# Law & Legal **URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/c/law-legal/7.md?page=20 [Latest](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/tags.md) **Page:** 21 --- ## [Acreage Required to drill in city limits](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/acreage-required-to-drill-in-city-limits/6466)
**Author:** [@l\_c\_b](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/l_c_b)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/acreage-required-to-drill-in-city-limits/6466 "2015-08-12T23:31:48Z")
I understand about the costs, etc. involved in such an endeavor. Is there a minimum amount of acreage required to be owned within city limits and does all this acreage have to be at the location of the proposed drilling … --- ## [Tennant in common - payout by well or by lease in Texas](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/tennant-in-common-payout-by-well-or-by-lease-in-texas/6779)
**Author:** [@Robert\_P\_Malone](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Robert_P_Malone)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2015, 1:36am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/tennant-in-common-payout-by-well-or-by-lease-in-texas/6779 "2015-08-08T01:36:03Z")
I have always been of the opinion that each individual well stands on its own when it comes to a payout where revenues exceed expenses. However, I have a mineral owner who was told by the operator that it is on a lease b… --- ## [Need help on transferring titles in Illinois](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/need-help-on-transferring-titles-in-illinois/6758)
**Author:** [@Don\_Archibald](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Don_Archibald)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/need-help-on-transferring-titles-in-illinois/6758 "2015-07-15T14:13:19Z")
A family member died in North Carolina and her estate is in probate there. We found that she has oil royalty interests in Macon County, Illinois. These are very small percentages in several holdings. We have three Macon … --- ## [Looking for a Good Oil & Gas Attorney in Richland County, Montana](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/looking-for-a-good-oil-gas-attorney-in-richland-county-montana/23167)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Presley](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Mark_Presley)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2015, 12:32pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/looking-for-a-good-oil-gas-attorney-in-richland-county-montana/23167 "2015-07-06T12:32:10Z")
Hello, all I will be receiving a lease for mineral rights in Richland County Montana soon, and would like some recommendations for a reasonable and qualified O&G attorney to go over our lease from the oil company to mak… --- ## [Mineral interest in trust and missing OGM interest](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-interest-in-trust-and-missing-ogm-interest/6759)
**Author:** [@linda\_diane\_taylor](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/linda_diane_taylor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2015, 1:42pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-interest-in-trust-and-missing-ogm-interest/6759 "2015-06-26T13:42:18Z")
Several families own interests in real property (oil, gas, and mineral interest only) and personal property (two gas wells). The property is in the Grassy Run area of Ritchie County, West Virginia. The owners are concern… --- ## [Heirs Needing Help!](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/heirs-needing-help/6816)
**Author:** [@Ginger\_Clark](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Ginger_Clark)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/heirs-needing-help/6816 "2015-06-18T20:34:02Z")
Need help please! In 2009, my father died leaving a will for all his belongings to be divided equally between all 8 children. Before the gas wells were divided one of his heirs died and her daughter never probated her w… --- ## [Ownership of Mineral Rights](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/ownership-of-mineral-rights/6830)
**Author:** [@HERMAN](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/HERMAN)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2015, 1:16pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/ownership-of-mineral-rights/6830 "2015-06-16T13:16:53Z")
Thinking of purchasing mineral rights in Colorado. Should they be purchased in my name or in the name of an LLC or a Trust? Any help is appreciated. --- ## [Change oil rights to my name](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/change-oil-rights-to-my-name/6845)
**Author:** [@Amy\_Bejerano](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Amy_Bejerano)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/change-oil-rights-to-my-name/6845 "2015-06-12T22:21:51Z")
My grandpa and father owned oil rights. How do I get them in my name after they passed away? Just found out about it. --- ## [Attorney Question](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/attorney-question/6908)
**Author:** [@Frank\_Westerman](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Frank_Westerman)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/attorney-question/6908 "2015-06-09T19:47:03Z")
Attorney Question: I have R.I. in wells in Crane County, Texas in the Barnsley Unit. A company in Farmington, New Mexico has 100% of the working interest in these wells. When they obtained 100% working interest they said… --- ## [Fraudulent transfer at time of probate (Oklahoma)](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/fraudulent-transfer-at-time-of-probate-oklahoma/6903)
