other body of water embraced in such proceedings, and shall be held to have forfeited all rights to the use of said stream theretofore claimed by him. Provided, that any person claiming the right to the use of water of any stream heretofore adjudicated by the board of control who, having been or claiming to have been at the time an appropriator therefrom, shall have failed to appear and submit proof of his claim shall be permitted within one (1) year after the passage of this act, but not thereafter, to apply for a hearing and an adjudication of his rights in the manner hereinafter provided; and provided, further, that any claimant upon whom no other service shall be made than by publication in the newspaper, of the notice of such proceedings and taking of testimony, may, within one (1) year after the entry of the order or decree of the board, determining the rights of the various claimants upon any particular stream or other body of water, have the same opened and be let in to give proof of his appropriation; but before the decree of the board can be opened in such case, the applicant shall give notice to all other persons interested in the water of the stream or other body of water in question, and shall with his petition file the same kind of proof as required of claimants in original hearings and make it appear to the satisfaction of the board that during the pendency of the proceedings he had no actual notice thereof in time to appear and make proof of his claim; and all parties interested may present affidavits as to the matter of actual notice of the applicant.
WY Stat § 41-4-311 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights|Article 3 - Adjudication|Section 41-4-311 - Others Contesting Rights of Original Claimants; When Permitted; Procedures Generally.

41-4-311. Others contesting rights of original claimants; when permitted; procedures generally.| Whenever the rights to the use of the waters of any stream and all its tributaries within the state have been adjudicated as provided by law, and it shall appear by the records of such adjudication that it had not been had at one (1) and the same proceeding, then in such case the state board of control shall be and is hereby authorized to give notice of the opening to public inspection of all proofs or evidences of appropriation of water, and the findings of the board in relation thereto from the stream and its tributaries in the manner and according to the provisions of W.S. 41-4-309; and any persons, corporations or associations who may desire to contest the claims or rights of other persons, corporations or associations, as set up in the proofs or established by the board, shall proceed in the manner provided for in W.S. 41-4-312, 41-4-313 and 41-4-314; provided, that contests may not be entered into and shall not be maintained except between appropriators who were not parties to the same adjudication proceedings in the original hearings.
WY Stat § 41-4-312 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights|Article 3 - Adjudication|Section 41-4-312 - Others Contesting Rights of Original Claimants; Notice to Superintendent; Time Limits; Affidavit; Notice of Hearing Generally.

41-4-312. Others contesting rights of original claimants; notice to superintendent; time limits; affidavit; notice of hearing generally.| Should any person, corporation or association of persons owning any irrigation works, or claiming any interest in the stream or streams involved in the adjudication, desire to contest any of the rights of the persons, corporations or associations who have submitted their evidence to the superintendent as aforesaid; such persons, corporations or associations shall, within fifteen (15) days after the testimony so taken shall have been opened to public inspection, in writing, notify the superintendent of the water division in which is located said irrigation works or stream or streams, stating with reasonable certainty the grounds of their proposed contest, which statement shall be verified by the affidavit of the contestant, his agent or attorney, and the said division superintendent shall notify the said contestant and the person, corporation or association whose rights are contested, to appear before him at such convenient place as the superintendent shall designate in said notice.
WY Stat § 41-4-313 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights|Article 3 - Adjudication|Section 41-4-313 - Others Contesting Rights of Original Claimants; When Hearing to Be Held; Notice; Powers of Superintendents; Proceedings Generally.

41-4-313. Others contesting rights of original claimants; when hearing to be held; notice; powers of superintendents; proceedings generally.| Said superintendent shall also fix the time, both as to the day and hour, for the hearing of said contest, which date shall not be less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days from the date the notice is served on the party, association or corporation, which notice and the return thereof shall be made in the same manner as summons are served in civil actions in the district courts of this state. Superintendents of water divisions shall have power to adjourn hearings from time to time upon reasonable notice to all the parties interested, and to issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses to testify upon such hearings, which shall be served in the same manner as subpoenas issued out of the district courts of the state; and shall have the power to compel such witnesses so subpoenaed to testify and give evidence in said matter; said witnesses shall receive fees as in civil cases, to be paid by the party or parties against whom the contest shall be finally determined. The evidence on such proceedings shall be confined to the subjects enumerated in the notice of contest.