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UT Code § 40-1-4 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 40 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 1 - Mining Claims|Section 4 - Copy of location notice to be recorded.

40-1-4. Copy of location notice to be recorded.  Within 30 days after the date of posting the location notice upon the claim, the locator, or the locator's assigns, shall record a substantial copy of the notice of location in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the claim is situated.  Amended by Chapter 85, 1999 General Session
UT Code § 40-1-6 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 40 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 1 - Mining Claims|Section 6 - Affidavit of performance of annual labor or payment of maintenance fee.

40-1-6. Affidavit of performance of annual labor or payment of maintenance fee.    (1) As used in this section, "assessment work" means the performance of labor or making of improvements on or for the benefit of a mining claim.     (2) Within 30 days after the end of the annual period specified in 30 U.S.C. Sec. 28 the owner of an unpatented lode or placer mining claim, or a mill or tunnel site claim or someone on his behalf, shall record an affidavit in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the claim is located setting forth:   (a) the name and address of the owner of the claim;     (b) the name of the claim and the serial number, if any, assigned to the claim by the United States Bureau of Land Management;     (c) if assessment work was required to be performed under 30 U.S.C. Sec. 28 or other federal law to maintain the claim, a statement that the annual assessment work required to maintain the claim was performed; and     (d) if the assessment work was not required to be performed under 30 U.S.C. Sec. 28 or other federal law, a statement that it is the intention of the owner to hold the claim, and if a claim maintenance fee was paid as required by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, Pub. L. 103-66 or other federal law, a statement that the fee was paid in a timely manner.       (3) The affidavit, or a certified copy, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the affidavit.     (4) The amendments made in this section do not affect any act or right accruing or which has accrued or been established or any suit or proceeding commenced before May 1, 1995.    Amended by Chapter 85, 1999 General Session
UT Code § 40-1-7 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 40 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 1 - Mining Claims|Section 7 - District recorders -- Office abolished.

40-1-7. District recorders -- Office abolished.  From and after the termination of the office of any mining district recorder now holding office in this state such district shall be abolished and such office shall become vacant.  No Change Since 1953
UT Code § 40-1-8 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 40 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 1 - Mining Claims|Section 8 - Vacancy and removal -- County recorder to receive records.

40-1-8. Vacancy and removal -- County recorder to receive records.    (1) If there is a vacancy in the office of recorder of any mining district, or if there is no person in the mining district authorized to retain the custody and give certified copies of the records, the person having custody of the records shall deposit them in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the mining district, or the greater part of the mining district, is situated.     (2) That county recorder shall take possession of the records and may make and certify copies from the records, including any other copies of records and papers in the recorder's office pertaining to mining claims.     (3) Those certified copies shall be receivable in evidence in all courts and before all officers and tribunals.     (4) The production of a certified copy shall be, without further proof, evidence that the records were properly in the custody of the county recorder.    Amended by Chapter 85, 1999 General Session
UT Code § 40-1-9 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 40 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 1 - Mining Claims|Section 9 - County recorder may certify district records.

40-1-9. County recorder may certify district records.    (1) When the books, records, and documents pertaining to the office of mining district recorder have been deposited in the office of a county recorder, the recorder may make and certify copies from those records.     (2) Those certified copies shall be receivable in all tribunals and before all officers of this state in the same manner and to the same effect as if the records had been originally filed or made in the office of the county recorder.    Amended by Chapter 85, 1999 General Session
UT Code § 40-1-10 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 40 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 1 - Mining Claims|Section 10 - Certified copies of records evidence.

40-1-10. Certified copies of records evidence.  Copies of notices of location of mining claims, mill sites and tunnel sites heretofore recorded in the records of the several mining districts, and copies of the mining rules and regulations in force therein and recorded, when duly certified by the district or county recorder, shall be receivable in all tribunals and before all officers of this state as prima facie evidence.  No Change Since 1953
UT Code § 40-1-11 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 40 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 1 - Mining Claims|Section 11 - Interfering with notices, stakes, or monuments -- Penalty.

40-1-11. Interfering with notices, stakes, or monuments -- Penalty.  Any person who intentionally or knowingly tears down or defaces a notice posted on a mining claim, or takes up or destroys any stake or monument marking the claim, or interferes with any person lawfully in possession of the claim, or who alters, erases, defaces, or destroys any record kept by a mining district or county recorder, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $100, or by imprisonment for not less than 10 days nor more than six months, or by both the fine and imprisonment.  Amended by Chapter 229, 2007 General Session
UT Code § 40-1-12 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 40 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 1 - Mining Claims|Section 12 - Damages for wrongful removal of ores.

