458A.5  Drilling permit required.

It is unlawful to commence operations for the drilling of a well for oil or gas or the production of metallic minerals or to commence operations to deepen any well to a different geological formation without first giving the director notice of intention to drill, and without first obtaining a permit from the director, under rules prescribed by the department and paying to the department a fee established by rule of the department for the well. The fee shall be deposited in the general fund of the state.

Section History: Early form

  [C39, § 1360.03; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, § 84.3; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 84.5; 81 Acts, ch 41, § 4; 82 Acts, ch 1199, § 41, 96]

Section History: Recent form

  86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1815, 1816

  C93, § 458A.5


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