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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 519A - Reclamation of Land Subject to Mining Operations or Exploration Projects › NRS 519A.020 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 519A.030 to 519A.130, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1281)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 519A - Reclamation of Land Subject to Mining Operations or Exploration Projects › NRS 519A.040 - "Affected" defined.

"Affected" means that the surface of the land is or will be disturbed by mining, or that the land will be used:
1. As an evaporation or settling pond, leach dump, placer area or tailings pond or dump; or
2. In conjunction with any structure, facility, equipment, machine, tool, material or property incident to mining.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1281)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 519A - Reclamation of Land Subject to Mining Operations or Exploration Projects › NRS 519A.070 - "Exploration project" defined.

"Exploration project" means all activities conducted in this state by a person on or beneath the surface of land for the purpose of, or in connection with, determining the presence, location, extent, depth or grade of any mineral, which affects the surface. The term does not include a small exploration project.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1281)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 519A - Reclamation of Land Subject to Mining Operations or Exploration Projects › NRS 519A.080 - "Mining operation" defined.

"Mining operation" means all activities conducted in this state by a person on or beneath the surface of land for the purpose of, or in connection with, the development or extraction of any mineral. The term does not include an aggregate or sand pit or a small mining operation.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1282)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 519A - Reclamation of Land Subject to Mining Operations or Exploration Projects › NRS 519A.100 - "Reclamation" defined.

"Reclamation" means actions performed during or after an exploration project or mining operation to shape, stabilize, revegetate or otherwise treat the land in order to return it to a safe, stable condition consistent with the establishment of a productive postmining use of the land and the abandonment of a facility in a manner which ensures the public safety, as well as the encouragement of techniques which minimize the adverse visual effects.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1282)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 519A - Reclamation of Land Subject to Mining Operations or Exploration Projects › NRS 519A.110 - "Small exploration project" defined.

"Small exploration project" means an exploration project which is limited to a surface disturbance of not more than 5 acres in any calendar year. To determine the area of the surface disturbed, all land disturbed and left unreclaimed by an operator within a 1-mile radius of the center of the project must be considered.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1282)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 519A - Reclamation of Land Subject to Mining Operations or Exploration Projects › NRS 519A.120 - "Small mining operation" defined.

"Small mining operation" means a person who disturbs less than 5 acres of land in any calendar year. To determine the area of the surface disturbed, all land disturbed and left unreclaimed by an operator within a 1-mile radius of the center of the project must be considered.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1282; A 1991, 1944)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 519A - Reclamation of Land Subject to Mining Operations or Exploration Projects › NRS 519A.130 - "Surety" defined.

"Surety" means, but is not limited to, a trust fund, surety bonds that guarantee performance or payment into a trust fund, letters of credit, insurance, corporate or other guarantees of performance, or any combination of these or other forms of security approved by the Director of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and used to ensure that reclamation will be completed.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1282)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 519A - Reclamation of Land Subject to Mining Operations or Exploration Projects › NRS 519A.140 - Duties of Division.

The Division shall:
1. Administer and enforce the provisions of NRS 519A.010 to 519A.280, inclusive, and the regulations adopted by the Commission pursuant to NRS 519A.160.
2. Employ persons who are experienced and qualified in the area of reclamation.
3. Enter into a memorandum of understanding with the United States Bureau of Land Management and the United States Forest Service concerning the adoption by those agencies of plans of reclamation that:
(a) Apply to mining operations or exploration projects that are conducted on a site which includes public land administered by a federal agency and privately owned land; and
(b) Substantially provide for the reclamation and security required by this chapter.
4. Develop and offer to operators on a regular basis educational workshops that include and emphasize reclamation training and techniques suitable for small exploration projects and mining operations.
5. Offer advice and technical assistance to operators.
6. Approve, reject or impose conditions upon the approval of any plan for reclamation for an exploration project or mining operation.
7. Provide the Division of Minerals of the Commission on Mineral Resources with a copy of any conditions imposed upon an approved plan and the security required, on the same day that information is sent to the operator.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1282; A 1993, 1686; 1999, 3630)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 519A - Reclamation of Land Subject to Mining Operations or Exploration Projects › NRS 519A.150 - Powers of Division.

