{"data":{"id":"us-la/rs-31-80","jurisdiction":"us-la","citation":"RS 31:80","heading":"Nature of mineral royalty","body":"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.","path":["TITLE 31. MINERAL CODE","CHAPTER 5. THE MINERAL ROYALTY","PART 1. THE NATURE OF THE MINERAL ROYALTY"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=87994","current_through":"2025 First Extraordinary Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:56:13Z","sha256":"7c5c46a72f875a9e5c30f55f7cc707ddffbb55445b9794ef0b06c228a2b88a0b","source_id":"us-la","stale":false,"prev":"us-la/rs-31-79","next":"us-la/rs-31-81"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}