5-7-46. Penalties for fraud.
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Any lessee of mineral lands under this chapter who conceals, or attempts to conceal any sale of ores or mineral products derived therefrom on which a royalty is payable, or who defrauds, or attempts to defraud, the state out of any such royalty is subject to a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for each day of violation. In addition, such civil penalty does not operate as a bar to the collection of amounts owed to the state by such lessee; and his lease shall be forfeited in the manner provided in this chapter.