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NE Code § 57-208 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-208 - Lease; filing with register of deeds; effect; contingent extension provision; affidavit of happening of contingency; filing; effect.

57-208.  Lease; filing with register of deeds; effect; contingent extension provision; affidavit of happening of contingency; filing; effect.When an oil, gas or mineral lease is given on land situated within the State of Nebraska, the recording thereof in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the land is located shall impart notice to the public of the validity and continuance of such lease for the definite term therein expressed, but no longer; Provided, that if such lease contains the statement of any contingency upon the happening of which the term of any such lease may be extended, such as and as much longer as oil and gas or either is produced in paying quantities, the owner of such lease may at any time before the expiration of the definite term of the lease file with the register of deeds an affidavit setting forth the description of the lease, that the affiant is the owner thereof and the facts showing that the required contingency has happened. This affidavit shall be recorded in full by the register of deeds, and such record together with that of the lease shall be due notice to the public of the existence and continuing validity of such lease, until the same shall be forfeited, canceled, set aside or surrendered according to law.Source   Laws 1925, c. 133, § 5, p. 352;   C.S.1929, § 57-205;   R.S.1943, § 57-208. Annotations Failure to file an affidavit of production, as required by this section, did not affect the contractual relations between the landowner and the plaintiffs. Section 57-208 is intended to give notice to the public, including prospective purchasers. Superior Oil Co. v. Devon Corp., 604 F.2d 1063 (8th Cir. 1979).
NE Code § 57-209 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-209 - Lease; discharge of record; demand; requisite for action by landowner, when.

57-209.  Lease; discharge of record; demand; requisite for action by landowner, when.At least twenty days before bringing the action provided for in section 57-205, the owner of the leased land, either by himself or by his agent or attorney, shall demand of the holder of the lease, if such demand by ordinary diligence can be made in this state, that such lease be discharged of record. Such demand may be either written or oral. When written, a letterpress carbon or written copy thereof, when shown to be such, may be used as evidence in any court with the same force and effect as the original.Source   Laws 1925, c. 133, § 6, p. 352;   C.S.1929, § 57-206;   R.S.1943, § 57-209.
NE Code § 57-210 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-210 - Oil or gas lease; authority of executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, or trustee to execute; ratification of unauthorized or defective lease; how obtained.

57-210.  Oil or gas lease; authority of executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, or trustee to execute; ratification of unauthorized or defective lease; how obtained.Proceedings may be had in the county court of the county in which an estate or trust is being administered or proceedings for guardianship or conservatorship are being had or in the county court of the county in which real estate is situated, for authority to lease any interest in real estate, or any part thereof, of any deceased person, beneficiary of a trust, minor, incompetent, or person unfit by reason of infirmities of age or physical disability or to ratify any prior unauthorized or defective lease executed by any executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, or trustee. If it shall appear to the court or judge thereof sitting in chambers within the district to be for the advantage of the estate of any decedent, beneficiary of a trust, minor, incompetent person, or person unfit by reason of infirmities of age or physical disability to make a lease, ratification agreement, or contract for the exploration and development or pooling or unitization of the real property of the estate or trust, or any part thereof, for oil, gas, or other hydrocarbons, the court or judge, as often as occasion therefor shall arise in the administration of any estate or trust, or in the course of any guardianship matter, or in the course of administration by a conservator, may on a petition, notice, and hearing, as provided in sections 57-211 and 57-212, authorize, empower, and direct the executor, administrator, trustee, conservator, or the guardian of such minor or incompetent person to lease such real estate or any part thereof or enter into pooling or unitization contracts.Source   Laws 1939, c. 69, § 1, p. 281;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 57-210;   R.S.1943, § 57-210;   Laws 1947, c. 199, § 1, p. 643;   Laws 1951, c. 191, § 1, p. 701;   Laws 1953, c. 190, § 1, p. 611;   Laws 1955, c. 215, § 1, p. 603;   Laws 1959, c. 259, § 1, p. 895;   Laws 1967, c. 350, § 1, p. 928;   Laws 1972, LB 1032, § 262.
NE Code § 57-211 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-211 - Lease; authority of executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, or trustee to execute; how obtained; petition; contents.

