# Ownership and Title

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## [Transfer oil royalties via life estate deed](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/transfer-oil-royalties-via-life-estate-deed/51771)

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**Author:** [@deed\_questions](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/deed_questions)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2019, 10:39pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/transfer-oil-royalties-via-life-estate-deed/51771 "2019-10-08T22:39:31Z")

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I am trying to help my Mother (she is 90 and living on Social Security) find a low cost way to be able to pass her royalty payments to me when she passes, but have her continue to receive the checks during her lifetime. …

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## [Source of title for TOD Deed for mineral rights retained in Texas](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/source-of-title-for-tod-deed-for-mineral-rights-retained-in-texas/51919)

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**Author:** [@2Piedrasmore](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/2Piedrasmore)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2019, 10:19pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/source-of-title-for-tod-deed-for-mineral-rights-retained-in-texas/51919 "2019-10-07T22:19:35Z")

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Which deed do I reference when filling out the TOD Deed for mineral rights? Here’s the story. When my uncle died, his estate transferred a partial interest for some land in Brazoria County, Texas, into a trust for my mot…

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## [Texas Deed Transfer form](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/texas-deed-transfer-form/51736)

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**Author:** [@Randle\_David](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Randle_David)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2019, 3:02pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/texas-deed-transfer-form/51736 "2019-10-02T15:02:25Z")

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Where can I find a PDF form for Texas mineral rights deed conveyance? Thank you.

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## [Property Owner](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/property-owner/51637)

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**Author:** [@G\_L](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/G_L)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2019, 2:58am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/property-owner/51637 "2019-09-30T02:58:51Z")

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How do I find out who is paying property taxes on Ned Garrett Survey A-125 and J. M. Fitzgerald Survey A-338 in San Augustine, Texas? Or, the current owner of this property?

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## [First time Mineral Rights Owner](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/first-time-mineral-rights-owner/51355)

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**Author:** [@Michelle\_Merideth](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Michelle_Merideth)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/first-time-mineral-rights-owner/51355 "2019-09-28T21:24:11Z")

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Since I learned about an inheritance to mineral rights to lots 1 & 2 & 1/2 2 Section 31 Township 10N Range 8W I have been all over the web to learn more about it. I have found that the whole thing has a language of its o…

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## [Obtaining a deed in Canadian county](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/obtaining-a-deed-in-canadian-county/51354)

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**Author:** [@dree71](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/dree71)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/obtaining-a-deed-in-canadian-county/51354 "2019-09-22T15:26:10Z")

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I saw on here you could print your deed off online. Is this true and if so where can you do that? I have looked at the county clerk’s site and can’t seem to figure if this is possible. Thank you for your help.

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## [How to research royalty/mineral ownership](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-to-research-royalty-mineral-ownership/51292)

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**Author:** [@Engleman1](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Engleman1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2019, 12:07pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-to-research-royalty-mineral-ownership/51292 "2019-09-21T12:07:17Z")

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My dad was a landman/lease broker/investor in the 1960s to 1980s. He owned numerous royalty and mineral interests, mostly in Wyoming, but also Texas and maybe other states as well. He died testate in 2001 and my mother w…

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## [Convert Township, Range, and Section to LatLong or GPS?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/convert-township-range-and-section-to-latlong-or-gps/51025)

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**Author:** [@Todd00000](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Todd00000)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/convert-township-range-and-section-to-latlong-or-gps/51025 "2019-09-19T17:24:00Z")

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Hello, we own land in Eddy County and I’d like to be able to find it on Google Earth. www.earthpoint.us is not working. Any other way to do this? Thank you, Todd

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## [Mineral Rights transfer without will](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-rights-transfer-without-will/50985)

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**Author:** [@ppnpdx](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/ppnpdx)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2019, 8:51pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-rights-transfer-without-will/50985 "2019-09-17T20:51:38Z")

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My mother, now deceased, owned the mineral rights to a property she sold in early 2018 with NTEX. Are these now transferable to her two daughters? I am the court-appointed Personal Representative in Oregon where she live…

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## [Who Can Solve This Royalty Inheritance](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/who-can-solve-this-royalty-inheritance/50570)

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**Author:** [@Kris1212](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Kris1212)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2019, 3:01am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/who-can-solve-this-royalty-inheritance/50570 "2019-09-12T03:01:14Z")

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Need a Probate Attorney’s advice and opinion specializing in oil and gas leases. A married couple was gifted a long time family farm of 107 acres. The husband passed away testate, with a will in which the wife is execut…

