# Copy of my Lease
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/copy-of-my-lease/75106
**Category:** Ownership and Title
**Created:** [April 7, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/copy-of-my-lease/75106 "2024-04-07T15:57:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Cora\_Childers](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Cora_Childers)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/copy-of-my-lease/75106/1 "2024-04-07T15:57:23Z")
I recently signed an amended lease and was told I would receive a copy after they signed it. I received a check but no copy of the signed lease. They only filed a memorandum of the lease in the courthouse. If I do not sign the check, does that make the lease null and void?
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### Author:  [@TennisDaze](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/TennisDaze)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/copy-of-my-lease/75106/2 "2024-04-07T19:44:25Z")
Once you signed the legal document and handed it over, you were bound by the terms. Contact the landman and oil company and ask for the promised copy. In the future, never sign a legal document without retaining a copy of what you signed.
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### Author:  [@tim\_dowd](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/tim_dowd)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/copy-of-my-lease/75106/3 "2024-04-07T19:44:29Z")
No. You signed the document and delivered it to them.
If the person who sold you your house decided not to cash their check, they couldn’t come take the house back.
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### Author:  [@Busterboy](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Busterboy)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2024, 1:12am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/copy-of-my-lease/75106/4 "2024-04-08T01:12:41Z")
North Dakota Supreme Court even upheld a case where the mineral owner never got the agreed bonus % check, but had signed the lease that referenced the bonus terms. But the courts allowed the lease to become effective for all the other terms. They said lack of bonus funds delivered doesn’t cancel or negate the lease! Seems like this is a bizarre bias.
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### Author:  [@KyleVenema](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/KyleVenema)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2024, 5:41pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/copy-of-my-lease/75106/5 "2024-04-10T17:41:48Z")
You signed the lease and agreed to the terms and conditions thereof. They issued you a check, which you accepted. Whether you decide to cash that check or not is on you, in their eyes, and in the eyes of the courts should you wish to go that road, they will say that “consideration has been passed,” the lease is valid.
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/copy-of-my-lease/75106/6 "2024-07-06T15:57:36Z")
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