A personal representative, upon compliance with the provisions of this chapter, may give a lease for production covering real property in the estate or may sell the oil, gas, or minerals in or under such real property separately from the surface rights.
Personal representative may lease for production or sell mineral or oil rights in lands of estate
N.D.C.C. § 38-10-02, under Sales and Leases by Personal Representatives.
N.D.C.C. § 38-10-02