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N.D.C.C. § 35-37-01 Definitions
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As used in this chapter: 1. "First purchaser" means the first person who purchases oil or gas from an interest owner at or after the time the oil or gas is severed. 2. "Interest owner" means a person owning an entire or fractional interest of any kind or nature in the oil or gas …
N.D.C.C. § 35-37-03 Validity of lien
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The validity of the security interest and lien granted to an interest owner under this chapter is not dependent upon possession of the oil or gas by an interest owner or operator and a security interest or lien does not become or may not be deemed to be void or expired by reason …
N.D.C.C. § 35-37-05 Rights of first purchasers
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Neither this chapter nor the filing of a lien permitted under this chapter affects the time at which legal title to the oil and gas may pass from an interest owner or operator to a first purchaser or the ownership of the oil and gas before severed as reflected by the records affe…