La. Admin. Code tit. 43 § I-903

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024

Section I-903 - Assignments and Other Transfers of Interest

A. Any assignment or other transfer of an interest in a state mineral lease must be approved by the State Mineral Board and failure to so obtain approval shall render the assignment or transfer null and void (R.S. 30:128).

B. Before any assignment or other transfer of an interest in a state mineral lease is approved, any and all of the assignees must be currently registered prospective leaseholders with the Office of Mineral Resources.

C. Any assignment must clearly show that a working interest in a state mineral lease is being transferred (no net revenue interest, override royalty, well bore interest, or other similar non-working interest transfer will be approved by the State Mineral Board), contain a clear description of the working interest (including legal description of lease portion if applicable) being transferred, not show a greater interest being transferred than is owned by the assignor and be accompanied by a Form B (see the DNR website for file) which shows the decimal working interest of all parties before and after the transfer. The assignment or other transfer must be signed by all assignors requisite to the transfer of the interest being assigned, witnessed and duly notarized (by witness attestation if necessary) in a form legally acceptable in the venue in which the assignment or other transfer is completed.

D. Each assignment or other transfer (more than one lease interest may be assigned or transferred in one assignment document) shall be accompanied by a check for the non-refundable fee as set in the fee schedule of the Office of Mineral Resources (LAC 43, Part V, §301); presently set at $100.

E. The assignment or other transfer, once approved by the State Mineral Board, shall be filed in the lease records of the Office of Mineral Resources in the file record of the applicable lease(s).

La. Admin. Code tit. 43, § I-903

Promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Mineral Resources, LR 34:255 (February 2008).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:354(A).