(a) Forms. All applications to lease lands for grazing or agricultural purposes shall be made on forms furnished by the Office. Application forms must be completed in full. Any false or incomplete statement willfully made that materially affects the application will be considered as fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation and shall be cause for the rejection of the application.
(b) Signature. If an application is signed by a party other than the lessee, the legal instrument authorizing such signature, e.g., power of attorney, letters of administration, letters testamentary, final decree of distribution, etc., together with the required filing fee must accompany the application.
(c) Filing periods - (i) All applications to renew a lease of grazing and agricultural lands under outstanding leases must be filed in the Office not earlier than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to and not later than thirty (30) days prior to the expiration date of the existing lease. Any conflicting lease application to lease grazing and agricultural lands under any existing lease shall be filed in the Office not earlier than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to, and not later than ninety (90) days prior to the expiration date of the existing lease. Upon receipt of a conflicting lease application the Office shall notify the current lessee that a conflicting lease application has been received and shall provide the current lessee not less than thirty (30) days from receipt of notice to file a lease renewal application. If an expiration date falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, applications shall be accepted on the following workday. At least 120 days prior to the expiration of a lease, the Office shall mail a lease application form to the lessee or his authorized agent at the address on file in the Office.
- (ii) Specific filing periods for particular tracts of vacant land will be established by advertisement. Multiple applications received during an advertised filing period shall be considered "conflicting applications" under the provisions of subsection (d) of this section.
(d) Conflicting applications. If two or more applications to lease the same land for grazing and agricultural purposes are filed within the filing periods established in subsection (c) of this section, they shall be considered to be in conflict and shall be handled under the provisions of W.S. 36-3-102, 36-5-105, and 36-5-108 and Chapter 1 of these rules.