The Division may:
1. Conduct or authorize investigations, research, experiments and demonstrations relating to reclamation.
2. Collect and disseminate nonconfidential information relating to mining reclamation.
3. Enter into agreements relating to reclamation with other state and federal governmental agencies pursuant to which services relating to reclamation are provided by the Division or a governmental agency in exchange for other consideration.
4. Receive federal, state or any other money and expend it to carry out the purposes of NRS 519A.010 to 519A.280, inclusive, or any regulation adopted by the Commission pursuant to NRS 519A.160.
5. Hold hearings and issue orders relating to the administration or enforcement of the provisions of NRS 519A.010 to 519A.280, inclusive, or any regulation adopted by the Commission pursuant to NRS 519A.160.
6. Summon witnesses, administer oaths and require the production of pertinent records, books and other documents for examination at any hearing or investigation conducted by it relating to the administration or enforcement of the provisions of NRS 519A.010 to 519A.280, inclusive, or any regulation adopted by the Commission pursuant to NRS 519A.160.
7. Request the Attorney General to bring suit in the name of the State of Nevada against any person whom it finds has violated any provision of NRS 519A.010 to 519A.280, inclusive, or any regulation adopted by the Commission pursuant to NRS 519A.160, to restrain the person from continuing the violation.
8. Modify any plan for reclamation previously approved by it if:
(a) Any provision of the plan is in conflict with the provisions of a specific statute;
(b) Any provision of the plan becomes impossible or impracticable to implement; or
(c) Any significant problem that was not previously considered by the Division is discovered to exist which results or may result from reclamation.
9. Suspend or revoke a permit upon a noticed hearing and a finding by the Division that the holder of the permit has violated any provision of NRS 519A.010 to 519A.280, inclusive, a plan of reclamation, any condition placed on a plan of reclamation or any regulation adopted by the Commission pursuant to NRS 519A.160.
10. Take any other action reasonable and necessary to enable it to administer or enforce the provisions of NRS 519A.010 to 519A.280, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1283)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 519A - Reclamation of Land Subject to Mining Operations or Exploration Projects › NRS 519A.160 - Regulations of Commission.

The Commission shall adopt regulations:
1. Establishing reasonable fees, based on the actual cost of administration and enforcement, to be charged by the Division for an application for and the issuance of a permit, the rates of which must be set to differentiate between mining operations located on federal land and those operations on state or private land;
2. Consistent with regulations adopted by the United States Bureau of Land Management that are contained in Title 43 of the Code of Federal Regulations and that do not conflict with any provision of this chapter or any other regulation adopted by the Commission pursuant to this section;
3. Setting forth the information required in relation to the mining operation and maps of the area for inclusion in the checklist developed pursuant to NRS 519A.220;
4. Providing for the holding of reclamation performance bonds or other surety by the State and conditions governing the release and forfeiture of those bonds or other surety;
5. Providing for a schedule within which reclamation must be completed;
6. Establishing a schedule of civil penalties for the violation of NRS 519A.010 to 519A.280, inclusive;
7. Providing for informational filings related to reclamation by small mining operations; and
8. Necessary to enable the Division to carry out the provisions of NRS 519A.010 to 519A.280, inclusive, and the regulations adopted by the Commission pursuant to this section.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1283)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 519A - Reclamation of Land Subject to Mining Operations or Exploration Projects › NRS 519A.170 - Fees: Disposition; interest.

All fees collected by the Division pursuant to this chapter, including, without limitation, the fees for an application for and the issuance of a permit, must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the appropriate account of the Division and must be used in the administration of NRS 519A.010 to 519A.280, inclusive. All interest earned on the money credited pursuant to this section must be credited to the account to which the money was credited.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1284; A 2003, 347)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 519A - Reclamation of Land Subject to Mining Operations or Exploration Projects › NRS 519A.220 - Applicant to complete checklist for permit; contents.

The Division shall develop a checklist to be completed by applicants for a permit to engage in a mining operation. The information requested by the checklist must include:
1. Information relating to the plan for reclamation, including:
(a) The proposed subsequent use of the land after the mining operation is completed;
(b) The proposed schedule of reclamation that will be followed;
(c) The proposed topography of the land after the mining operation is completed;
(d) The treatment of slopes created or affected by the mining operation;
(e) The proposed use of impoundments;
(f) The kinds of access roads to be built and the manner of reclamation of road sites;
(g) The methods of drainage that will be used during the mining operation and reclamation;
(h) The revegetation of the land;
(i) The monitoring and maintenance of the reclaimed land that will be performed by the operator;
(j) The reclamation that will be necessary as a result of instream mining;
(k) The effect that reclamation will have on future mining in that area; and
(l) The effect of the reclamation on public safety.
2. Information relating to the mining operation and maps of the area which is required by the regulations adopted by the Commission pursuant to NRS 519A.160.
3. Other information as requested by the Administrator which the Administrator determines is pertinent to the reclamation activities of the mining operation.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1285)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 519A - Reclamation of Land Subject to Mining Operations or Exploration Projects › NRS 519A.240 - Effect of compliance with federal plan of operations.

