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urn: urn:us-la:rs:31:80
citation: "R.S. 31:80"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 31 › Chapter 5"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1974, number: 50, section: 80, effective_date: 1975-01-01, role: enactment }
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# Nature of mineral royalty

A mineral royalty is the right to participate in production of minerals from land owned by another or land subject to a mineral servitude owned by another. Unless expressly qualified by the parties, a royalty is a right to share in gross production free of mining or drilling and production costs.