5-5-25. Notice to lessee of expiration of lease–Rental rate for extension. The commissioner shall notify each lessee by certified or registered mail directed to his post office address, as shown by the records in the office of the commissioner, on or before the first day of November first preceding the expiration of each lease that […]
5-5-27. Extension or renewal on application by lessee–Cancellation of lease on failure to renew. If the lessee wishes to exercise the option to receive a new lease, the lessee shall sign one copy of the duplicate notice mailed to the lessee by the commissioner. The lessee shall return it to the commissioner on or before […]
5-5-28. Permit to new lessee to enter for fall tillage, weed control, and planting–Protection of original lessee. Whenever the commissioner of school and public lands shall offer any school or endowment agricultural lands for re-leasing before the expiration of an existing lease and the lands are leased to any person other than the holder of […]
5-5-29. Deposit by new lessee or purchaser to cover improvements–Election by owner to remove improvements. If any permitted improvement is located on any school or endowment land and the land has been offered for lease or sale and a person other than the owner of the improvement is the highest bidder, the bidder shall deposit […]
5-5-3. Designation of lands to be leased–Establishment of regulations. The commissioner of school and public lands shall designate from time to time such lands as may be leased for meadow and pasturage purposes only, also such lands as may be leased for either meadow and pasturage, or for agricultural purposes. The commissioner shall establish such […]
5-5-30. Application by owner of improvements for appraisal–Deposit for cost of appraisal. If the owner of the improvement described in §5-5-29 elects not to remove the improvement and the owner does not agree with the successful bidder on the value of the improvement, the owner shall within five business days from the date on which […]
5-5-31. Appraisal of improvements–Composition and appointment of board–Report of appraisal–Immunity from liability. Any improvement on any school or endowment land shall be appraised by a board of three disinterested freeholders who shall be residents of the county where the property is located. The board of appraisal shall be constituted as follows: the owner of the […]
5-5-32. Acceptance or rejection of appraisal. If any permitted improvement is appraised pursuant to §5-5-31, the owner of the improvement shall accept or reject the appraisal by written notice to the county auditor within five business days from the date of the appraisal or the appraisal is deemed rejected and a lease or conveyance shall […]
5-5-33. Hunting in crops on school and public lands prohibited–Exception. No person may engage in hunting in any standing, unharvested crops on any school and public lands, unless the crop is designated for conservation or wildlife habitat. Source: SL 2003, ch 32, §1.
5-5-4. Leases to be at public auction after notice–Maximum tract. All common school, indemnity, and endowment lands shall be leased for pasturage, meadow, farming, the growing of crops of grain and general agricultural purposes, and at public auction after notice as provided in §5-5-5 and amendatory acts and in tracts not greater than one section. […]
5-5-5. Publication of notice of leasing auction. If land situated in a county is designated for leasing as provided in §5-5-3, such land shall be advertised for lease at public auction by the publication of a notice stating the time and place at which the leasing of the land will begin. The notice shall be […]
5-5-6. Conduct, time, and place of leasing auction–Commissioner to conduct auction. The lands designated shall be offered for lease at public auction to the highest bidder, at the courthouse of the county within which the lands are situated; or, if there be no courthouse, at the building in which the office of the county auditor […]
5-5-6.1. Minimum rental rate for agricultural lands. The commissioner of school and public lands shall establish the minimum annual rental rate per acre of all agricultural lands which are administered by the commissioner. The minimum annual rental rate per acre shall be the rate at which bidding is started. In fixing the minimum annual rental […]
5-5-8. Division or joining of tracts not leased at auction–Continuation and adjournment of auction. If a tract is offered for lease and no satisfactory bid is received, the legal subdivisions of the tract may be separately offered; or such tract may be offered in connection with other tracts of agricultural or grazing lands within the […]