40-1-12. Damages for wrongful removal of ores.  When damages are claimed for the extraction or selling of ore from any mine or mining claim and the defendant, or those under whom he claims, holds, under color of title adverse to the claims of the plaintiff, in good faith, then the reasonable value of all labor bestowed or expenses incurred in necessary developing, mining, transporting, concentrating, selling or preparing said ore, or its mineral content, for market, must be allowed as an offset against such damages; provided, however, that any person who, wrongfully entering upon any mine or mining claim and carrying away ores therefrom, or wrongfully extracting and selling ores from any mine, having knowledge of the existence of adverse claimants in any mine or mining claim, and without notice to them, knowingly and willfully trespasses in or upon such mine or mining claim and extracts or sells ore therefrom shall be liable to the owners of such ore for three times the value thereof without any deductions either for labor bestowed or expenses incurred in removing, transporting, selling or preparing said ore, or its mineral content for market.  No Change Since 1953
UT Code § 40-5-6 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 40 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 5 - Miscellaneous Safety Provisions|Section 6 - Mine rescue team required -- Immunity of rescue participants.

40-5-6. Mine rescue team required -- Immunity of rescue participants.    (1) Each mine owner shall maintain and support a mine rescue team at such owner's mine or otherwise ensure the availability of a mine rescue team in the event of an emergency, in accordance with the requirements of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, and the regulations promulgated under it.     (2) An individual, mine owner, or sponsoring owner who participates in a mine rescue operation during an emergency at the owner or sponsor's mine and who in good faith provides emergency care or assistance to an injured person during the emergency, is not liable in damages to such injured person on account of rendering emergency care or assistance.    Enacted by Chapter 181, 1983 General Session
UT Code § 40-6-1 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 40 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 6 - Board and Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining|Section 1 - Declaration of public interest.

40-6-1. Declaration of public interest.  It is declared to be in the public interest to foster, encourage, and promote the development, production, and utilization of natural resources of oil and gas in the state of Utah in such a manner as will prevent waste; to authorize and to provide for the operation and development of oil and gas properties in such a manner that a greater ultimate recovery of oil and gas may be obtained and that the correlative rights of all owners may be fully protected; to provide exclusive state authority over oil and gas exploration and development as regulated under the provisions of this chapter; to encourage, authorize, and provide for voluntary agreements for cycling, recycling, pressure maintenance, and secondary recovery operations in order that the greatest possible economic recovery of oil and gas may be obtained within the state to the end that the land owners, the royalty owners, the producers, and the general public may realize and enjoy the greatest possible good from these vital natural resources.  Enacted by Chapter 205, 1983 General Session
UT Code § 40-6-2.5 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 40 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 6 - Board and Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining|Section 2.5 - Preemption.

 Effective 3/26/2018  40-6-2.5. Preemption.    (1)   (a) As used in this section, "oil and gas activity" means activity associated with the exploration, development, production, processing, and transportation of oil and gas as set forth in Title 40, Chapter 6, Board and Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining, including:   (i) drilling;     (ii) hydraulic fracture stimulation;     (iii) completion, maintenance, reworking, recompletion, disposal, plugging, and abandonment of wells;     (iv) construction activities;     (v) secondary and tertiary recovery techniques;     (vi) remediation activities; and     (vii) any other activity identified by the Board of Oil, Gas, and Mining.       (b) Oil and gas activity does not include any activity or authority directly authorized or granted to a political subdivision by the state.       (2) Subject to relevant federal law, regulation of oil and gas activity is of statewide concern and the state regulation of oil and gas activity occupies the whole field of potential regulation.     (3) The legislative body of a political subdivision may enact, amend, or enforce a local ordinance, resolution, or rule consistent with its general land use authority that:   (a) regulates only surface activity that is incident to an oil and gas activity;     (b) does not effectively or unduly limit, ban, or prohibit an oil and gas activity; and     (c) is not otherwise preempted by state or federal law.      Enacted by Chapter 460, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 40-6-3 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 40 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 6 - Board and Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining|Section 3 - Waste prohibited.

40-6-3. Waste prohibited.  The waste of oil or gas is prohibited.  Enacted by Chapter 205, 1985 General Session
UT Code § 40-6-4 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 40 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 6 - Board and Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining|Section 4 - Board of Oil, Gas, and Mining created -- Functions -- Appointment of members -- Terms -- Chair -- Quorum -- Expenses.

