Section 32-23-13-8 - Additional court proceedings(a) In proceedings under this chapter, the court may do the following: (1) Investigate and determine questions of conflicting or controverted titles.(2) Remove invalid and inapplicable encumbrances from the title to the subject land.(3) Establish and confirm the title to the subject mineral estate in land or the right to produce and develop the mineral from any of the subject land.(b) The court may authorize the execution of a lease under this chapter before any matters under subsection (a) have been determined.Added by P.L. 28-2015, SEC. 1, eff. 4/15/2015.