If a mining operation or exploration project is conducted on land administered by a federal agency, an approved federal plan of operations and a surety that are consistent with the requirements of this chapter supersede the requirements for a permit and bond or other surety otherwise required by this chapter. If the mining operation or exploration project is conducted on a site which includes both public land and privately owned land, compliance with the federal plan suffices if that plan substantially provides for the reclamation and bond or other surety required by this chapter. Nothing in this section affects the requirement for a permit set forth in NRS 519A.180 or 519A.200 or the required payment of fees set forth in NRS 519A.160 or 519A.260.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1286; A 1991, 201)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 519A - Reclamation of Land Subject to Mining Operations or Exploration Projects › NRS 519A.250 - Operator required to provide Division of Minerals copy of filing of plan of operation or amended plan submitted to federal agency; fee; refund for reduction of acres disturbed; biennial report by Division of Minerals; regulations.

1. An operator who is required by federal law to file a plan of operation or an amended plan of operation with the United States Bureau of Land Management or the United States Forest Service for operations relating to mining or exploration on public land administered by a federal agency, shall, not later than 30 days after the approval of the plan or amended plan, provide the Division of Minerals of the Commission on Mineral Resources with a copy of the filing and pay to the Division of Minerals a fee in an amount established pursuant to subsection 5 for each acre or part of an acre of land to be disturbed by mining included in the plan or incremental acres to be disturbed pursuant to an amended plan.
2. The Division of Minerals shall adopt by regulation a method of refunding a portion of the fee required by this section if a plan of operation is amended to reduce the number of acres or part of an acre to be disturbed pursuant to the amended plan. The refund must be based on the reduced number of acres or part of an acre to be disturbed.
3. All money received by the Division of Minerals pursuant to subsection 1 must be accounted for separately and used by the Division of Minerals to create and administer programs for:
(a) The abatement of hazardous conditions existing at abandoned mine sites which have been identified and ranked pursuant to the degree of hazard established by regulations adopted by the Division of Minerals; and
(b) The education of the members of the general public concerning the dangers of the hazardous conditions described in paragraph (a).
All interest and income earned on the money in the account, after deducting applicable charges, must be deposited in the Account for the Division of Minerals created pursuant to NRS 513.103.
4. On or before February 1 of each odd-numbered year, the Division of Minerals shall file a report with the Governor and the Legislature describing its activities, total revenues and expenditures pursuant to this section.
5. The Commission on Mineral Resources shall, by regulation, establish the fee required pursuant to subsection 1 in an amount not to exceed $30 per acre.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1286; A 1989, 2063; 1991, 1780; 1993, 210, 211, 1687; 1995, 511; 1999, 891, 3631; 2001, 66)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 519A - Reclamation of Land Subject to Mining Operations or Exploration Projects › NRS 519A.260 - Annual submission of reports and payment of fees by operator; disposition of money received.

1. Each operator shall, on or before April 15 of each year, submit to the Administrator a report relating to the status and production of all mining operations and exploration projects in which the operator has engaged and identifying each acre of land affected and land reclaimed by that mining operation or exploration project through the preceding calendar year, and shall pay to the Division a fee of:
(a) One dollar and fifty cents for each acre of public land administered by a federal agency; and
(b) Five dollars and fifty cents for each acre of privately owned land,
which has been disturbed by mining operations or exploration projects engaged in by the operator and not reclaimed.
2. All money received by the State Treasurer pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 together with three-elevenths of all money received by the State Treasurer pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1, up to a maximum of $100,000 annually, must be distributed directly to the Bureau of Mines and Geology of the State of Nevada to be used to carry out the provisions of NRS 514.060. Any money in excess of the maximum and the balance collected pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 must be credited to the appropriate account for the Division and used to administer the provisions of this chapter.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1287; A 1991, 201)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 519A - Reclamation of Land Subject to Mining Operations or Exploration Projects › NRS 519A.270 - Notice of noncompliance; method of service; contents; hearing.