 Effective 1/1/2021  40-6-4. Board of Oil, Gas, and Mining created -- Functions -- Appointment of members -- Terms -- Chair -- Quorum -- Expenses.    (1)   (a) There is created within the Department of Natural Resources the Board of Oil, Gas, and Mining.     (b) The board shall be the policy making body for the Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining.       (2)   (a) The board shall consist of seven members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the Senate and in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 24, Part 2, Vacancies.     (b) No more than four members shall be from the same political party.     (c) In accordance with the requirements of Section 79-2-203, the members appointed under Subsection (2)(a) shall include the following:   (i) two members who are knowledgeable in mining matters;     (ii) two members who are knowledgeable in oil and gas matters;     (iii) one member who is knowledgeable in ecological and environmental matters;     (iv) one member who:   (A) is a private land owner;     (B) owns a mineral or royalty interest; and     (C) is knowledgeable in mineral or royalty interests; and       (v) one member who is knowledgeable in geological matters.         (3)   (a) Except as required by Subsection (3)(b), as terms of current board members expire, the governor shall appoint each new member or reappointed member to a four-year term.     (b) Notwithstanding the requirements of Subsection (3)(a), the governor shall, at the time of appointment or reappointment, adjust the length of terms to ensure that the terms of board members are staggered so that approximately half of the board is appointed every two years.     (c) A member shall hold office until the expiration of the member's term and until the member's successor is appointed, but not more than 90 days after the expiration of the member's term.       (4)   (a) When a vacancy occurs in the membership for any reason, the replacement shall be appointed for the unexpired term by the governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.     (b) The person appointed shall have the same qualifications as the person's predecessor.       (5)   (a) The board shall appoint its chair from the membership.     (b) Four members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the holding of hearings.       (6) A member may not receive compensation or benefits for the member's service, but may receive per diem and travel expenses in accordance with:   (a) Section 63A-3-106;     (b) Section 63A-3-107; and     (c) rules made by the Division of Finance pursuant to Sections 63A-3-106 and 63A-3-107.       (7) A member shall comply with the conflict of interest provisions described in Title 63G, Chapter 24, Part 3, Conflicts of Interest.    Amended by Chapter 352, 2020 General SessionAmended by Chapter 373, 2020 General Session
UT Code § 40-6-6 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 40 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 6 - Board and Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining|Section 6 - Drilling units -- Establishment by board -- Modifications -- Prohibitions.

 Effective 5/9/2017  40-6-6. Drilling units -- Establishment by board -- Modifications -- Prohibitions.    (1) The board may order the establishment of drilling units for a pool.     (2) Within each drilling unit, only one well may be drilled for production from the common source of supply, except as provided in Subsections (6) and (7).     (3) A drilling unit may not be smaller than the maximum area that can be efficiently and economically drained by one well.     (4)   (a) Each drilling unit within a pool shall be of uniform size and shape, unless the board finds that it must make an exception due to geologic, geographic, or other factors.     (b) If the board finds it necessary to divide a pool into zones and establish drilling units for each zone, drilling units may differ in size and shape for each zone.       (5) An order of the board that establishes drilling units for a pool shall:   (a) be made upon terms and conditions that are just and reasonable;     (b) include all lands determined by the board to overlay the pool;     (c) specify the acreage and shape of each drilling unit as determined by the board; and     (d) specify the location of the well in terms of distance from drilling unit boundaries and other wells.       (6) The board may establish a drilling unit and concurrently authorize the drilling of more than one well in a drilling unit if the board finds that:   (a) engineering or geologic characteristics justify the drilling of more than one well in that drilling unit; and     (b) the drilling of more than one well in the drilling unit will not result in waste.       (7) The board may modify an order that establishes drilling units for a pool to provide for:   (a) an exception to the authorized location of a well;     (b) the inclusion of additional areas which the board determines overlays the pool;     (c) the increase or decrease of the size of drilling units; or     (d) the drilling of additional wells within drilling units.       (8)   (a) An order of the board that establishes a drilling unit may be made effective retroactively to the date of first production of an existing well located within the drilling unit if no party to the board's proceeding objects to the retroactive application.     (b) An order made retroactive under this section is binding upon a party owning an interest in the drilling unit who receives proper notice of the board's proceeding.       (9)   (a) After an order establishing drilling units has been entered by the board, the drilling of a well into the pool at a location other than that authorized by the order is prohibited.     (b) The operation of a well drilled in violation of an order fixing drilling units is prohibited.      Amended by Chapter 220, 2017 General Session
UT Code § 40-6-7 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 40 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 6 - Board and Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining|Section 7 - Agreements for repressuring or pressure maintenance or cycling or recycling operations -- Plan for development and operation of pool or field.

