# Law & Legal **URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/c/law-legal/7.md?page=14 [Latest](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/tags.md) **Page:** 15 --- ## [Need a recommendation for great Estate Lawyer for minerals](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/need-a-recommendation-for-great-estate-lawyer-for-minerals/34266)
**Author:** [@Schrad](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Schrad)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/need-a-recommendation-for-great-estate-lawyer-for-minerals/34266 "2019-04-26T18:57:42Z")
Can anyone recommend a well-qualified estate lawyer who is experienced and knowledgeable in drafting trusts and estate land for mineral owners? Preferably near Blaine County or in a larger nearby city. --- ## [Escheated Money in Texas](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/escheated-money-in-texas/44961)
**Author:** [@DonG](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/DonG)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/escheated-money-in-texas/44961 "2019-04-23T18:44:53Z")
Looking for advice and suggestions in the following scenario. Two different scenarios, but I believe they both have the same answer. You are the heir to a royalty interest whose title is not clear. You buy royalty int… --- ## [Pad use for off lease drilling](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/pad-use-for-off-lease-drilling/44731)
**Author:** [@Cliff\_Davis](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Cliff_Davis)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/pad-use-for-off-lease-drilling/44731 "2019-04-19T18:22:13Z")
I’m in Texas, Ward County. What if the drilling company didn’t tell you they were going to use the pad for an off-lease drill site? They are the leaseholders of my land. --- ## [Underpayment of royalties](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/underpayment-of-royalties/44654)
**Author:** [@Frank\_Westerman](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Frank_Westerman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/underpayment-of-royalties/44654 "2019-04-17T18:24:59Z")
Is there a time frame for underpayment of royalties? I have been underpaid for 10 years or so. My interest is .000889 and they have been paying .0000240. Is there a statute of limitations for underpayment? Thank you. --- ## [Mineral value descrepancy for inheritance](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-value-descrepancy-for-inheritance/43542)
**Author:** [@Shaun\_Osborne](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Shaun_Osborne)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2019, 12:44pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-value-descrepancy-for-inheritance/43542 "2019-04-08T12:44:35Z")
Hi, I hope this message finds you all well. I have inherited mineral interests in Texas. In order to settle my grandfather’s estate, we need to know the value at death. One of our trustees is fighting the method that my … --- ## [Pottawatomie County Legal Help](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/pottawatomie-county-legal-help/43956)
**Author:** [@tarheel](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/tarheel)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/pottawatomie-county-legal-help/43956 "2019-04-02T15:35:55Z")
Hello, brand new here and very grateful for the opportunity to connect! I am a recent recipient of mineral interests, primarily in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. Does anyone have a good attorney to recommend to help me w… --- ## [Weld County Colorado](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/weld-county-colorado/43344)
**Author:** [@JGG](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/JGG)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2019, 12:48am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/weld-county-colorado/43344 "2019-04-02T00:48:25Z")
My father has recently passed. He had a lot of mineral rights deeded in his name only because he had inherited them from my grandparents. My father had remarried, and when he did, in his will he had listed that all his p… --- ## [RRC Holding Checks to recover the losses on an ongoing accounting error (Sec. 30, Lincoln Parish)](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/rrc-holding-checks-to-recover-the-losses-on-an-ongoing-accounting-error-sec-30-lincoln-parish/43813)
**Author:** [@T.J.C.D](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/T.J.C.D)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/rrc-holding-checks-to-recover-the-losses-on-an-ongoing-accounting-error-sec-30-lincoln-parish/43813 "2019-03-30T15:12:42Z")
Hello, We own royalty interest in several sections/plots in North Louisiana, with 3 different lease contracts covering a dozen or so wells spread over the 3 with varying division orders. This month, we didn’t get a che… --- ## [Can mineral owners legally give permission for disposal water wells?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/can-mineral-owners-legally-give-permission-for-disposal-water-wells/43187)
**Author:** [@Pickensboy1935](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Pickensboy1935)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/can-mineral-owners-legally-give-permission-for-disposal-water-wells/43187 "2019-03-16T19:27:28Z")
Is there a statute in Oklahoma that says the surface owner owns the water rights? If so what is it? If the above is true, then mineral owners who do not own surface rights cannot give permission for disposal wells. Is t… --- ## [Incorrect decimal interest; company not correcting it](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/incorrect-decimal-interest-company-not-correcting-it/42968)
**Author:** [@John\_Allen](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/John_Allen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/incorrect-decimal-interest-company-not-correcting-it/42968 "2019-03-12T17:16:50Z")
My wife and I have non-executive mineral interest in 5 sections in Glasscock County, Texas. The interest in each section is exactly the same; that’s easily discoverable via the mineral deed and chain of heirship. No comp… --- ## [Need Help - Not receiving royalty payment](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/need-help-not-receiving-royalty-payment/42917)
