Ariz. Admin. Code § 12-5-2003

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section R12-5-2003 - Application for Purchase

A. Qualification of applicant. Any citizen, or one who has declared his intention to become a citizen, of the United States, partnership, or association of citizens, or a corporation organized under the laws of the United States or any state, or territory thereof, and authorized to transact business in the state, and any agency of the state of Arizona or any political subdivision thereof may apply to the Department to purchase common mineral materials or natural products.

B. Area covered by application. A separate application shall be made for each common mineral materials or other natural products sale that relates to land in a different section or to non-contiguous parcels within a section. The size of any area subject to sale shall be determined by the Department in order to further the best interests of the state, and may represent consolidated applications.

C. Information to be furnished by the applicant.

1. The application to purchase shall be in such form as the Commissioner may prescribe, shall be filed with the Department by the applicant or an authorized agent for the applicant, and shall contain the following information:

a. Name and address of applicant.

b. Statement whether applicant is an individual, partnership or corporation or agency of the state or political subdivision thereof.

c. Statement of citizenship, when applicable.

d. If a corporation:

i. Name.

ii. State of incorporation.

iii. Arizona business address.

iv. Affirmation of authorization to do business in Arizona.

e. Age and marital status, when applicable.

f. Description, according to the public land survey, of the land for which application is being made.

g. Location of mineral claims or leases on the land under application.

h. Location of abandoned mineral workings or common mineral materials pits on the land under application.

i. Location of proposed roadways within the area under application and of proposed routes of ingress and egress over other state land.

j. Location of improvements or crops on land under application or on land over which proposed routes of ingress and egress pass (information required in (g) through (j) herein shall be conveyed by means of a reasonably accurate plat or drawing accompanying the application form).

2. This rule shall not be taken or construed to limit or restrict the authority of the Commissioner to require the applicant to furnish such additional information, either generally or specifically, as the Commissioner may deem necessary for the proper administration of the law governing sales of common mineral materials or other natural products.

D. Filing application for sale. Each application filed with the Department shall be accompanied by the filing fee provided by law and an application for commercial lease of whatever portion, if any, of the lands covered by the sale application upon which the applicant intends to undertake related commercial activities, place permanent improvements or otherwise use the surface.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R12-5-2003

Former Section R12-5-773 repealed as an emergency effective October 31, 1977, new Section R12-5-773 adopted effective September 16, 1977 (Supp. 77-5). Former Section R12-5-773 repealed as an emergency now repealed, new Section adopted effective September 21, 1978 (Supp. 78-5). Section R12-5-2003 renumbered from Section R12-5-773 (Supp. 93-3).