If the Division has reason to believe that any provision of NRS 519A.010 to 519A.280, inclusive, a plan for reclamation, any condition placed on a plan for reclamation or any regulation adopted by the Commission pursuant to NRS 519A.160, has been violated, the Division shall serve a notice of noncompliance upon the holder of the permit. The notice must:
1. Be served personally or by registered mail addressed to the holder of the permit at his or her address as shown on the records of the Division;
2. Specify each violation; and
3. Set a date and time for a hearing and inform the person that the person’s permit may be suspended or revoked and the person’s bond or other surety forfeited upon completion of the hearing or if the person fails to attend the hearing.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1287)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 519A - Reclamation of Land Subject to Mining Operations or Exploration Projects › NRS 519A.280 - Penalties; disposition of money; injunctions and other remedies.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 445C.010 to 445C.120, inclusive, a person who violates any provision of NRS 519A.010 to 519A.280, inclusive, or any regulation adopted by the Commission pursuant to NRS 519A.160, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, in addition to any criminal penalty, is subject to a civil penalty imposed by the Division at a hearing for which notice has been given, in an amount determined pursuant to the schedule adopted by the Commission pursuant to NRS 519A.160.
2. Any money received by the Division pursuant to subsection 1 must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the appropriate account of the Division. All interest earned on the money credited pursuant to this section must be credited to the account to which the money was credited.
3. In addition to any other remedy provided by this chapter, the Division may compel compliance with any provision of NRS 519A.010 to 519A.280, inclusive, or of any regulation adopted or permit or order issued pursuant to those sections, by injunction or other appropriate remedy. The Division may institute and maintain in the name of the State of Nevada any such enforcement proceedings.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1287; A 1997, 1081; 2003, 347; 2019, 3980)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 519A - Reclamation of Land Subject to Mining Operations or Exploration Projects › NRS 519A.290 - Development and administration of program by Division of Minerals; requirements for program; regulations; action to recover costs incurred by program.

1. The Division of Minerals of the Commission on Mineral Resources shall develop and administer a program providing for the pooling of reclamation performance bonds to assist:
(a) An operator to comply with the bonding and surety requirements of this chapter;
(b) A person who engages in small mining operations or small exploration projects to comply with the requirements for financial guarantees set forth in the regulations adopted pursuant to 43 U.S.C. § 1740; or
(c) A person who engages in mining operations, small mining operations, exploration projects or small exploration projects to comply with the bonding requirements imposed pursuant to an ordinance adopted by a county in this State.
2. The program must:
(a) Be designed to reduce the financial burden of obtaining a reclamation performance bond for mining operations, small mining operations, exploration projects or small exploration projects;
(b) Require each operator or any other person who participates in the program to:
(1) Pay an amount into the pool each year which annually is actuarially determined to enable the program to be self-sustaining;
(2) Execute an agreement of indemnity on a form provided by the Division of Minerals; and
(3) Provide collateral or other security approved by the Administrator of the Division of Minerals if the Administrator considers it necessary to ensure against the forfeiture of a reclamation performance bond;
(c) Use the money in the pool to cover the bonded liability of the operators and any other persons who participate in the program;
(d) Provide a limit on the total bonded liability of any person who may be covered under the program; and
(e) Provide conditions for the release and forfeiture of bonds.
3. The Division of Minerals shall adopt regulations relating to the development and administration of the program.
4. If the reclamation performance bond of an operator or any other person who participates in the program is forfeited, the Attorney General may bring an action in the name of the State of Nevada in any court of competent jurisdiction against the operator or such other person to recover the costs incurred by the program in the reclamation of the land.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1287; A 1993, 1688; 1997, 910; 1999, 3631)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 520 - Mining Corporations and Partnerships › NRS 520.010 - Institution of action.

When three or more persons, owning or claiming as joint tenants, tenants in common or coparceners a majority of the number of feet, shares or interests in any mining claim in this State, shall have formed, or shall hereafter form themselves into a corporation or organized association for the purpose of working and developing such mining claim, and shall actually proceed to work and develop the same, such corporation or association may, without demand, except by commencement of an action, institute in any court of competent jurisdiction suit in its corporate or associate name, as upon an implied contract for the payment of money, against any person not a stockholder in or a member of such corporation or association, owning or claiming to own in such mining claim as joint tenant, tenant in common or coparcener, for his or her proportion of the money actually expended, or indebtedness assumed, by such corporation or association in the actual and necessary working and development of such mining claim.
[1:73:1865; B § 91; BH § 247; C § 263; RL § 2476; NCL § 4174]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 520 - Mining Corporations and Partnerships › NRS 520.020 - Determination of minority owner’s proportion of money expended or assumed indebtedness.

The proportion of money expended or indebtedness assumed by such corporation or association, and for the payment of which such joint tenant, tenant in common or coparcener is made liable under the provisions of NRS 520.010 to 520.070, inclusive, shall be deemed such an amount of money or indebtedness as bears the same proportion to the whole amount of money expended or indebtedness assumed as the interest in the mining claim owned or claimed by such joint tenant, tenant in common or coparcener bears to the whole of the mining claim.
[2:73:1865; B § 92; BH § 248; C § 264; RL § 2477; NCL § 4175]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 520 - Mining Corporations and Partnerships › NRS 520.030 - Notice of intention to institute action; joinder of defendants; judgment and costs.

