by David Ganje | Feb 19, 2019 | Mineral & Mining Law, Mineral & Mining Law, North Dakota Mineral Interests
A recent South Dakota Supreme Court decision, Holsti v. Kimber, has shed light on two areas of the dormant mineral act, previously untouched by South Dakota’s highest court: first, what constitutes “use” and “nonuse” of a mineral interest in order for a claimant to...
by David Ganje | Jan 27, 2016 | Bakken Development, Dormant Mineral Rights, Lost Mineral Interests, Mineral & Mining Law, Mineral Interests, Mineral Rights, North Dakota Environmental Law, North Dakota Law, North Dakota Mineral Interests, North Dakota Oil & Gas, North Dakota Oil & Gas Law
In North Dakota one can give legal notice by mail to a deceased individual, even though he long ago went to that great oil patch in the sky. It is something out of a Charles Dicken’s novel. You can communicate and give notice to the dead. A landowner seeking to claim...
by David Ganje | Oct 2, 2014 | Lost Mineral Interests, Management of Water Systems, Managment of Water Rights, Mineral & Mining Law, Mineral Interests, Mineral Rights, Natural Resources Litigation, North Dakota Law, North Dakota Mineral Interests, Real Estate Law, Water Rights
Full property disclosure laws are needed in North Dakota. Current law does not require that the seller disclose information regarding mineral rights ownership at the time of a closing when selling real property. Mineral rights affect the sale of real estate and...
by David Ganje | Apr 7, 2014 | Curative Action to Correct Title Defects, Lost Mineral Interests, North Dakota Mineral Interests, Royalty Interest, South Dakota Mineral Interests, Title Curative Oil & Gas, Title Curative Services, Title Examination & Curative Resolution, Unlocatable Mineral Interests
Foster Care for Unlocatable Mineral Interest Owners Natural resources development and extraction is both cleaner and fairer if all the owners of mineral interests participate. This statement of preferred principal is not, however, reality. Many owners are...
