Each application for lease shall be made with ink, or with typewriter, in duplicate, upon forms to be prescribed and furnished by the commissioner. The application shall be acknowledged, shall be accompanied by the fee as set forth in the schedule of fees (nonrefundable), and shall be accompanied by the first (1st) year's rental as prescribed by 19.2.4.12 NMAC. In addition, the application shall be accompanied by an appraisal of the land and minerals made under oath by some disinterested party familiar with the land upon forms prescribed and furnished by the New Mexico state land office.
N.M. Admin. Code § 19.2.4.9