38-09-01.3. Sale of state lands to former owner, spouse, or lineal descendants free of reservations

38-09-01.3. Sale of state lands to former owner, spouse, or lineal descendants free of reservations. Whenever the state or any of its departments sell lands to any person, from whom the state derived the title to such lands, or to the person's spouse or lineal descendants in the first degree, the lands must be sold free of any reservation of minerals provided for in section 38-09-01.