1. In all cases the defendant, prior to the institution of suit under the provisions of NRS 520.010 to 520.070, inclusive, shall be entitled to 3 weeks’ notice of the intention of such corporation or association to institute such suit, which notice may be either served personally or by publication in some newspaper published in the county within which such mining claim is located. If no newspaper is published in the county, then publication shall be made in a newspaper published in the nearest adjoining county.
2. Any number of such joint tenants, tenants in common or coparceners may be joined as parties defendant in any suit instituted under the provisions of NRS 520.010 to 520.070, inclusive, but each defendant shall be entitled to plead separately. When the cause shall be tried by jury, as many of the separate issues of fact as may be agreed upon by the parties may be determined by the same jury.
3. Judgment shall be rendered for or against each defendant separately, and the costs of suit may be apportioned among the several parties defendant, against whom judgment may be rendered, in such manner as to the court may appear just and equitable.
[3:73:1865; B § 93; BH § 249; C § 265; RL § 2478; NCL § 4176]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 520 - Mining Corporations and Partnerships › NRS 520.040 - Specifications of summons.

The summons shall specify:
1. The amount of money actually expended or indebtedness assumed by such corporation or association in the actual and necessary working and development of the mining claim.
2. The amount due from each joint tenant, tenant in common or coparcener as his or her proportion of such money or indebtedness.
[4:73:1865; B § 94; BH § 250; C § 266; RL § 2479; NCL § 4177]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 520 - Mining Corporations and Partnerships › NRS 520.050 - Venue; service of process; applicability of Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure.

1. All suits instituted under the provisions of NRS 520.010 to 520.070, inclusive, shall be brought in the county within which the mining claim is located.
2. Where the defendant is a nonresident of the county within which suit is brought, but a resident of the State, service of summons may be had personally, as in other cases, or by publication in the same manner as provided by Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure for service of summons by publication where the defendant is a nonresident of the State.
3. All of the provisions of law and Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure regulating proceedings in other civil cases shall, so far as the same are applicable, apply to suits instituted under NRS 520.010 to 520.070, inclusive.
[5:73:1865; B § 95; BH § 251; C § 267; RL § 2480; NCL § 4178]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 520 - Mining Corporations and Partnerships › NRS 520.060 - Money expended or assumed indebtedness is lien against minority owner’s share; judgments and executions bind only defendant’s mining interest.

1. The amount of money expended or indebtedness assumed by such corporation or association as the proportion due from such joint tenant, tenant in common or coparcener for the actual and necessary working and development of the mining claim shall be a lien in favor of such corporation or association upon the interest of such joint tenant, tenant in common or coparcener in such mining claim from the time such money was expended or indebtedness assumed by such corporation or association.
2. The lien shall bind such interest from the time of such payment or assumption as against any subsequent purchaser, mortgagee or other person acquiring a lien upon, or title to, or interest in the same.
3. Suit may be instituted against the person owning or claiming such interest at the time of the commencement of the action for the recovery of the whole amount due upon such interest.
4. All judgments rendered in any action instituted under the provisions of NRS 520.010 to 520.070, inclusive, and any execution issued thereon, shall bind and run against such interest, and no other property of the defendant shall be subject to execution on the judgment.
[6:73:1865; B § 96; BH § 252; C § 268; RL § 2481; NCL § 4179]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 520 - Mining Corporations and Partnerships › NRS 520.070 - Sales of interests in mining claims under execution on judgment absolute; rights of purchasers.

All sales of any interest in a mining claim under an execution issued on a judgment obtained in any suit instituted under the provisions of NRS 520.010 to 520.070, inclusive, shall be absolute, and the purchaser shall be entitled to the immediate possession of the interest purchased at such sale.
[7:73:1865; B § 97; BH § 253; C § 269; RL § 2482; NCL § 4180]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 520 - Mining Corporations and Partnerships › NRS 520.110 - Right of stockholder to inspect company’s mines; issuance of order for inspection; duty of superintendent.

1. Any person who is the bona fide owner of stock shares representing the value of one-fifth of 1 percent of the original capital stock of any company incorporated for the purpose of working upon and mining in any lode, ledge, deposit or bed of the precious metals or useful minerals in this State, and any number of persons who are bona fide owners of an aggregate number of mining shares, amounting in value to one-fifth of 1 percent of such capital stock, at the time application for a permit to examine any such mine shall be made, may, upon a written order from the county clerk or from the justice of the peace of the township in which such lode, ledge, deposit or bed is located, fully examine all of the shafts, adits, borings, drifts, stopes, hoisting apparatus, properties and appurtenances belonging to any such mining company.
2. Not more than one owner of such percentage or aggregate percentages of such mining stock, either in person or by an accredited agent, is entitled to such written order for examination of any specified mine or mining property oftener than twice in 1 month; these days shall, however, not be less than 14 days apart.
3. The superintendent or other person or persons in charge of any incorporated mining claim or mining property in this State shall keep posted in some conspicuous place at or near the mine the day of the week in which authorized stockholders may be admitted under the provisions of NRS 520.110 to 520.150, inclusive, and shall, on such day, admit any authorized stockholder to examine all of the shafts, adits, borings, drifts, stopes, hoisting apparatus, properties and appurtenances belonging to any such mining company.
[1:41:1877; A 1879, 57; BH § 284; C § 301; RL § 2492; NCL § 4194]—(NRS A 1959, 119)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 520 - Mining Corporations and Partnerships › NRS 520.120 - Registration of stockholder with county clerk or justice of the peace; fee for registration and administering oath.

