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Ark. Code Ann. § 15-72-216

Requirement that dry or abandoned wells be plugged — Notice of abandonment

Acts 1939, No. 105, § 25; 1979, No. 113, § 4; 1981, No. 523, § 6; A.S.A. 1947, § 53-125; Acts 2019, No. 315, § 1246.

(1) Each abandoned well and each dry hole promptly shall be plugged in the manner and within the time required by rules to be prescribed by the Oil and Gas Commission. The owner of the well shall give notice upon a form the commission may prescribe of the drilling of each dry hole and of the owner's intention to abandon.

(2) No well shall be abandoned until the notice has been given and no fee shall be required to be paid with this notice.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.