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## [Royalties in Ok state Treasury](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/royalties-in-ok-state-treasury/50609)

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**Author:** [@Kay](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Kay)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2019, 10:49pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/royalties-in-ok-state-treasury/50609 "2019-09-10T22:49:05Z")

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The Oklahoma State Treasury has royalties that my brother and I are heir to. I have filed a claim and can easily prove my/our heirship. The paperwork I received from Treasurer’s office asks for “documentation showing the…

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## [Oklahoma Loss of mineral rights in land foreclosure](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/oklahoma-loss-of-mineral-rights-in-land-foreclosure/34635)

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**Author:** [@charlie\_grant\_III](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/charlie_grant_III)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/oklahoma-loss-of-mineral-rights-in-land-foreclosure/34635 "2019-09-05T16:44:51Z")

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Our family has lost some mineral rights due to foreclosures in the early days, meaning from 1920 and later. Can anyone share information on the date range, or decade, when mineral rights in Oklahoma were separated as pro…

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## [Do I still own the mineral rights?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/do-i-still-own-the-mineral-rights/50615)

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**Author:** [@kathi](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/kathi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2019, 4:16pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/do-i-still-own-the-mineral-rights/50615 "2019-09-05T16:16:30Z")

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Hello everyone, you guys have been so helpful, thank you! Now, in Texas, if my grandfather’s company was closed by the state after 50 years, does my family still own the mineral rights? Thank you.

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## [Meigs County 6.6 Acre Inheritance](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/meigs-county-6-6-acre-inheritance/50535)

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**Author:** [@Havercamps](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Havercamps)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/meigs-county-6-6-acre-inheritance/50535 "2019-09-02T16:57:17Z")

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My two siblings and I just inherited 6.69 acres on the Shade River in Ohio. We know very little about the property, other than our dad hunted there. Where do we start looking into our options for the rights and the prope…

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## [How to confirm mineral ownership](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-to-confirm-mineral-ownership/46365)

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**Author:** [@Johnkenn](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Johnkenn)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2019, 4:11am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-to-confirm-mineral-ownership/46365 "2019-09-02T04:11:17Z")

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About four years ago I got a letter in the mail from Chesapeake Energy offering a lease option for mineral rights in NW/4 Section 3 in Caddo County. I immediately thought it was a con, but after calling Chesapeake and ta…

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## [Reeves County property](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/reeves-county-property/40405)

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**Author:** [@Mp1721](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Mp1721)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2019, 7:36pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/reeves-county-property/40405 "2019-08-27T19:36:41Z")

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My family has been recently notified by an energy, resource & mineral group letting us know that we own a portion of Section 5, Block 4, HG&N Survey, Reeves County, Texas. This group is trying to buy this land ASAP. If a…

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## [Iodine well royalty](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/iodine-well-royalty/50244)

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**Author:** [@Edward](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Edward)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/iodine-well-royalty/50244 "2019-08-27T16:55:08Z")

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As executor for an estate and trustee for a property within the estate, I have a confusing situation. The will divides by thirds “all of the oil, gas and any omitted property of the decedent.” The iodine well was not so …

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## [What is a tract?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/what-is-a-tract/29603)

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**Author:** [@Jst4grins](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Jst4grins)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/what-is-a-tract/29603 "2019-08-22T18:56:18Z")

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Is a tract different than a section?

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## [Selling Mineral Rights: Setting a price](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/selling-mineral-rights-setting-a-price/50045)

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**Author:** [@Elmen](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Elmen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2019, 9:14pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/selling-mineral-rights-setting-a-price/50045 "2019-08-19T21:14:31Z")

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I’m about to sell my inherited mineral rights. I receive offers for them regularly, but the grapevine tells me those are for pennies on the dollar. How might one gather legitimate bids? How best can I establish fair mark…

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## [Is affidavit of heirship sufficient for a marketable title?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/is-affidavit-of-heirship-sufficient-for-a-marketable-title/49578)

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**Author:** [@Jim\_Phillips](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Jim_Phillips)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 12, 2019, 9:43pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/is-affidavit-of-heirship-sufficient-for-a-marketable-title/49578 "2019-08-12T21:43:09Z")

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For several reasons, I want to sell my small interest in Sections 12 and 1, Township 5 North, Range 5 West in Grady County, Oklahoma. Yes, I will take time and not take the first offer. My interest was inherited from my …

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## [Help with mineral deed wording](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/help-with-mineral-deed-wording/41069)

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**Author:** [@rbrt67](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/rbrt67)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 12, 2019, 3:53pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/help-with-mineral-deed-wording/41069 "2019-08-12T15:53:49Z")

