Illinois Compiled Statutes 765 ILCS 520 — Oil and Gas Rights Act.

Short title

Short title. This Act may be cited as the Oil and Gas Rights Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

When the right to drill for and remove oil and gas from any lands in this State is owned by joint tenants, or tenants in common, whether such right or title is derived by purchase, legacy or descent, or whether any or all of the claimants are minors or adults, any one or more of the persons owning a 1/2 interest or mor…

The owners of such interest desiring to drill for and remove oil and gas may file a complaint in the circuit court of the county in which such lands, or some part thereof, are located, asking the court for permission to drill for and remove oil and gas therefrom for the use and benefit of all the owners of the right to…

Minors and persons under legal disability may institute or defend actions by guardian or next friend

Minors and persons under legal disability may institute or defend actions by guardian or next friend. Every person, including spouses of owners, having any interest in the right to drill for and remove oil and gas from such lands, whether in possession or otherwise, and who is not a plaintiff, shall be made a defendant…

Defendants, whether known or unknown, shall be summoned or notified in the same manner as known or unknown defendants may be summoned or notified in other civil cases

Defendants, whether known or unknown, shall be summoned or notified in the same manner as known or unknown defendants may be summoned or notified in other civil cases. (Source: Laws 1939, p. 805.)

During the pendency of any such suit, any person claiming to be interested in the right to drill for and remove oil and gas from such lands may appear and answer the complaint, and assert his or her rights, by way of interpleas; and the court shall determine the rights of all persons so appearing as though they had bee…

In all suits under this Act, the court may investigate and determine all questions of conflicting or controverted titles, remove clouds from, and establish and confirm the title to the right to drill for and remove oil and gas from any of such lands. (Source: Laws 1955, p. 1163.)

If the court shall find that the material averments of the complaint are true, and that the plaintiffs do in fact own a one-half interest or more in the right to drill for and remove the oil and gas from such lands as joint tenants, tenants in common or coparceners, the court shall enter an order authorizing the plaint…

In case a person or persons owning a one-half interest or more in the right to drill for and remove oil and gas from such lands has or have executed an oil and gas lease or leases to any person, firm or corporation, such lessee or lessees may institute and maintain or defend any suit provided for by this Act, either in…

The provisions of the Civil Practice Law, and all existing and future amendments to that Law, and the Supreme Court Rules now or hereafter adopted in relation to that Law, shall apply to all proceedings hereunder, except as otherwise provided in this Act. (Source: P.A. 82-783.)

(1) In this Section: (a) "Payee" means any person or persons legally entitled to payment from the proceeds derived from the sale of oil or gas from an oil or gas well located in this State

(1) In this Section: (a) "Payee" means any person or persons legally entitled to payment from the proceeds derived from the sale of oil or gas from an oil or gas well located in this State. (b) "Payor" means the first purchaser of production of oil or gas from an oil or gas well, but the owner of the right to produce u…