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Section
19-10-1
[Issuance of leases authorized; lands subject; carbon dioxide leases exempted.]
Section
19-10-2
Definitions.
Section
19-10-3
Classification of state lands for oil and gas leasing.
Section
19-10-4
Authorization to lease; lease provisions.
Section
19-10-4.1
Exploratory form of lease; nonrestricted; regular restricted or premium restricted lands.
Section
19-10-4.2
Discovery form of lease; regular restricted or premium restricted lands.
Section
19-10-4.3
Development form of lease; premium restricted land.
Section
19-10-5
Existing leases; stipulation.
Section
19-10-5.1
Amendment of lease to lower royalty rate for oil wells under certain conditions.
Section
19-10-6
Shut-in oil wells; conditions.
Section
19-10-7
Exploratory form of lease; different term of years.
Section
19-10-8
[Extension of terms of leases.]
Section
19-10-9
[Existing leases; stipulation to bring helium gas within terms.]
Section
19-10-10
Repealed.
Section
19-10-11
[Statement with royalty payment; inspection of books; state's lien for unpaid royalty; log; specimen of drill cuttings.]
Section
19-10-12
[New lease or extension where no discovery made; preference right; conditions.]
Section
19-10-13
[Assignment of leases; procedure; effect.]
Section
19-10-14
[Application for lease; form; deposit; appraisement.]
Section
19-10-15
[Rental; limits; first year; rental districts; alteration; maximum size of lease; rent where lease crosses district line.]
Section
19-10-16
[Restricted districts; method of leasing; added area; notice; rental.]
Section
19-10-17
Public sale of restricted district leases; time; regulations; notice; minimum bonus; sealed bids or public auction authorized; site of sale; publication of notice; rejection of bids; completion of transaction.
Section
19-10-18
No bids made; subsequent lease.
Section
19-10-19
[Withholding lands from lease authorized.]
Section
19-10-20
[Cancellation of lease for nonpayment or nonperformance of requirements by lessee; notice.]
Section
19-10-21
[Rules and regulations; amendment; rescission; effective date.]
Section
19-10-22
[Validation of existing leases; contest of claims; relinquishment for conversion; terms of new lease; fees.]
Section
19-10-23
Appeal of commissioner's decision.
Section
19-10-24
[Contesting claims; jurisdiction of district court; appeal and error.]
Section
19-10-25
[Proof of commissioner's records.]
Section
19-10-26
[Lands sold with reservation of minerals; lease; bond to protect purchaser; waiver.]
Section
19-10-27
[Lands sold on deferred payments with reservation of minerals or classified as mineral lands prior to full payment or issuance of patent; limited patent.]
Section
19-10-28
[Lessee to purchase prior improvements on lands; proof of payment.]
Section
19-10-29
[Removal of certain improvements on cancellation or forfeiture of lease.]
Section
19-10-30
[Rules and regulations authorized.]
Section
19-10-31
[Filing and recording of leases, other instruments and assignments with commissioner; constructive notice; recording in county waived.]
Section
19-10-32
[Acknowledgments required; commissioner excepted.]
Section
19-10-33
[Contracts relating to oil and gas rights; filing for record in land office.]
Section
19-10-34
[System of records; indexing; public inspection.]
Section
19-10-35
[Tract book system for oil and gas lands.]
Section
19-10-36
[Rules and regulations; protection of instruments and records.]
Section
19-10-37
[Filing and recording fees; disposition; expenses payable from maintenance fund.]
Section
19-10-38
[Repeal and saving clause.]
Section
19-10-39
[Litigation involving lessee's oil and gas rights on land sold with reservation of oil and gas; suspense account for royalty payments.]
Section
19-10-40
[Litigants to show right to have royalties placed in suspense fund; determination of amount.]
Section
19-10-41
[Remitting moneys for oil and gas royalty suspense fund; investment of fund; disposition of investment income.]
Section
19-10-42
[Distribution of suspense funds after litigation is completed.]
Section
19-10-43
[Suit by state to determine rights.]
Section
19-10-44
[Intervention in pending litigation by attorney general.]
Section
19-10-45
Cooperative agreements for development or operation of oil and gas pools between lessees and others.
Section
19-10-46
[Cooperative agreements; requisites for approval.]
Section
19-10-47
[Amendment of leases to conform with cooperative agreements.]
Section
19-10-48
[Effect of provisions on powers of oil conservation commission and commissioner of public lands.]
Section
19-10-49
[Validating act.]
Section
19-10-50
Oil, gas and mineral leases on state park lands.
Section
19-10-51
Terms and conditions of leases on state park lands; disposition of rentals and royalties.
Section
19-10-52
[Drainage of state lands by oil or gas wells required to be offset; agreement to compensate state.]
Section
19-10-53
[State participation in pooling and communitization agreements authorized.]
Section
19-10-54
[Existing pooling and communitization agreements confirmed and validated; segregation of leases in accordance with prior agreement.]
Section
19-10-55
[Validation of oil and gas leases.]
Section
19-10-56
Reports and remittance of state royalty; rules and regulations prescribed by commissioner.
Section
19-10-57
Rules; regulations; notice; hearing.
Section
19-10-58
Rules; regulations; record; filing with supreme court librarian.
Section
19-10-59
Reporting and rendition forms to be adopted by rule or regulation.
Section
19-10-60
Repealed.
Section
19-10-61
[Sale or exchange of royalty gas taken in kind.]
Section
19-10-62
Repealed.
Section
19-10-63
[Validation of oil and gas leases; 1967 act.]
Section
19-10-64
[Royalties paid in oil; sale of;] purpose of act.
Section
19-10-65
Definitions.
Section
19-10-66
Payment of royalties of the state in oil on demand.
Section
19-10-67
Sale of state oil royalties; preference; authority of commissioner.
Section
19-10-68
Application for preference in sale of royalty oil; requirements.
Section
19-10-69
Grant of preference based upon application.
Section
19-10-70
Advertising for bids; priority of bidders; award of oil.