Any person who had no obligation to plug, replug, or repair the well but who does so under the provisions of this act shall have a cause of action against the person or persons who by law were obligated to properly plug, replug, or repair the well for the reasonable cost and expense incurred in plugging, replugging, or repairing the well, and shall have a lien upon the interest of such obligated person or persons in and to the oil and gas rights in the land and equipment located thereon.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 191, § 6, eff. June 8, 1965.