§ 18-6-101 — Authority to acquire and dispose of sites generally

(a) Each board of county commissioners may purchase or
receive by donation or otherwise a site for a county courthouse,
jail or both at the county seat of the county or a site for a
county jail at any location within the county, and may erect
thereon a suitable courthouse, jail or both if in the county
seat, or a suitable jail if not located in the county seat. If
such a building is to replace one presently in use the board may
sell the building to be replaced.
(b) If a courthouse or jail to be replaced is sold it
shall be sold at public auction to the highest bidder for cash
or on terms of payment as determined by the board and in case of
deferred payments, security is required satisfactory to the
board. No sale shall occur until public notice has been given by
posting on the county's official website in the manner provided
in W.S. 18-3-516(f) and by publishing in the county's designated
official newspaper once a week for two (2) weeks. The notice
shall specify the time, place and terms of sale. All proceeds
of the sale shall be paid into the county treasury and only
expended for a site or toward the erection of a new building to
replace the one sold.