**Author:** [@Elizabeth\_Crews](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Elizabeth_Crews)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/need-help-not-receiving-royalty-payment/42917 "2019-03-12T14:41:53Z")
Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLC purchased the Apache Bromide SU Tract 10 well from Bass Petroleum in 2017 (both are Texas-based companies), located in Caddo County. We have received monthly checks on this well for over 15 yea… --- ## [Idea for an Attorney](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/idea-for-an-attorney/42655)
**Author:** [@Karri](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Karri)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2019, 11:08pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/idea-for-an-attorney/42655 "2019-03-05T23:08:16Z")
Hello, I am new to this as like many of you recently discovered an inheritance of land in Pecos, Texas. My family and I are considering a lawyer and a recommendation of P.A. Lyons III was given. Curious if anyone has hea… --- ## [Need a New Mexico oil & gas attorney - Mineral deeds in Lea County](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/need-a-new-mexico-oil-gas-attorney-mineral-deeds-in-lea-county/42603)
**Author:** [@Sharli](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Sharli)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2019, 2:21am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/need-a-new-mexico-oil-gas-attorney-mineral-deeds-in-lea-county/42603 "2019-03-05T02:21:12Z")
Can anyone recommend an oil & gas attorney in New Mexico to review an active lease in the Lea County oil fields? --- ## [Deductions From Oklahoma ORRI](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/deductions-from-oklahoma-orri/42433)
**Author:** [@Randy\_M](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Randy_M)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2019, 7:57pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/deductions-from-oklahoma-orri/42433 "2019-03-04T19:57:53Z")
XAE CORP. v. SMR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO. 1998 OK 51 – Oklahoma Supreme Court Do I understand this Oklahoma Supreme Court case correctly to say that post-production costs such as gathering can be deducted from an overrid… --- ## [Colorado energy bill proposal](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/colorado-energy-bill-proposal/42543)
**Author:** [@Murry\_McMurry](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Murry_McMurry)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/colorado-energy-bill-proposal/42543 "2019-03-04T17:54:36Z")
Even though Colorado bipartisan voters did not vote to interfere with oil and gas production, legislators are attempting to undermine what the voters did not approve. Hearing scheduled in Denver tomorrow. How do experts … --- ## [Pipeline abandonment](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/pipeline-abandonment/42254)
**Author:** [@Terri\_Sargent](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Terri_Sargent)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2019, 2:48am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/pipeline-abandonment/42254 "2019-03-04T02:48:47Z")
What constitutes pipeline abandonment when the contract includes maintenance? --- ## [Debt an I inherited royalities](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/debt-an-i-inherited-royalities/42249)
**Author:** [@58pontiac58](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/58pontiac58)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2019, 7:20pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/debt-an-i-inherited-royalities/42249 "2019-02-28T19:20:36Z")
Mother had a will. We inherited the oil royalties and her estate was insolvent and owed credit card companies. Can the credit card companies lay claim to our oil royalties? There is nothing to probate, just need to file … --- ## [Legal cost to file an Order Nunc Pro Tunc in OK](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/legal-cost-to-file-an-order-nunc-pro-tunc-in-ok/42140)
**Author:** [@G\_Win](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/G_Win)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2019, 11:55pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/legal-cost-to-file-an-order-nunc-pro-tunc-in-ok/42140 "2019-02-26T23:55:58Z")
I was notified by an oil company that I need to file an Order Nunc Pro Tunc to correct a mineral description scrivener’s error on my mother’s final death decree. Does anybody have a ballpark figure of what should be the … --- ## [Pooling of Deep Rights](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/pooling-of-deep-rights/42109)
**Author:** [@Randy\_M](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Randy_M)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2019, 9:14pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/pooling-of-deep-rights/42109 "2019-02-25T21:14:37Z")
I have a lease that’s HBP by a single well completed in 2008 and producing from the Mississippian formation. Although this well has been shut-in since 2012. My lease has the following depth clause: “This lease shall exp… --- ## [Tax questions for mineral rights sold from LLC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/tax-questions-for-mineral-rights-sold-from-llc/40672)
**Author:** [@hlouisiana](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/hlouisiana)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/tax-questions-for-mineral-rights-sold-from-llc/40672 "2019-02-16T16:56:21Z")
After my father passed away my siblings and I formed an LLC together with our mother in 2014 in order to simplify various issues and help with her taxes. These may have been her own mineral holdings apart from my father’… --- ## [Non Payment for lease bonus](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/non-payment-for-lease-bonus/41281)
