Chapter 44 - Farm And Ranch Operations - Wyoming Statutes

CHAPTER 44 - FARM AND RANCH OPERATIONS

 

11-44-101. Short title.

 

This chapter is known and may be cited asthe "Wyoming Right to Farm and Ranch Act".

 

11-44-102. Definitions.

 

(a) As used in this act:

 

(i) "Farm and ranch" means the land, buildings,livestock and machinery used in the commercial production and sale of farm andranch products;

 

(ii) "Farm or ranch operation" means the science andart of production of plants and animals useful to man except those listed underW.S. 23-1-101, including, but not limited to, the preparation of these productsfor man's use and their disposal by marketing or otherwise, and includeshorticulture, floriculture, viticulture, silviculture, dairy, livestock,poultry, bee and any and all forms of farm and ranch products and farm andranch production;

 

(iii) "This act" means W.S. 11-44-101 through11-44-103.

 

11-44-103. Farm or ranch operations not considered a nuisance;conditions.

 

 

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a farm or ranchoperation shall not be found to be a public or private nuisance by reason ofthat operation if that farm or ranch operation:

 

(i) Conforms to generally accepted agricultural managementpractices; and

 

(ii) Existed before a change in the land use adjacent to thefarm or ranch land and the farm or ranch operation would not have been anuisance before the change in land use or occupancy occurred.