1. Each county clerk, or justice of the peace in each of the townships, shall keep in his or her office a suitable book for registration, in which he or she shall enter the names of all persons who shall be entitled to the privileges granted by NRS 520.110 to 520.150, inclusive.
2. The county clerks, or justices of the peace of the several townships, are authorized to administer an oath or affirmation to each applicant for such privileges. For administering such oath or affirmation and for registering the name of the applicant, the county clerk or justice of the peace shall receive a fee of $1, to be paid by the applicant at the time of registration.
[2:41:1877; BH § 285; RL § 2493; NCL § 4195]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 520 - Mining Corporations and Partnerships › NRS 520.130 - Applicant to present stock certificates to county clerk or justice of the peace; oath of applicant.

1. Upon making application as provided in NRS 520.120 for the privilege of entering and examining any of the mining properties mentioned in NRS 520.110, the applicant must present to the county clerk or justice of the peace certificates of stock shares, or informational statements sent pursuant to NRS 78.235, indicating ownership of one-fifth of 1 percent of the original capital stock of the company whose mine or mining property the applicant desires to examine.
2. Thereupon, the applicant must make oath or affirmation that the stock certificates or informational statements presented by the applicant are currently accurate and are actually the applicant’s own property, or that the certificates of stock or informational statements at the time of presentation are currently accurate and really belong to the person or persons whom the applicant is, under the provisions of NRS 520.110, authorized to represent.
[3:41:1877; A 1879, 57; BH § 286; RL § 2494; NCL § 4196]—(NRS A 1987, 586)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 520 - Mining Corporations and Partnerships › NRS 520.140 - Order for admission to mine.

Immediately upon complying with the provisions of NRS 520.130, the county clerk or justice of the peace shall furnish the applicant with a written order for admission to the mine and mining properties which the applicant may desire to examine.
[4:41:1877; A 1879, 57; BH § 287; RL § 2495; NCL § 4197]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 520 - Mining Corporations and Partnerships › NRS 520.150 - Penalty for failure to comply with NRS 520.110.

Any mining superintendent, mining foreman or mining secretary of any incorporated mining company in this state, acting under and for such mining company, who shall fail or refuse to comply with any of the conditions mentioned in NRS 520.110 shall for each such failure or refusal be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[5:41:1877; BH § 288; RL § 2496; NCL § 4198]—(NRS A 1967, 607)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 520 - Mining Corporations and Partnerships › NRS 520.170 - Express agreement unnecessary; origin of relationship.

An express agreement to become partners or to share the profits and losses of mining is not necessary to the formation or existence of a mining partnership. The relation arises from the ownership of shares or interests in the mine and working it for the purpose of extracting the minerals therefrom.
[2:155:1933; 1931 NCL § 5030.01]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 520 - Mining Corporations and Partnerships › NRS 520.180 - Sharing of profits and losses: Proportion.

A member of a mining partnership shares in the profits and losses thereof in the proportion which the interest or share the member owns in the mine bears to the whole partnership capital or whole number of shares.
[3:155:1933; 1931 NCL § 5030.02]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 520 - Mining Corporations and Partnerships › NRS 520.210 - Transfer of interests of members: Operation and effect.

One of the partners in a mining partnership may convey his or her interest in the mine and business without dissolving the partnership. The purchaser, from the date of the purchase, becomes a member of the partnership.
[6:155:1933; 1931 NCL § 5030.05]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 520 - Mining Corporations and Partnerships › NRS 520.220 - Liability of purchaser of interest in mining ground.

A purchaser of an interest in the mining ground of a mining partnership takes it subject to the liens existing in favor of the partners for debts due all creditors thereof, or advances made for the benefit of the partnership, unless the purchaser purchased in good faith, for a valuable consideration, without notice of such lien.
[7:155:1933; 1931 NCL § 5030.06]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 520 - Mining Corporations and Partnerships › NRS 520.230 - Notice of existence of liens.

A purchaser of the interest of a partner in a mine, when the partnership is engaged in working it, takes with notice of all liens resulting from the relation of the partners to each other and to the creditors of the partnership.
[8:155:1933; 1931 NCL § 5030.07]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 520 - Mining Corporations and Partnerships › NRS 520.260 - Formation of partnership under chapter 87, 87A or 88 of NRS.

