Section 18-1-404 - Application to Court for Settlement When Surveyors Disagree; Filing and Notice of Filing; Court Jurisdiction.

WY Stat § 18-1-404 (2019) (N/A)
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18-1-404. Application to court for settlement when surveyors disagree; filing and notice of filing; court jurisdiction.

(a) After the reports provided by W.S. 18-1-403 have been filed the county commissioners of either county may apply to the district court within their county for a hearing, describing the previous proceedings and attaching a certified copy of all records and reports which have been filed with the county clerk.

(b) The application for a hearing shall be entitled "in the matter of disputed boundary line between .... and .... counties." Upon receiving the application the clerk of court shall file and docket it and immediately notify the county clerk of the other county by registered mail of the filing and docketing and shall include a copy of the application. This notice is sufficient to establish the pendency of the matter.

(c) When the requirements of this section have been met the district court has acquired jurisdiction and shall exclude the jurisdiction of any other court.