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TITLE 77. STATE LANDS
CHAPTER 3. ROCK, MINERAL, COAL, OIL, AND GAS RESOURCES
Part 4. Oil and Gas
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Mont. Code Ann. § 77-3-404

Limitation on area under single lease

An oil or gas lease issued on state lands may not embrace more than 640 acres, except that any section surveyed by the United States which contains more than 640 acres may be included under one lease.

Official Annotations
History:
En. Sec. 2, Ch. 108, L. 1927
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 193, L. 1931
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 171, L. 1933
Re-en. Sec. 1882.2, R.C.M. 1935
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 109, L. 1941
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 91, L. 1943
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 128, L. 1945
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 122, L. 1953
Amd. Sec. 84, Ch. 428, L. 1973
R.C.M. 1947, 81-1702(part).
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