Title 64, Title 64 — Public Lands

If any lessee of public lands of this state having preference right to purchase fails or refuses to pay the highest bona fide bid, the lessee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for the improvements placed on the preference right lease by the lessee at a value fixed by the apprais…

Before any lands under the jurisdiction and control of the Commissioners of the Land Office, covered by preference right leases and the improvements located on the land are owned by the lessees, shall be offered for sale and sold, the Commissioners of the Land Office shall cause …

The lands authorized to be sold shall be offered for sale to the highest bidder at public auction in the county in which the land is situated. The sale shall be made within six (6) months from the date of the final approval of the appraisement by the Commissioners, unless for goo…

Before selling lands and improvements authorized to be sold, the Commissioners of the Land Office shall advertise the sale by publication calculated to bring the highest and best bids. The advertisement shall be at a minimum published in a newspaper of general circulation in the …

The Commissioners of the Land Office upon completion of the sale of lands and improvements and receipt of the purchase price shall issue a deed to the purchaser which shall contain a provision reserving the oil, gas and other minerals as provided for in this title. Added by Laws …

Except as otherwise provided by law, all the public lands of this state shall be subject to lease in the manner provided by law. The Commissioners of the Land Office shall have charge of the leasing of the lands. R.L.1910, § 7170. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 292, § 5, eff. July 1, 1…

Collection procedures. If the lessee of any of the lands or mineral interests owned by the state shall be in default of rental payments due the state, the Commissioners of the Land Office shall institute collection proceedings, including any and all commercial or governmental pro…

No assignment of a school land lease as security shall be valid unless filed for record in the office of the Commissioners of the Land Office within thirty (30) days after execution of the assignment. The Land Office shall charge a fee set by the Commissioners of the Land Office …

At the termination of a lease, the lessee may remove any or all of the improvements made by the lessee and shall have the right to harvest or remove any growing crop on the land. If the lessee is in default of any terms of the lease, the lessee shall not be allowed to remove the …

Except as otherwise provided by law, all of the records in possession, control, care and custody of the Commissioners of the Land Office are hereby declared to be public records, and certified copies thereof are admissible in evidence in the courts of this state. Any person shall…

Any lands leased by the Commissioners of the Land Office for agricultural or grazing purposes shall be leased for a period not to exceed five (5) years under terms and conditions and at an annual rental as may be fixed by the Commissioners of the Land Office after appraisement an…

The Commissioners of the Land Office are hereby authorized and empowered to make and promulgate rules and regulations relating to the appraisement of land and any improvements located upon such land as may be owned by the state, leasing and subleasing such lands and improvements,…

Public competition - Assignment. The Commissioners of the Land Office are authorized to lease for oil and gas purposes any of the school or other lands owned by the State of Oklahoma, which such Commissioners may deem valuable for oil and gas. Each such lease shall be a commence-…

When any tract of the school or other public lands, granted to the State of Oklahoma under the Act of Congress known as the "Enabling Act", or any or all of state-owned lands set apart and designated for the use, benefit, and occupancy of state educational institutions, is known …

Each agricultural, timber, grazing or other lease to any surface interest in land in which the deposits are segregated, as provided in the preceding section shall reserve to the state, its lessees or grantees the right to drill and operate oil and gas wells on such premises, and …

The lease contract of the state, with any lessee for oil and gas purposes, shall stipulate, and the advertisement for bids for leasing such land shall specify a fixed royalty, to be determined by the commissioners of the land office, and in no event less than twelve and one-half …

Any person, firm or corporation leasing under the provisions of this article, and operating for oil and gas, shall be liable to the surface owner, the lessee or purchaser, for all damages or loss accruing to the surface interest in said land and to all crops and improvements ther…

Should the lessee or owner of the surface interest and the lessee of the oil and gas interest specified in this article, be unable to agree upon the damage and loss sustained by such surface lessee or owner, by such lessee of the oil and gas interests therein, the latter may cond…

Education Distribution Stabilization Revolving Fund. A. The proceeds derived in bonuses and royalties and from other inducements and considerations for the execution and operation of the oil and gas leases as authorized in this title, except oil and gas leases on state-owned land…

The Commissioners of the Land Office are hereby authorized to lease for oil and gas purposes all lands between mean high-water mark in all streams or rivers of two (2) chains or over. All the streams are declared the property of the State of Oklahoma. Added by Laws 1919, c. 206, …

The lands described in Section 290 of this title are to be leased under the same provisions as the school and other lands of the State of Oklahoma. Added by Laws 1919, c. 206, p. 293, § 2, emerg. eff. March 28, 1919. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 47, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. R…

The Commissioners of the Land Office shall be, and they are hereby authorized to execute supplemental contracts to lessees on all lease contracts embracing more than thirty thousand (30,000) acres in one body without submitting same to bids for the renewal of said leases, providi…

