5-7-20. Application for oil, gas, or geothermal lease--Tender of annual rental and bonus--Form and contents of application.
Applications for the issuance of any such oil, gas, or geothermal resources lease shall be executed under oath by the applicant, or his agent or attorney duly authorized in writing, or by any officer or attorney in fact of the corporation, if the application is made by a corporation. The application shall be accompanied by a certified check, bank draft, or money order in the amount of the annual delay rental for one year and the bonus offered, if any.
The form of the application shall be prescribed by the commissioner of school and public lands and all applications shall contain a description of the lands by legal subdivisions upon which the lease is desired, together with such data and information concerning development on and in the vicinity of the land as may reasonably be required by the commissioner. No lease shall be issued for less than the amount offered by the applicant as a bonus, if any, and the annual delay rental for one year.
Source: SL 1931, ch 203, §5; SDC 1939, §15.0508; SL 1953, ch 44, §1; SL 1980, ch 40, §5.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 5 - Public Property, Purchases and Contracts
Chapter 07 - Minerals On School And Public Lands
Section 5-7-2 - Advertising and auction of mineral leases--Exemptions.
Section 5-7-3 - Lands subject to lease.
Section 5-7-4 - Right of entry to prospect for and remove minerals.
Section 5-7-8 - Priority to receive permit determined by application date.
Section 5-7-16 - Right of lease holder to enter sold or leased lands.
Section 5-7-17.1 - Disposition of payments for damages.
Section 5-7-18 - Oil and gas leases--Casing-head gas included.
Section 5-7-19 - Oil, gas, and geothermal exploration, development and production leases authorized.
Section 5-7-21 - Advertising of oil and gas or geothermal leases--Conduct of auction.
Section 5-7-22 - Withholding of tracts from oil, gas, other mineral or geothermal resources leasing.
Section 5-7-23.1 - Term of geothermal leases.
Section 5-7-24 - Royalty provisions in oil and gas leases--Annual rental.
Section 5-7-24.1 - Royalty provisions in geothermal leases--Renegotiation--Annual rental.
Section 5-7-25.1 - Geothermal resources--Additional provisions applicable to.
Section 5-7-26 - Leases assignable--Minimum tract assignable.
Section 5-7-28 - Grounds for refusal to approve assignment of lease.
Section 5-7-29 - Effect of approved assignment of lease.
Section 5-7-31 - Correction of mistaken land descriptions in leases.
Section 5-7-32 - Pooling agreements on behalf of state authorized.
Section 5-7-33 - Deposit of collections from leases in treasury.
Section 5-7-34 - Apportionment of receipts from leasing of school, indemnity and endowment lands.
Section 5-7-36 - Records of mineral interests and leases maintained by commissioner.
Section 5-7-37 - Rules and regulations governing leasing--Promulgation.
Section 5-7-38 - Water law provisions applicable to certain geothermal leases.
Section 5-7-39 - Validation of oil and gas leases prior to July 1, 1981.
Section 5-7-40 - Limitation of actions to contest validity of oil and gas leases.
Section 5-7-44 - Leases offered only during term of royalty increment status.
Section 5-7-45 - Commissioner authorized to issue leases for prospecting, exploration and mining.
Section 5-7-46 - Penalties for fraud.
Section 5-7-47 - Inspection of records.
Section 5-7-48 - Preferential right of lessee to renew or purchase leased lands.
Section 5-7-50 - Validity of leases prior to 1993 amendments to this chapter.
Section 5-7-51 - Relinquishment of prospecting permit.
Section 5-7-53 - Conditions warranting suspension of license--Effective date--Term of suspension.
Section 5-7-54 - Annual rental--Minimum.
Section 5-7-55 - Payment of royalty--Amount.
Section 5-7-56 - Marketing minerals.
Section 5-7-57 - Bond required--Amount.
Section 5-7-58 - Records furnished within reasonable bounds--Confidentiality of records.
Section 5-7-59 - Relinquishing lease to state.
Section 5-7-60 - Cancellation of lease by commissioner--Notice required.
Section 5-7-61 - Assignment of lease.
Section 5-7-62 - Removal of improvements and equipment upon termination--Time limit.