57-211.  Lease; authority of executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, or trustee to execute; how obtained; petition; contents.The petition for such lease shall show (1) the advantage that may accrue to the estate or trust being administered or guardianship or conservatorship proceedings being had from making such proposed lease or entering into such pooling or unitization contract; (2) a general description of the property to be leased; (3) the term, rental, and general conditions of the proposed lease or pooling or unitization contract; and (4) the names of the (a) legatees and devisees, if any, or the heirs of the deceased, (b) beneficiaries of the trust, (c) minor, (d) incompetent person, or (e) a person unfit by reason of infirmities of age or physical disability, so far as known to the petitioner.Source   Laws 1939, c. 69, § 2, p. 281;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 57-211;   R.S.1943, § 57-211;   Laws 1951, c. 191, § 2, p. 701;   Laws 1955, c. 215, § 2, p. 604;   Laws 1967, c. 350, § 2, p. 929.
NE Code § 57-212 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-212 - Lease; authority of executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, or trustee to execute; notice; hearing; procedure; order.

57-212.  Lease; authority of executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, or trustee to execute; notice; hearing; procedure; order.(1) Upon the filing of such petition, the court or judge thereof sitting in chambers within the district, if such court or judge deems the petition sufficient, shall set the matter down for hearing and direct to what persons and in what manner notice of such hearing shall be given.(2) At the hearing provided for in subsection (1) of this section, any person interested in the estate, trust, conservatorship, or guardianship proceeding may appear and present objections to the proposed lease or pooling or unitization contract. If objections are filed to the petition, the court or judge thereof may adjourn the hearing to enable the parties to fully present their reasons and evidence for and against the proposed lease or pooling or unitization contract.(3) If no objections are filed, as provided for in subsection (2) of this section, or if upon such hearing the objections are deemed insufficient, the court or judge thereof may make an order authorizing such lease or pooling or unitization contract upon such terms and for such consideration and period as is deemed proper by the court or judge thereof. Such lease or pooling or unitization contract may be for a term as long as ten years and as long thereafter as oil, gas, or other hydrocarbons shall be, or can be, produced in commercial quantities. The lease or pooling or unitization contract shall not be invalid or voidable because its term may or does extend beyond the term of office of the executor, administrator, trustee, conservator, or guardian making the same, beyond the time of final settlement of the estate or trust, beyond the minority of the minor, or beyond the time of infirmity and physical disability of the person having a conservator, or beyond the period of incompetency of any such incompetent.Source   Laws 1939, c. 69, § 3, p. 282;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 57-212;   R.S.1943, § 57-212;   Laws 1951, c. 191, § 3, p. 702;   Laws 1953, c. 190, § 2, p. 612;   Laws 1955, c. 215, § 3, p. 604;   Laws 1967, c. 350, § 3, p. 929.
NE Code § 57-212.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-212.01 - Lease; authority of executor, administrator, guardian, or trustee to execute; petition; unknown owners, heirs, devisees, or legatees; procedure.

57-212.01.  Lease; authority of executor, administrator, guardian, or trustee to execute; petition; unknown owners, heirs, devisees, or legatees; procedure.Whenever it is set forth in the petition that there are unknown owners, or unknown heirs, devisees, or legatees of deceased owners, who claim or appear to have some interest in, rights or title to, or lien upon the real estate sought to be leased, the provisions of section 25-321 shall be followed before authority to execute a lease or pooling or unitization contract may be granted. To carry out the provisions of sections 57-210 to 57-212.01, the court may, upon the hearing of the petition, appoint a trustee to represent the interests of such unknown owners, or unknown heirs, devisees, or legatees and to carry out the orders of the court with respect thereto.Source   Laws 1951, c. 191, § 4, p. 702;   Laws 1955, c. 215, § 4, p. 605.
NE Code § 57-218 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-218 - Oil and gas leases; authority to issue.

