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.
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