Okla. Stat. tit. 17, § 17-168
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Certificate as prima facie evidence - Burden of proof
Official statutory text
If, and when a certificate, as provided in Section 1 hereof, has
been filed and recorded in the land records of the county in which
the tract of land described in said certificate is located, and such
certificate disclosed that no notice of intention to drill an oil
well or gas well on said described land has been filed with the
Commission, or discloses that as to all wells, for which notices to
drill on said lands have been filed, and there has been filed a
notice to plug, or discloses that no production has been reported
from said tract for six (6) months or more prior to the date of said
certificate, said certificate shall constitute prima facie evidence
of the actual status of production from, development of, or
abandonment of operations on said tract, and any person, firm or
corporation, who asserts the existence and validity of any oil and
gas lease, or conveyance, the primary term of which has expired, and
the existence and validity of which lease or conveyance is dependent
upon such development, production, or operations, as defeating the
merchantability of title to the tract covered by said certificate,
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 17. Corporation Commission Page 147
or any part thereof, shall have the burden of proving that such
lease or conveyance is in fact valid and subsisting.
been filed and recorded in the land records of the county in which
the tract of land described in said certificate is located, and such
certificate disclosed that no notice of intention to drill an oil
well or gas well on said described land has been filed with the
Commission, or discloses that as to all wells, for which notices to
drill on said lands have been filed, and there has been filed a
notice to plug, or discloses that no production has been reported
from said tract for six (6) months or more prior to the date of said
certificate, said certificate shall constitute prima facie evidence
of the actual status of production from, development of, or
abandonment of operations on said tract, and any person, firm or
corporation, who asserts the existence and validity of any oil and
gas lease, or conveyance, the primary term of which has expired, and
the existence and validity of which lease or conveyance is dependent
upon such development, production, or operations, as defeating the
merchantability of title to the tract covered by said certificate,
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 17. Corporation Commission Page 147
or any part thereof, shall have the burden of proving that such
lease or conveyance is in fact valid and subsisting.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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