Title 38 — Mining and Gas and Oil Production
35 chapters · 312 sections in this title.
N.D.C.C. § 38-14.3-07 Reinsurance contracts - Revenue bonds - Guarantees
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The industrial commission shall do all things necessary to preserve the fund and ensure the ability of the fund to pay claims. The industrial commission is granted all powers necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter, including but not limited to the power to: 1. Contr…
N.D.C.C. § 38-14.3-08 Claims - How paid
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All claims against bonds provided for by this chapter must be paid out of the fund in an amount not exceeding the face amount of the bond.
N.D.C.C. § 38-14.3-09 Industrial commission may adopt rules
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The industrial commission may adopt rules necessary to carry out this chapter.
N.D.C.C. § 38-18.1-01 Mineral interest defined
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In this chapter, unless context or subject matter otherwise requires, "mineral interest" includes any interest in oil, gas, coal, clay, gravel, uranium, and all other minerals of any kind and nature, whether created by grant, assignment, reservation, or otherwise owned by a perso…
N.D.C.C. § 38-18.1-02 Statement of claims - Recording - Reversion
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Any mineral interest is, if unused for a period of twenty years immediately preceding the first publication of the notice required by section 38-18.1-06, deemed to be abandoned, unless a statement of claim is recorded in accordance with section 38-18.1-04. Title to the abandoned …
N.D.C.C. § 38-18.1-03 When mineral interest deemed to be used
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1. A mineral interest is deemed to be used when: a. There are any minerals produced under that interest. b. Operations are being conducted thereon for injection, withdrawal, storage, or disposal of water, gas, or other fluid substances. c. In the case of solid minerals, there is …
N.D.C.C. § 38-18.1-04 Statement of claim - Recording - Time
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The statement of claim provided for in section 38-18.1-02 must: 1. Be recorded by the owner of the mineral interest or the owner's representative prior to the end of the twenty-year period set forth in section 38-18.1-02. A joint tenant, but not a tenant in common, may record a c…
N.D.C.C. § 38-18.1-05 Failure to record the statement of claim
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Failure to record the statement of claim within the time period provided in section 38-18.1-04 will not cause a mineral interest to be extinguished if: 1. The owner of record of the mineral interest satisfies either one of the following requirements within sixty days after first …
N.D.C.C. § 38-18.1-06 Notice of lapse of mineral interest - Method
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1. The owner or owners of the surface estate in the land in or under which the mineral interest is located intending to succeed to the ownership of a mineral interest upon its lapse shall give notice of the lapse of the mineral interest by publication. 2. The publication provided…
N.D.C.C. § 38-18.1-06.1 Perfecting title in surface owner
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1. Upon completion of the procedure provided in section 38-18.1-06, the owner or owners of the surface estate may maintain an action in district court in the county in which the minerals are located and obtain a judgment in quiet title in the owner or owners of the surface estate…
N.D.C.C. § 38-18.1-07 Waiver prohibited
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The provisions of this chapter may not be waived at any time prior to the expiration of the twenty-year period provided in section 38-18.1-02.
N.D.C.C. § 38-18.1-08 Applicability
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This chapter does not apply to any mineral interest owned by any governmental body or agency thereof and this chapter is both prospective and retrospective in its application.