Title 38, Mining and Gas and Oil Production

When the purchase price of such lands has been fully paid to the state or its departments, an instrument evidencing such release must be furnished on application and payment of fees under rules to be prescribed by the state and its departments, but in no case may the fee therefor…

Pending application and payment of fee under section 38-09-01.5, the state and its departments may continue to lease reserved minerals and to collect rentals and other income from such leases, and where lands have been sold on contract for deed, such rentals and other income must…

The governing body of any township, city, school district, or park district in this state may lease the grounds or lands of such political subdivision, or any part thereof, for oil and gas development for a primary term of not more than ten years, and may renew or extend any such…

Any oil or gas lease made by any of the political subdivisions mentioned in section 38-09-02 may provide that the lessee may consolidate the land covered by such lease with other adjoining lands for the purpose of joint development and operation of the entire consolidated premise…

A lease made by a political subdivision under the provisions of section 38-09-02 and the occupancy of the lands under such lease may not interfere materially with the purposes for which such lands are used and occupied by the political subdivision. No oil or gas well may be drill…

Any oil and gas lease on lands which are subject to delinquent tax charges may be confirmed, approved, and adopted by the board of county commissioners on behalf of the county if such lease is executed by the owner or owners of: 1. The right of redemption to the land described in…

The confirmation, approval, and adoption of an oil and gas lease under the provisions of section 38-09-05 must be by a proper resolution duly and regularly passed by the board of county commissioners at a regular or special meeting thereof. The board may insert in such resolution…

A copy of a resolution of the board of county commissioners confirming, approving, or adopting oil and gas leases, when certified by the county auditor of the county, may be recorded in the office of the recorder of such county. Upon the recording of a certified copy of any such …

If any land which is affected by a resolution adopted by the board of county commissioners pursuant to the provisions of section 38-09-07 and subject to delinquent tax charges or tax charges which have been adjusted by contract is forfeited to the county under tax proceedings by …

The lessee, or the lessee's assigns and successors in interest, may pay all bonuses, rentals, and royalties due under any oil and gas lease on lands subject to delinquent taxes or to taxes adjusted by contract, to the lessor, or the lessor's assigns or successors in interest, unt…

All bonuses, rents, and royalties becoming due and payable to any county under any provision of this chapter under an oil and gas lease must be paid to the lessor, or to the lessor's assigns or successors in interest, in accordance with and pursuant to the terms of the original l…

Real and personal property which a county may have acquired through purchase or forfeiture or by operation of law may be demised, leased, or let by the board of county commissioners for the purpose of: 1. Mining thereon; 2. Operating thereon for gas and oil; 3. Laying pipelines t…

The provisions of section 38-09-11 authorize the board of county commissioners to include in the lease and to carry out any provision which any individual owner could include or carry out except that the board of county commissioners may not: 1. Enter into any of the lines of bus…

All moneys received by any county from mining, oil, or gas lease and from royalties on any such lease must be paid to the county treasurer. Such amounts must be allocated to the state and county, and to any city, township, school district, or other taxing subdivision which has le…

No lands, owned in whole or in part, or on which a reservation of oil and gas rights has been made in a conveyance thereof, by the state of North Dakota or by any department or agency thereof or by any county or other political subdivision of this state, may be leased for oil and…

Before leasing any land or interest therein or any mineral rights reserved therein, the state of North Dakota or any of its departments or agencies shall first give notice in accordance with the rules of the board of university and school lands. The leasing must be held at the ti…

The state or any of its departments and agencies when making a public offering for lease of state-owned mineral interests may allow private owners of mineral interests common to the state's mineral interests to offer their mineral interests at the public offering to be conducted …

Before leasing any lands or interest therein or any mineral rights reserved in any conveyance thereof, any county or other political subdivisions thereof shall advertise the same in like manner as provided in section 38-09-15 and with like content of such notice and the leasing m…

Offers for leasing may be made in writing and such bids must be opened at the time of the leasing and bids may be offered orally at the time of the leasing. Such bids must be made upon the basis of acceptance of a lease upon the rental basis herein provided, plus such bonus as th…

All leases for the purposes as hereinbefore provided shall be made by the state of North Dakota and all agencies and departments and political subdivisions thereof for not less than twenty-five cents per acre [.40 hectare] per year for deferred drilling and shall be made with a r…

No lease of public land for exploration or development of oil and gas production is valid unless advertised and let as hereinbefore provided, except: 1. Where the acreage or mineral rights owned by the state or its departments and agencies or political subdivisions is less than t…

The state of North Dakota and its departments and agencies, the board of county commissioners of each county, and the governing body of any political subdivisions are hereby authorized to establish rules and regulations for the leasing of lands for the purposes set forth in secti…

All oil and gas mining leases made and executed prior to March 13, 1951, by the Bank of North Dakota, through its president, as agent for the state treasurer, as trustee for the state of North Dakota on lands or mineral interests acquired by the state treasurer, as trustee for th…