57-218.  Oil and gas leases; authority to issue.The governing board of all lands of the State of Nebraska, except the Board of Educational Lands and Funds, and the governing board of all cities, towns, counties, public power districts, school districts and all other governmental subdivisions of the State of Nebraska are respectively authorized and empowered to lease lands under their control for oil and gas exploration and development.Source   Laws 1943, c. 163, § 1, p. 578;   R.S.1943, § 57-218. Annotations Cities may enter into oil and gas leases. Belgum v. City of Kimball, 163 Neb. 774, 81 N.W.2d 205 (1957).
NE Code § 57-219 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-219 - Oil and gas leases; annual delay rentals; royalties.

57-219.  Oil and gas leases; annual delay rentals; royalties.Oil and gas leases, issued pursuant hereto, shall be for terms not to exceed ten years and as long thereafter as oil or gas is produced in paying quantities. Such leases shall provide for annual delay rentals of not less than twenty-five cents per acre and for a royalty of not less than twelve and one-half percent of all oil, gas, hydrocarbons and all other petroleum products produced and saved from the lands covered thereby and not used in the development and operation of the leased premises, or twelve and one-half percent of the market value thereof at the leased premises, free of cost to the lessor.Source   Laws 1943, c. 163, § 2, p. 578;   R.S.1943, § 57-219.
NE Code § 57-220 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-220 - Oil and gas leases; sale at public auction; notice.

57-220.  Oil and gas leases; sale at public auction; notice.No such lease shall be sold except at public auction and after notice of the time and place of such sale, by publication two consecutive weeks in a legal newspaper published in the county where the land to be leased is situated and such other notice, if any, as the governing board may require. If no legal newspaper is published in the county where the land is situated said notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation therein. The purchaser of any such lease shall pay the cost of publishing the notice required hereunder.Source   Laws 1943, c. 163, § 3, p. 578;   R.S.1943, § 57-220.
NE Code § 57-221 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-221 - Oil and gas leases; pooling of acreage authorized; allocation of production.

57-221.  Oil and gas leases; pooling of acreage authorized; allocation of production.Such governing boards are respectively authorized in their discretion to enter into appropriate agreements for the purpose of unit or cooperative exploration, development, and operation of acreage, or any part of the acreage, covered by leases granted pursuant hereto with other acreage for the production of oil and gas. Such agreements shall provide for the allocation of production on a proportionate acreage or other agreed equitable basis.Source   Laws 1943, c. 163, § 4, p. 579;   R.S.1943, § 57-221;   Laws 1961, c. 276, § 1, p. 810.  Annotations Cities may enter into agreements for pooling of acreage under oil and gas lease. Belgum v. City of Kimball, 163 Neb. 774, 81 N.W.2d 205 (1957).
NE Code § 57-222 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-222 - Oil and gas leases; life tenant; trustee for remaindermen; appointment.

57-222.  Oil and gas leases; life tenant; trustee for remaindermen; appointment.In any case where, by will, deed, or other instrument, title to real estate is in a tenant for life or other person having the right to the use thereof and income therefrom, with the remainder interest left to one or more contingent remaindermen, so that it is impossible to determine until the death of the life tenant or the future happening of some other determining event, who the contingent remaindermen will be or what interest, if any, the various contingent remaindermen will take, the county court of the county in which the real estate is located, upon the application of the life tenant, or any other person having a vested or contingent interest in the real estate, shall have jurisdiction and authority to appoint a trustee under proper bond, over the real estate, for the purpose of leasing the land or entering into pooling or unitization contracts for oil and gas developing purposes.Source   Laws 1951, c. 187, § 1, p. 693;   Laws 1955, c. 216, § 1, p. 606;   Laws 1972, LB 1032, § 263.
NE Code § 57-223 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-223 - Oil and gas leases; trustee for remaindermen; execute when authorized by court; procedure.

