South Dakota § 5-7-3 - Lands subject to lease.
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§ 5-7-3. Lands subject to lease.
All coal, ores, asphaltum, metals, minerals, and other metallic or mineral products in or upon lands belonging to the state or in lands which subsequent to July 1, 1919, were or may hereafter be sold, granted, conveyed, or leased for agricultural, meadow, pasturage, or other purposes, or in any way transferred by the state, are subject to lease by the state, except as provided in this chapter.
Source: SL 1919, ch 305, § 1; SL 1931, ch 203, § 13; SDC 1939, § 15.0501; SL 1980, ch 42, § 2; SL 1993, ch 53, § 21.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 5-7-3 ("Lands subject to lease.") is part of the South Dakota Codified Laws, the codified statutory law of South Dakota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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