**Author:** [@H\_Nowlin](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/H_Nowlin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2015, 7:12am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/fraudulent-transfer-at-time-of-probate-oklahoma/6903 "2015-06-03T07:12:33Z")
Both of land and minerals…land was designated homestead of my Grandmother’s original allotment. Any suggestions? Reply privately. Thank you. --- ## [Mineral Rights Stolen?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-rights-stolen/8603)
**Author:** [@Lee\_Peterson](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Lee_Peterson)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-rights-stolen/8603 "2015-05-29T21:45:14Z")
My family owned mineral rights since the mid-60’s. In 2006 a company somehow found my father, 76 and in a retirement home, and convinced him to sell for a nominal amount. In 2009 he got sick, and we were going over his e… --- ## [Royalty Payments for Pre-Production Test Oil?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/royalty-payments-for-pre-production-test-oil/6959)
**Author:** [@Tony\_Mullen](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Tony_Mullen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/royalty-payments-for-pre-production-test-oil/6959 "2015-05-27T17:29:21Z")
I have an ORRI in a well in Mississippi that recently started production for which I have received my first royalty check. The well appears to have been “officially” put into production in September of 2014 and I receive… --- ## [Trying to find out what happened to a deed](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/trying-to-find-out-what-happened-to-a-deed/6988)
**Author:** [@Connie\_Ditmore](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Connie_Ditmore)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/trying-to-find-out-what-happened-to-a-deed/6988 "2015-05-20T18:27:51Z")
My father-in-law and his brother were handed down oil shares from the family farm that was located in Hardeman County, Texas. My husband’s uncle passed away in 2004, and his father just recently passed away in February o… --- ## [When Annual Royalty Payments are Minisucule](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/when-annual-royalty-payments-are-minisucule/7312)
**Author:** [@William\_Douglas\_Archer](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/William_Douglas_Archer)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/when-annual-royalty-payments-are-minisucule/7312 "2015-05-15T21:56:29Z")
I have a royalty interest of .00173611 on land in Montgomery County, Texas. Denbury is the operator and I have received a royalty check for $0.61 covering activity from September of 2013 thru February of 2015. This does… --- ## [Deed from deceased parent](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/deed-from-deceased-parent/7161)
**Author:** [@JerrySF](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/JerrySF)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/deed-from-deceased-parent/7161 "2015-04-27T18:49:17Z")
My mother passed away several years ago. She had mineral rights which I leased after her death. There was never any production, and the lease is up. I’ve been looking at other leasing and selling options. It was recently… --- ## [Gaines County Texas](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/gaines-county-texas/7396)
**Author:** [@Chris14](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Chris14)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/gaines-county-texas/7396 "2015-03-22T23:31:05Z")
Can anyone offer me some assistance please. I just discovered some parcels belonging to my mother’s Trust in Gaines County, Texas. My mom had passed away back in 1992, and now I have just become the Trustee of this Trust… --- ## [IN SUSPENCE mineral rights](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/in-suspence-mineral-rights/7487)
**Author:** [@Clois\_Richardson2](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Clois_Richardson2)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/in-suspence-mineral-rights/7487 "2015-03-09T19:37:25Z")
I have a small interest in 5 producing wells in North Texas. At the beginning, I received some royalty payments along with monthly statements. The last statement and payment that I received was for August 2012. I have be… --- ## [Oklahoma statutory interest question](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/oklahoma-statutory-interest-question/7502)
**Author:** [@Sandra\_J\_McQuade](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Sandra_J_McQuade)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2015, 3:40am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/oklahoma-statutory-interest-question/7502 "2015-03-06T03:40:55Z")
Anybody out there familiar with receiving statutory interest in the past from operators in the state of Oklahoma? I understand the per annum interest if a current operator held all the funds in suspense instead of esche… --- ## [Added names on a warranty deed with lien release](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/added-names-on-a-warranty-deed-with-lien-release/7675)
**Author:** [@Toby\_Brown](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Toby_Brown)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/added-names-on-a-warranty-deed-with-lien-release/7675 "2015-02-16T22:50:07Z")
In Texas my grandmother added my father’s name and my mother’s name, along with my father’s sister and her husband to a warranty deed when she sold the surface property. The deed states that we name, name, name, etc. for… --- ## [Changing ownership of Mineral Rights](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/changing-ownership-of-mineral-rights/7858)
**Author:** [@Diane\_L\_Brown](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Diane_L_Brown)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2015, 12:19am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/changing-ownership-of-mineral-rights/7858 "2015-01-21T00:19:21Z")
My mother’s deceased husband has mineral rights in Richland County. She wants to sign the rights over to her family. A lawyer was hired to work on this but hasn’t done much so I am working on this for her. Where do we st… --- ## [Lease Signing when the property is co-owned](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/lease-signing-when-the-property-is-co-owned/8204)
