§ 41-9-104 — Notice of hearing; service generally; contents

Wyoming § 41-9-104

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 41: Water
• Ch. 9: DRAINAGE DISTRICTS
• Art. 1: ORGANIZATION AND PRELIMINARY

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(a) On such petition being filed the court or judge
thereof shall make an order fixing a time and place of hearing
thereon and ordering notice; thereupon the clerk of said court,
for the county in which the proceedings are instituted, shall
cause twenty (20) days notice of the filing of such petition to
be given:
(i) By serving or causing to be served a copy of such
notice on each owner of land within said proposed district,
residing in any county in which any lands in said proposed
district are situated, either personally or by leaving a copy
thereof at his last usual place of abode, with a person of
suitable age and discretion, and by registered mail to any
mortgagee, mortgagees or judgment lienholder whose address is of
record in the records of said liens in the county or counties in
which said district is situated; and
(ii) By publishing a copy thereof at least once a
week for three (3) successive weeks in some newspaper published
in each county from which any part of the district is proposed
to be taken. If there be no newspaper in any such county, such
notice may be published in a newspaper published in an adjoining
county.
(b) Such notice shall state:
(i) In what court said petition is filed;
(ii) State briefly the starting points, routes and
termini of said drains, ditches and levees;
(iii) Give a general description of the proposed
work;
(iv) Give the proposed boundaries of said district
(or a general description of all of the lands in said proposed
district);
(v) Give the name proposed for said drainage
district; and
(vi) Shall also state the time and place by the court
fixed, when and where the petitioners will ask a hearing on said
petition.