Nothing contained in NRS 520.160 to 520.250, inclusive, prevents persons described in NRS 520.160 from forming a partnership under chapter 87, 87A or 88 of NRS.
[11:155:1933; 1931 NCL § 5030.10]—(NRS A 1985, 1296; 2007, 487)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 522 - Oil and Gas › NRS 522.020 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 522.021 to 522.0395, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
[2:202:1953; A 1955, 55]—(NRS A 1977, 1149; 1983, 2078; 1991, 386, 962; 2015, 173)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 522 - Oil and Gas › NRS 522.021 - "Correlative rights" defined.

"Correlative rights" means the opportunity afforded, so far as it is practicable to do so, to the owner of each property in a pool to produce without waste the owner’s just and equitable share of the oil or gas, or both, in the pool and for this purpose to use the owner’s just and equitable share of the reservoir’s energy.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 2070)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 522 - Oil and Gas › NRS 522.024 - "Division order" defined.

"Division order" means a written instrument executed for the purpose of:
1. Directing the distribution of the proceeds from the sale of the production from an oil or gas well among the owners of the interests in that production;
2. Setting forth the name and address of each of those owners; and
3. Enabling the purchaser of the production from an oil or gas well who is responsible for the distribution to make remittance directly to each of those owners.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 960)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 522 - Oil and Gas › NRS 522.0275 - "Hydraulic fracturing" and "hydraulically fractured" defined.

"Hydraulic fracturing" or "hydraulically fractured" means the process of pumping a fluid into or under the surface of the ground to create fractures in the rock to facilitate the production or recovery of oil or gas.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 173)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 522 - Oil and Gas › NRS 522.029 - "Oil" defined.

"Oil" includes:
1. The crude petroleum oil and other hydrocarbons regardless of gravity which are produced at the wellhead in liquid form; and
2. The liquid hydrocarbon known as distillate or condensate recovered or extracted from gas, other than gas produced in association with oil and commonly known as casing-head gas.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 2071)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 522 - Oil and Gas › NRS 522.039 - "Waste" defined.

"Waste" includes:
1. The inefficient, excessive or improper use of or unnecessary dissipation of reservoir energy.
2. The locating, spacing, drilling, equipping, operating or producing of any oil or gas well in a manner which results or tends to result in reducing the quantity of oil or gas to be recovered from any pool in this state under operations conducted in accordance with good engineering practices in an oil field.
3. The inefficient aboveground storage of oil.
4. The locating, spacing, drilling, equipping, operating or producing of any oil or gas well in a manner causing or tending to cause unnecessary or excessive surface loss or destruction of oil or gas.
5. Producing oil or gas in such manner as to cause unnecessary water channeling or coning.
6. The operation of an oil well with an inefficient ratio of gas to oil.
7. The drowning with water of any pool or part thereof capable of producing oil or gas, except insofar as and to the extent authorized by the Commission under this chapter.
8. Underground waste.
9. The creation of unnecessary fire hazards.
10. The escape into the open air, from a well producing oil or gas, of gas in excess of the amount which is reasonably necessary in the efficient production of the well.
11. The use of gas for the manufacture of carbon black, except as provided for in this chapter.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 2071)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 522 - Oil and Gas › NRS 522.040 - Powers and duties of Division.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 522.119:
1. The Division has jurisdiction and authority over all persons and property, public and private, necessary to effectuate the purposes and intent of this chapter.
2. The Division shall make investigation to determine whether waste exists or is imminent, or whether other facts exist which justify or require action by it.
3. The Division shall adopt regulations, make orders and take other appropriate action to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.
4. The Division may:
(a) Require:
(1) Identification of ownership of wells, producing leases, tanks, plants and drilling structures.
(2) The making and filing of reports, well logs and directional surveys. Logs of exploratory or "wildcat" wells marked "confidential" must be kept confidential for 6 months after the filing thereof, unless the owner gives written permission to release those logs at an earlier date.
(3) The drilling, casing and plugging of wells in such a manner as to prevent the escape of oil or gas out of one stratum into another, the intrusion of water into an oil or gas stratum, the pollution of fresh water supplies by oil, gas or salt water, and to prevent blowouts, cavings, seepages and fires.
(4) The furnishing of a reasonable bond with good and sufficient surety conditioned for the performance of the duty to plug each dry or abandoned well or the repair of wells causing waste.
(5) The operation of wells with efficient gas-oil and water-oil ratios, and to fix these ratios.
(6) The gauging or other measuring of oil and gas to determine the quality and quantity thereof.
(7) That every person who produces oil or gas in this State keep and maintain for a period of 5 years within this State complete and accurate record of the quantities thereof, which must be available for examination by the Division or its agents at all reasonable times.
(b) Regulate, for conservation purposes:
(1) The drilling, producing and plugging of wells.
(2) The shooting and chemical treatment of wells.
(3) The spacing of wells.
(4) The disposal of salt water, nonpotable water and oil field wastes.
(5) The contamination or waste of underground water.
(c) Classify wells as oil or gas wells for purposes material to the interpretation or enforcement of this chapter.
[4:202:1953]—(NRS A 1977, 1151; 1981, 86; 1983, 2079; 1993, 1689; 2013, 2776)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 522 - Oil and Gas › NRS 522.050 - Application for issuance of permit or for change in terms of existing permit; fees established by regulation; deposit of fees.