57-223.  Oil and gas leases; trustee for remaindermen; execute when authorized by court; procedure.The trustee shall have the power and authority, subject to approval of the county court of the county where the land is located, to make valid oil and gas leases, pooling or unitization contracts, and other mining leases, upon the lands, for a term not to exceed ten years, and as long thereafter as oil, gas, or other minerals may be produced in paying quantities. The procedure to obtain such authority shall be substantially the same as the procedure provided under sections 57-211 and 57-212. The bonus and rentals therefrom shall be paid to the life tenant or other person entitled thereto.Source   Laws 1951, c. 187, § 2, p. 694;   Laws 1955, c. 216, § 2, p. 607;   Laws 1959, c. 259, § 2, p. 896;   Laws 1972, LB 1032, § 264.
NE Code § 57-224 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-224 - Oil and gas leases; trustee for remaindermen; invest income from royalties.

57-224.  Oil and gas leases; trustee for remaindermen; invest income from royalties.Under proper court order, the trustee shall be authorized to invest income from royalties in like manner as funds of guardianships may be invested, which investments shall remain intact until the ultimate taker is determined and shall then be paid over to such ultimate taker and the trust closed. Income from investments shall be paid to the life tenant or other person entitled thereto.Source  Laws 1951, c. 187, § 3, p. 694.
NE Code § 57-227 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-227 - Mineral and royalty interests; separate interests; effect of foreclosure of lien for taxes.

57-227.  Mineral and royalty interests; separate interests; effect of foreclosure of lien for taxes.No estate or interest in land or minerals, including royalty interest, shall be subject to foreclosure or otherwise affected by virtue of any lien for taxes against any other estate or interest in such land or minerals owned by another person, firm, or corporation.Source  Laws 1957, c. 239, § 1, p. 800. Annotations A mineral interest severed from the surface ownership remains real estate but may be listed on the tax rolls separate from the surface rights. If the owner of the surface rights so requests, severed mineral interests must be separately listed on the tax rolls. State ex rel. Svoboda v. Weiler, 205 Neb. 799, 290 N.W.2d 456 (1980).
NE Code § 57-228 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-228 - Mineral interest; severed; termination; suit in equity; defendants.

57-228.  Mineral interest; severed; termination; suit in equity; defendants.Any owner or owners of the surface of real estate from which a mineral interest has been severed, on behalf of himself and any other owners of such interest in the surface, may sue in equity in the county where such real estate, or some part thereof, is located, praying for the termination and extinguishment of such severed mineral interest and cancellation of the same of record, naming as parties defendant therein all persons having or appearing to have any interest in such severed mineral interest, and if such parties defendant are not known and cannot be ascertained, they may be proceeded against as unknown defendants under the provisions of Chapter 25, article 3.Source  Laws 1967, c. 348, § 1, p. 925. Annotations Sections 57-228 to 57-231 which declared that mineral rights were abandoned unless the record owner had exercised ownership rights within twenty-three years immediately prior to the filing of an action to cancel the severed mineral interest, are unconstitutional insofar as the statutory provisions could be interpreted to be retroactive in their operation. Monahan Cattle Co. v. Goodwin, 201 Neb. 845, 272 N.W.2d 774 (1978); Wheelock & Manning 00 Ranches, Inc. v. Heath, 201 Neb. 835, 272 N.W.2d 768 (1978).
NE Code § 57-230 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-230 - Mineral interests; severed; abandoned; judgment.