A. The royalty proceeds derived from the sale of oil or gas production under any oil and gas lease granted by the Commissioners of the Land Office shall be paid to the Commissioners pursuant to the terms of the Production Revenue Standards Act. B. The statute of limitations estab…

In accordance with Section 12 of the Enabling Act of this state, the income, interest, rentals and proceeds of the sale of the following lands, now collected and hereafter to be collected, are hereby made available to the institutions to which the grants were made, namely; for th…

The State Auditor and Inspector, Treasurer and Commissioners of the Land Office, and all other officers of the state are hereby directed and required to use the term "New College Fund" upon all their records as the proper name for designating fund created by virtue of the Enablin…

In accordance with Section 3, Article 15, Chapter V., Session Laws of 1907 and 1908, the income, interest, rentals and proceeds from section numbered thirty-six, township numbered nine north, of range three west, of the Indian Meridian, in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, now collecte…

The State Treasurer shall apportion the income derived from the "Section Thirteen Fund State Educational Institutions" among the educational institutions entitled thereto, in accordance with the division and distribution made in Section 1, of Article 11, Chapter 34, Session Laws …

from General Revenue Fund. A. All monies heretofore or hereafter received from the sale or rentals of Section 33 and lands granted in lieu thereof, the same being lands granted to the State of Oklahoma for charitable and penal institutions and public buildings, shall constitute a…

Any county, township, school district, city or town that now owns or may hereafter acquire any land under control of the board of county commissioners, board of town trustees, directors of school districts, boards of education or the governing body of any city acting by and throu…

The leases mentioned in the preceding section shall be executed only after notice by publication for two (2) weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the land is situated and a public sale thereof to the highest and best bidder: Provided, that all leases…

thereon. (A) As used herein, "abandoned municipality" means any city, town, or school district in and for which there is not, and has not been for a period of one (1) year, any acting or functioning governing board and no persons purporting or claiming to act as such governing bo…

Oil and gas mining lease or leases of lands belonging to the county separate schools of any county shall be entered into by the board of county commissioners as to such lands not located within any independent school district, and shall be entered into by the board of education o…

When the United States of America, acting through the Secretary of the Interior or his duly authorized representative, or acting through the Secretary of War or his duly authorized representative, or when any irrigation district, conservancy district or water users' association, …

Any instrument, easement, contract, or deed which may be required in, or convenient to, the exercise of the powers granted in Section 1 of this act shall be executed by the chairman or presiding officer and attested by the secretary, if such instrument be executed by a board or c…

proceedings. When the United States of America, acting through the Secretary of the Interior, or his duly authorized representative, or acting through the Secretary of War, or his duly authorized representative, shall determine that the construction, development, operation or mai…

If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this act is held to be invalid, the decision shall not affect the validity or the meaning of the remaining portions of this act. The Legislature hereby declares that it would have passed this act, and each section, subsect…

Each and all of the rights, powers and remedies granted and conferred by the terms of this act shall be cumulative and shall be construed to be in addition to those already existing, except that at any private or voluntary sale of state-owned lands by the Commissioners of the Lan…

To further the development of mineral resources in the State of Oklahoma, particularly with regard to valuable minerals, including uranium, the Commissioners of the Land Office are hereby authorized to issue prospecting permits, under procedures, fees and rules as may be promulga…

Should the Commissioners of the Land Office find that the state owns a valuable mineral, they shall offer the necessary mineral lease for sale on competitive bids, and notice of such sale shall be published in at least one newspaper, authorized by law to publish legal notices, in…

Any person, firm or corporation, receiving a prospecting permit or lease under the provisions of this act, and prospecting, exploring or operating for minerals, shall be liable to the surface owner or surface lessee for all damages or loss accruing to the surface interest in said…

A. The Commissioners of the Land Office are hereby authorized to make and promulgate appropriate rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of Sections 1090 through 1095 of this title. Any rulemaking by the Commissioners of the Land Office shall …

Any person who prospects for minerals owned by the State of Oklahoma, under the jurisdiction and control of the Commissioners of the Land Office, without a prospecting permit, or who removes any such minerals without a lease contract, contrary to the provisions of this act, or wh…

The provisions of this act shall not affect the sale of sand, gravel, caliche or rock by the Commissioners of the Land Office for construction or road purposes, or the exploration for or production of oil and gas. Added by Laws 1955, p. 374, § 10, emerg. eff. June 7, 1955. Renumb…

Public Safety. The Commissioners of the Land Office and the Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) shall contract with the Department of Public Safety for security and law enforcement services in all facilities under the jurisdiction of the Commissioners of the Land …

A. As used in this section, “unauthorized camp” means any tent, shelter, or bedding constructed or arranged for the purpose of or in such a way to permit overnight use on a property not designated as a campsite. B. Persons may not use state-owned lands for the purposes of establi…