{"data":{"id":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-35-37-01","jurisdiction":"us-nd","citation":"N.D. Cent. Code § 35-37-01","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this chapter:\n1.\"First purchaser\" means the first person who purchases oil or gas from an interest owner at or after the time the oil or gas is severed.\n2.\"Interest owner\" means a person owning an entire or fractional interest of any kind or nature in the oil or gas at the time it is severed, or a person who has a right, either express or implied, to receive a monetary payment determined by the value of the oil or gas severed.\n3.\"Operator\" means a person engaged in the severance of oil or gas.\n4.\"Purchaser\" means a person who purchases oil or gas from a first purchaser.\n5.\"Severed\" means the taking, extraction, or production from the land of oil or gas in any manner.","path":["Title 35 Liens","Chapter 35-37 Oil And Gas Owner'S Sales Liens"],"source_url":"https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t35c37.pdf","current_through":"2026-07-31T11:12:02","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T21:04:14Z","sha256":"b4e60e49d31cb4ba2d56079d978d5005992164ea65f155a18a57c2b49f21381b","source_id":"us-nd","stale":true,"prev":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-35-36-09","next":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-35-37-02"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}