57-230.  Mineral interests; severed; abandoned; judgment.If the court shall find that the severed mineral interest has been abandoned, it shall enter judgment terminating and extinguishing it, canceling it of record, and vesting the title thereto in the owner or owners of the interest in the surface from which it was originally severed in the proportions in which they own such interest in the surface.Source  Laws 1967, c. 348, § 3, p. 926. Annotations Sections 57-228 to 57-231 which declared that mineral rights were abandoned unless the record owner had exercised ownership rights within twenty-three years immediately prior to the filing of an action to cancel the severed mineral interest, are unconstitutional insofar as the statutory provisions could be interpreted to be retroactive in their operation. Monahan Cattle Co. v. Goodwin, 201 Neb. 845, 272 N.W.2d 774 (1978); Wheelock & Manning 00 Ranches, Inc. v. Heath, 201 Neb. 835, 272 N.W.2d 768 (1978).
NE Code § 57-231 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-231 - Mineral interests; severed; limitation of action.

57-231.  Mineral interests; severed; limitation of action.In any action filed within two years after October 23, 1967, the owner of a severed mineral interest may enter his appearance and assert his interest therein, and he shall be deemed thereby to have timely and publicly exercised his right of ownership.Source  Laws 1967, c. 348, § 4, p. 926. Annotations Sections 57-228 to 57-231 which declared that mineral rights were abandoned unless the record owner had exercised ownership rights within twenty-three years immediately prior to the filing of an action to cancel the severed mineral interest, are unconstitutional insofar as the statutory provisions could be interpreted to be retroactive in their operation. Monahan Cattle Co. v. Goodwin, 201 Neb. 845, 272 N.W.2d 774 (1978); Wheelock & Manning 00 Ranches, Inc. v. Heath, 201 Neb. 835, 272 N.W.2d 768 (1978).
NE Code § 57-234 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-234 - Fractional interests in oil, gas, or hydrocarbon units or fields; taxation; violations; penalty.

57-234.  Fractional interests in oil, gas, or hydrocarbon units or fields; taxation; violations; penalty.(1) When oil, gas, or other hydrocarbon wells or fields belonging to multiple owners are operated as a unit, the owner of each fractional interest in such unit shall be liable for the same proportion of the tax levied against the real property of the unit that his or her fractional interest therein bears to the total of interests in such unit and shall be liable for the tax levied against his or her taxable value in the tangible personal property of such unit.(2) The unit operator shall collect from the owners of the fractional interests and remit to the county treasurer of the county in which the unit is located all taxes levied against the real or tangible personal property of the unit. The unit operator may deduct and withhold from royalty payments, or any other payments made to any fractional interest owner, either in kind or in money, the estimated amount of the tax to be paid by such fractional interest owner. Any difference between the estimated tax so withheld and the actual tax payable by any owner of a fractional interest may be accounted for by adjustments in royalty or other payments made to such owner subsequent to the time the actual tax is determined.(3) At the request of any unit operator who does not disburse payments to fractional interest owners, the first purchaser shall collect the tax from the fractional interest owners and transfer such proceeds to the unit operator who shall remit to the treasurer the taxes levied against the unit. Such first purchaser shall collect from the fractional interest owners under the same procedure outlined for the unit operator in this section.(4) Failure of the unit operator to collect and remit the tax as provided in this section shall not preclude the county treasurer from utilizing lawful collection and enforcement remedies and procedures to collect the tax owed by the fractional interest owner, but a nonoperating owner shall not be subject to penalty or interest upon the tax owed unless he or she fails to remit such tax within twenty days after notification to him or her by the county treasurer of the default of the operator.(5) For the purposes of this section, unit shall mean any single oil, gas, or other hydrocarbon well or field which has multiple ownership, or any combination of oil, gas, or other hydrocarbon wells, fields, and properties consolidated into a single operation, whether by a formal agreement or otherwise, and owner shall mean the holder of any interest or interests in any such property or unit including royalty interests.(6) The county assessor shall assist the county treasurer in the preparation of a tax statement to the unit operator to aid in the collection of all property taxes assessed against the unit.Source   Laws 1971, LB 636, § 1;   Laws 1993, LB 345, § 3.