76-404 Oil and gas leases permitted. - Nebraska Statutes

76-404. Oil and gas leases permitted.Corporations incorporated under the laws of the United States of America, or under the laws of any state of the United States of America, or any foreign corporation or any alien, doing business in this state, may acquire, own, hold, or operate leases for oil, gas, or other hydrocarbon substances, for a period as long as ten years and as long thereafter as oil, gas, or other hydrocarbon substances shall or can be produced in commercial quantities. SourceLaws 1939, c. 97, § 1, p. 417; C.S.Supp.,1941, § 76-502; R.S.1943, § 76-404; Laws 1955, c. 286, § 1, p. 895; Laws 1982, LB 571, § 1.