**Author:** [@Cbottom](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Cbottom)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/non-payment-for-lease-bonus/41281 "2019-02-15T16:58:18Z")
Looking for suggestions… A mineral lease was signed and filed around Sept 2019. We still haven’t received our bonus check. I found out today that the company I had signed with has been bought. The new company is evaluati… --- ## [Language in a Mineral Offer](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/language-in-a-mineral-offer/41267)
**Author:** [@Traveler](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Traveler)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/language-in-a-mineral-offer/41267 "2019-02-12T22:20:27Z")
Traveler here. Related to the Mineral Rights Offers Getting Huge thread that Mr. DuBose closed, I was trying to get a knowledgeable person’s explanation on the wording of the offer that generated the Mineral Rights Offe… --- ## [Sever Mineral Rights from Surface in Oklahoma](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/sever-mineral-rights-from-surface-in-oklahoma/41310)
**Author:** [@Duff\_B](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Duff_B)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/sever-mineral-rights-from-surface-in-oklahoma/41310 "2019-02-06T22:25:26Z")
I own a piece of property I want to sell the surface rights in and retain the mineral interest. I’d like to file a document to sever them before I put the property up for sale. I have seen them severed in warranty deeds … --- ## [Company refuses to correct ownership in wells](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/company-refuses-to-correct-ownership-in-wells/41158)
**Author:** [@Mollye\_Morris](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Mollye_Morris)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2019, 7:22pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/company-refuses-to-correct-ownership-in-wells/41158 "2019-02-03T19:22:32Z")
My parents assigned ORRI to their 4 children in 1980, and kept some of the same for themselves. We have been receiving checks for 6 wells in that section, and now 3 more have been drilled. My parents died, and their ORRI… --- ## [Illegal deduction from RI check - How to Handle](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/illegal-deduction-from-ri-check-how-to-handle/40570)
**Author:** [@mitarain](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/mitarain)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2019, 4:13pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/illegal-deduction-from-ri-check-how-to-handle/40570 "2019-01-31T16:13:07Z")
Travis Peak withheld charges of “Field Fuel and Service Fee” and we are not a participant of the well in 12 & 1-9-8 in Grady County. It was deducted from my check and not my sibling’s. I cannot get Peak to reimburse the … --- ## [Grady County ,New Heirs need Help](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/grady-county-new-heirs-need-help/40779)
**Author:** [@Teresa19](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Teresa19)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2019, 3:28pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/grady-county-new-heirs-need-help/40779 "2019-01-29T15:28:25Z")
Two weeks ago I received a letter from an Oklahoma company that myself and siblings may be heirs to mineral rights in Grady County. We completed the affidavit of heirship, and he is now sending a W-4 and a bonus check. W… --- ## [Need an attorney who can help with mineral rights AND estate / probate](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/need-an-attorney-who-can-help-with-mineral-rights-and-estate-probate/40572)
**Author:** [@THolbrook](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/THolbrook)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/need-an-attorney-who-can-help-with-mineral-rights-and-estate-probate/40572 "2019-01-28T17:57:29Z")
I need an attorney who can help answer some general questions with regards to mineral rights and probate. The probate case originates out of Oregon. The mineral rights are in Ward County, Texas. I understand a local Texa… --- ## [In Search of Good Mineral Rights Attorney](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/in-search-of-good-mineral-rights-attorney/40645)
**Author:** [@anon6768011](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/anon6768011)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2019, 5:51pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/in-search-of-good-mineral-rights-attorney/40645 "2019-01-24T17:51:48Z")
We own mineral rights in Loving County and are looking to sell ASAP. Can anyone recommend a good attorney? Thank you --- ## [Failure to fund lease agreement](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/failure-to-fund-lease-agreement/39976)
**Author:** [@Seadrift](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Seadrift)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2019, 1:43am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/failure-to-fund-lease-agreement/39976 "2019-01-19T01:43:40Z")
We executed an oil and gas lease for an interest in Borden County, Texas and have never received funding to consummate the lease. Do we have a breach of contract standing? It has been over 90 days. --- ## [Howard county](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/howard-county/40209)
**Author:** [@Rodney](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Rodney)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2019, 4:36am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/howard-county/40209 "2019-01-20T04:36:23Z")
I need a good attorney for matters of oil and gas in Texas. Would be nice if near Lubbock County. [Previous page](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/c/law-legal/7.md?page=13) [Next page](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/c/law-legal/7.md?page=15)