Section 19-10-40 - Litigants to show right to have royalties placed in suspense fund; determination of amount. - New Mexico Statutes

19-10-40. [Litigants to show right to have royalties placed in suspense fund; determination of amount.]

The  commissioner of public lands shall require the lessee or any party litigant in such litigation desiring to have such royalties placed in such suspense fund, to make such showing by affidavit or otherwise as the commissioner may require, that  such litigation is pending and involves the question or questions referred to in Section 1 [19-10-39 NMSA 1978] hereof; and he shall require such lessee or any party litigant to furnish such information as may be necessary to determine the amount  of royalties accruing from each and every tract of land involved in such litigation.