1. A person shall not drill or operate an oil or gas well unless he or she first obtains a permit from the Division pursuant to this section.
2. Every person desiring to drill and operate an oil or gas well or requesting a change in the terms of an existing permit to drill and operate an oil or gas well must:
(a) Submit an application for a permit or for a request to change the terms of an existing permit, as applicable, to the Division on the form prescribed by the Division; and
(b) Pay the applicable fee prescribed pursuant to subsection 3.
3. The Commission on Mineral Resources shall prescribe by regulation the fees for a permit to drill and operate an oil or gas well and for a request to change the terms of an existing permit. The amount of each fee prescribed by the Commission may include the reasonable administrative costs of the Division relating to the filing and examination of applications for such permits or for requests for changes in the terms of such existing permits, as applicable, but the amount of the fee must not exceed:
(a) For a permit to drill and operate an oil or gas well that is not intended to be hydraulically fractured, $2,000.
(b) For a permit to drill and operate an oil or gas well that is intended to be hydraulically fractured, $5,000.
(c) For a request to change the terms of an existing permit to drill and operate an oil or gas well, $400.
4. The Division shall, as soon as practicable after receiving the proper application and fee, issue to the person a permit or change the terms of an existing permit, as applicable, unless the drilling or operation of the well is prohibited by any law or regulation or order of the Division.
5. The Division shall deposit with the State Treasurer, for credit to the Account for the Division of Minerals created pursuant to NRS 513.103, all money received pursuant to subsection 2.
[5:202:1953]—(NRS A 1977, 1151; 1983, 2080; 1993, 1689; 1999, 892, 3632; 2001, 66; 2015, 173)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 522 - Oil and Gas › NRS 522.080 - Use of gas from well to manufacture carbon products without permit is prima facie waste.

The use of gas from a well producing gas only, or from a well which is primarily a gas well, for the manufacture of carbon black or similar products predominantly carbon, is declared to constitute waste prima facie, and the gas well must not be used for any such purpose unless it is clearly shown at a public hearing to be held by the Division, on application of the person desiring to use the gas, that waste would not take place by the use of the gas for the purpose applied for, and that gas which would otherwise be lost is now available for that purpose, and that the gas to be used cannot be used for a more beneficial purpose, such as for light or fuel, except at prohibitive cost, and that it would be in the public interest to grant the permit. If the Division finds that the applicant has clearly shown a right to use the gas for the purpose applied for, it shall issue a permit upon such terms and conditions as may be found necessary in order to permit the use of the gas and at the same time require compliance with the intent of this section.
[8:202:1953]—(NRS A 1977, 1159; 1983, 2082; 1993, 1691)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 522 - Oil and Gas › NRS 522.082 - "Unit production" defined.

As used in NRS 522.082 to 522.0878, inclusive, "unit production" includes all oil and gas produced from a unit area from and after the effective date of the order of the Division creating the unit regardless of the well or tract within the unit area from which it is produced.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 2071; A 1993, 1691)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 522 - Oil and Gas › NRS 522.0824 - Voluntary unitization; petition for compulsory unitization.

1. To prevent, or to assist in preventing waste, as prohibited by this chapter, to ensure a greater ultimate recovery of oil and gas, and to protect the correlative rights of persons owning interests in the tracts of land affected, those persons may validly integrate their interests to provide for the unitized management, development and operation of those tracts of land as a unit. Where those persons have not agreed so to integrate their interests, the Division, upon proper petition, after notice and hearing, shall make and enforce such orders and do such things as may be necessary or proper to carry out the purposes of NRS 522.0828 to 522.0878, inclusive.
2. The petition must set forth a description of the proposed unit area with a map or plat thereof attached, must allege the existence of the facts required to be found by the Division as provided in NRS 522.0828 and must have attached thereto a recommended plan of unitization applicable to the proposed unit area and which the petitioner considers to be fair, reasonable and equitable.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 2072; A 1993, 1692)