**Author:** [@Andrea\_Marker\_Jernigan](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Andrea_Marker_Jernigan)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/lease-signing-when-the-property-is-co-owned/8204 "2015-01-14T19:45:57Z")
This is new to me as I inherited the mineral rights from my mother. Here are my two questions: My sister and I co-own mineral rights in Lincoln County, Oklahoma. If I have signed the lease and she changes her mind and s… --- ## [Good attorney](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/good-attorney/8355)
**Author:** [@newbie123](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/newbie123)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2014, 1:55pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/good-attorney/8355 "2014-11-30T13:55:46Z")
Hi All, First of all, I’m posting this in a few different groups so my apologies in advance if it shows up multiple times in one location. I recently discovered that I inherited mineral rights in Creek County Oklahoma, … --- ## [ORRI Help](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/orri-help/8398)
**Author:** [@Pecan\_One](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Pecan_One)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2014, 4:01pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/orri-help/8398 "2014-11-25T16:01:28Z")
OGLZEPHYRCIMAREX092008.jpg Can someone read over this Lease/ORRI and tell me if this is still valid? Looks like 3 year lease/ORRI and then reverts back to original owner. No wells have been drilled. 1459-OGLZEPHYRCIMAR… --- ## [Well drilled to close to west boundary of spacing unit](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/well-drilled-to-close-to-west-boundary-of-spacing-unit/8447)
**Author:** [@Terry\_Petersen](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Terry_Petersen)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/well-drilled-to-close-to-west-boundary-of-spacing-unit/8447 "2014-11-25T15:55:28Z")
I was just notified by certified mail from an oil company’s attorney that their well (Sections 26 & 35) was drilled next to my mineral acres (Sections 27 & 34) in North Dakota. It was drilled 479 feet from the west bound… --- ## [Royalties info](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/royalties-info/8414)
**Author:** [@holly\_farrell](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/holly_farrell)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/royalties-info/8414 "2014-11-21T18:44:22Z")
Hi, quick question: could DOG give out any kind of royalties estimates over the phone? --- ## [Operating without a valid lease](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/operating-without-a-valid-lease/11716)
**Author:** [@Tony\_Larman](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Tony_Larman)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/operating-without-a-valid-lease/11716 "2014-11-10T15:23:24Z")
I’m curious what the legal and financial consequences might be for an Operator in this circumstance. In time it became known that he had continued operating a producing gas well for 10 or more years wherein the lease ex… --- ## [Getting a mineral deed when minerals are not placed into trust and were not probated](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/getting-a-mineral-deed-when-minerals-are-not-placed-into-trust-and-were-not-probated/8642)
**Author:** [@DDS](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/DDS)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/getting-a-mineral-deed-when-minerals-are-not-placed-into-trust-and-were-not-probated/8642 "2014-11-01T19:53:04Z")
mother-in-law inherited & shared ownership of mineral interest with her siblings....her mineral deed is in her name only. her siblings each have their own deed. She never put her minerals into her trust by deed, nor did … --- ## [Non-payment of royalty](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/non-payment-of-royalty/8667)
**Author:** [@diane\_thomas2](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/diane_thomas2)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/non-payment-of-royalty/8667 "2014-10-29T15:29:46Z")
We have a problem, we own a royalty interest in a well in Texas and we were excluded from the lease when the contract was drawn-up between the oil company and the landowner. Our mineral interest is in the well that is pr… --- ## [Court held production monies](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/court-held-production-monies/8846)
**Author:** [@Dennis\_Broadbrooks](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Dennis_Broadbrooks)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/court-held-production-monies/8846 "2014-10-15T19:02:22Z")
A court case was filed in 1944 to determine who owns the minerals in a tract of land in Montana, the case was kept open and information was added to case until 1964 when the case went silent until 2012 when an heir of on… --- ## [Legal description of wells](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/legal-description-of-wells/8969)
**Author:** [@Barb\_Ballantine](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Barb_Ballantine)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/legal-description-of-wells/8969 "2014-10-09T15:00:46Z")
I have the names of two wells I inherited (Whatley 1-20H and Claudine 1-29-32XH) in Stephens County, Oklahoma. Where can I find the legal description of the location of these wells? Thanks. [Previous page](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/c/law-legal/7.md?page=19) [Next page](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/c/law-legal/7.md?page=21)