40-6-7. Agreements for repressuring or pressure maintenance or cycling or recycling operations -- Plan for development and operation of pool or field.    (1) An agreement for repressuring or pressure maintenance operations, cycling or recycling operations, including the extraction and separation of liquid hydrocarbons from natural gas, or for carrying on any other methods of unit or cooperative development or operation of a field or pool or a part of either, is authorized and may be performed, and shall not be held or construed to violate any statutes relating to trusts, monopolies, or contracts and combinations in restraint of trade, if the agreement is approved by the board as being in the public interest and promotes conservation, increases ultimate recovery and prevents waste of oil or gas provided the agreement protects the correlative rights of each owner or producer.     (2) A plan for the development and operation of a pool or field shall be presented to the board and may be approved after notice and hearing.    Enacted by Chapter 205, 1983 General Session
UT Code § 40-6-9.1 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 40 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 6 - Board and Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining|Section 9.1 - Payment information to royalty owners.

40-6-9.1. Payment information to royalty owners.    (1) When payment is made to an owner of a royalty interest for the sale of oil or gas produced from that royalty interest pursuant to the requirements of Section 40-6-9, the following information shall be included on the payor's check stub or on an attachment to the form of payment:   (a) the lease, property, or well name, and any lease, property, or well identification number from which production is attributed;     (b) the month and year of the sales included in the payment;     (c) the total volume of oil or gas sold, as measured by the means and upon the standards prescribed by the board pursuant to Subsection 40-6-5(2)(g);     (d) the average price per unit of oil or gas sold;     (e) the total amount of state severance, ad valorem, and other production taxes;     (f) a list of any other deductions or adjustments;     (g) the net value of total sales after taxes are deducted;     (h) the royalty owner's interest, expressed as a decimal number, in sales from the lease, property, or well;     (i) the royalty owner's share of the total value of sales prior to any deductions;     (j) the royalty owner's proportionate share of the sales value less the royalty owner's proportionate share of the deductions, as applicable; and     (k) an address at which additional information pertaining to the royalty owner's interest in production may be obtained and questions may be answered.       (2)   (a) A royalty owner who fails to receive the information required by this section may notify the board by certified mail of the problem and request that the division conduct an investigation.     (b) The division shall conduct the investigation and report to the board concerning:   (i) whether the matter has been resolved; or     (ii) whether further action is necessary and its recommendations for resolution of the matter.       (c) The board may take any action it considers necessary to resolve the matter pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.       (3) A royalty owner damaged by a violation of this section may proceed as provided in Subsection 40-6-11(7).    Enacted by Chapter 132, 1995 General Session
UT Code § 40-6-9.5 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 40 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 6 - Board and Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining|Section 9.5 - Permits for crude oil production -- Application -- Bond requirement -- Closure of facilities -- Availability of records.

 Effective 5/12/2020  40-6-9.5. Permits for crude oil production -- Application -- Bond requirement -- Closure of facilities -- Availability of records.    (1) The division may issue permits authorizing construction, operation, maintenance, and cessation of treating facilities and operations covered by Subsection 40-6-5(2)(h) and to approve, as part of that permit, post-cessation reclamation of the site.     (2)   (a) An owner and operator of a facility described in Subsection 40-6-5(2)(h) or planning to construct, operate, or maintain a facility described in Subsection 40-6-5(2)(h) shall submit to the division an application stating in detail:   (i) the location, type, and capacity of the facility contemplated;     (ii) the extent and location of area disturbed or to be disturbed including any pits, ponds, or lands associated with the facility;     (iii) a plan for reclamation of the site; and     (iv) other materials required by the division.        (b) Existing facilities described in Subsection 40-6-5(2)(h) shall submit plans by July 28, 1985.     (c) Application for all planned facilities must be approved and a permit issued before any ground clearing or construction may occur.       (3)   (a) As a condition for approval of a permit, the owner and operator shall post a bond in an amount determined by the division to cover reclamation costs for the site consistent with rules made to implement Subsection 40-6-5(2)(f).     (b) Approval of a permit is also conditioned upon compliance with the laws, rules, and orders of the board.     (c) Failure to post the bond is considered sufficient grounds to deny a permit.       (4) The board may order the closure of a facility described in Subsection 40-6-5(2)(h) if:   (a) an application is not forthcoming in the time allowed in Subsection (2);     (b) a bond is not posted;     (c) a violation of the rules and regulations of other state or federal agencies exists; or     (d) for other material and substantial cause.       (5) The owner and operator are subject to applicable state, federal, and local rules and regulations.     (6) The records required to be kept by Subsection 40-6-5(2)(i) shall be available for inspection and audit by the board or the board's agents during reasonable working hours.    Amended by Chapter 375, 2020 General Session