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Can someone please help me understand what I own as the current landowner? I have had an offer to buy my royalty interest and this paragraph has me confused as to what we own. It is a 44-acre plot in southern Marshall Co…

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## [Who has the rights to my great gandfather's minerals?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/who-has-the-rights-to-my-great-gandfathers-minerals/26291)

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**Author:** [@Great\_Went](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Great_Went)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/who-has-the-rights-to-my-great-gandfathers-minerals/26291 "2019-08-10T14:16:00Z")

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A well known oil and gas company contacted my family a little over a year ago about leasing minerals that belonged to my great grandfather. My great grandfather, grandfather and his son, my father, have all passed away. …

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## [Cost Basis Help from 1978? Upton county Section7?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/cost-basis-help-from-1978-upton-county-section7/49302)

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**Author:** [@john\_patton1](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/john_patton1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2019, 8:34pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/cost-basis-help-from-1978-upton-county-section7/49302 "2019-08-03T20:34:52Z")

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Hello, I recently sold some mineral interest and title in Section 7 of Upton County. How would I find the cost basis for this sale when I inherited it back in 1978?

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## [Division Orders - Difference in NADOA Model 2017](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/division-orders-difference-in-nadoa-model-2017/48503)

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**Author:** [@megnpeg](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/megnpeg)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2019, 7:45pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/division-orders-difference-in-nadoa-model-2017/48503 "2019-07-27T19:45:55Z")

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I’ve filed and had recorded the appropriate Gift Deeds changing title to my Living Trust - I am Trustee. I have contacted and sent all documentation requested by the Royalty Owners departments, i.e., copies of the Gift D…

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## [Deciphering a mineral deed](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/deciphering-a-mineral-deed/48876)

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**Author:** [@smp19](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/smp19)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2019, 8:46pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/deciphering-a-mineral-deed/48876 "2019-07-24T20:46:20Z")

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We have an oil and gas exception in our chain of title. We are trying to find out if the deed reserves 1/16 of 100% of the oil and 50% of the gas, or 1/16 of the oil and 1/2 of the gas. The next deed in the chain from th…

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## [Title Requirements for the sale of minerals in Oklahoma](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/title-requirements-for-the-sale-of-minerals-in-oklahoma/48670)

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**Author:** [@Parentof4js](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Parentof4js)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2019, 4:06pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/title-requirements-for-the-sale-of-minerals-in-oklahoma/48670 "2019-07-23T16:06:11Z")

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History: A family member left me mineral rights that were named in her living trust. I am the trustee of the living trust. I used this documentation to transfer the mineral deed to my name. All documents were sent to McC…

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## [Transfer of Mineral Rights Ownership Due to Death](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/transfer-of-mineral-rights-ownership-due-to-death/48565)

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**Author:** [@Susan\_Parrish](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Susan_Parrish)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 18, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/transfer-of-mineral-rights-ownership-due-to-death/48565 "2019-07-18T14:26:48Z")

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A mineral rights leasing company has money that was payable to my Aunt. It’s being held in suspense because obviously, they know that she passed away. The property was not included in my Aunt’s will and there has been no…

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## [Dealing with Operators on Title of deceased owners](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/dealing-with-operators-on-title-of-deceased-owners/48068)

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**Author:** [@DonG](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/DonG)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/dealing-with-operators-on-title-of-deceased-owners/48068 "2019-07-11T17:57:54Z")

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I am struggling to understand the following. I have two deceased family members, all of whom left a will, and the will was probated. The heirship for their mineral interest properties (which have been in suspense for a w…

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## [Division Orders](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/division-orders/29205)

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**Author:** [@Coffeelvr50](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Coffeelvr50)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/division-orders/29205 "2019-07-11T17:38:35Z")

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Upon inheritance of mineral rights or royalty rights, can the division orders be requested from the operating company? We do not have a current copy for some of the properties. On some of the WI interests, there seems no…

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## [Lease signed by cousin only and not by real owners !?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/lease-signed-by-cousin-only-and-not-by-real-owners/48024)

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**Author:** [@rollin\_stoner](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/rollin_stoner)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [July 4, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/lease-signed-by-cousin-only-and-not-by-real-owners/48024 "2019-07-04T20:54:27Z")

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My cousin used a heirship affidavit to proclaim authority over the intestated minerals. The real 4 owners—my aunt & my dad’s wife and the 2 wives of my dead uncles—did not sign the lease. How much of a legal mistake erro…

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