Fay:
In regards to your question about the mineral rights search, you can hire a landman, who specializes in this type of research or you can go to the County Clerk’s office in the county where your minerals are located and do the research yourself. My preference would be to go the landman route as some of these County Clerks offices are packed with individuals doing this type of work and it could be a waiting game in order to get any type of assistance. Of course, you will want to find a landman in the area of your minerals so if you are located out of state, you might want to post this under the “Landman” section of this forum.