# Dad passed away need help changing ownership
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/dad-passed-away-need-help-changing-ownership/75327
**Category:** Ownership and Title
**Created:** [April 24, 2024, 7:02pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/dad-passed-away-need-help-changing-ownership/75327 "2024-04-24T19:02:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@Husbandb](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Husbandb)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2024, 7:02pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/dad-passed-away-need-help-changing-ownership/75327/1 "2024-04-24T19:02:24Z")
My family has mineral rights in Montague County, my dad passed away and need to get them transferred. They have a lease through EOG resources but I can’t find the gentleman’s phone number that my dad spoke with. His name was Brent Arnold.
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Winblad](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Richard_Winblad)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/dad-passed-away-need-help-changing-ownership/75327/2 "2024-04-24T22:27:44Z")
You should visit with a Texas attorney. There are a couple listed here: [Mineral Services Directory - Mineral Rights Forum](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/page/mineral-services-directory/1/)
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### Author:  [@Mikro1TX](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Mikro1TX)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2024, 12:51am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/dad-passed-away-need-help-changing-ownership/75327/3 "2024-04-25T00:51:33Z")
I have used Eric Camp out of Fort Worth and had no issues. Also have had some contact with Wade Caldwell in San Antonio. Either would serve you well and both are listed in the Directories section at the top.
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### Author:  [@Randy\_Donoho](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Randy_Donoho)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2024, 11:42am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/dad-passed-away-need-help-changing-ownership/75327/4 "2024-04-27T11:42:28Z")
You will need to furnish a copy of the probate. Checks will stop until the commission receives the requisite paperwork. Don’t forget to include a W-9 for each heir.
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### Author:  [@TennisDaze](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/TennisDaze)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/dad-passed-away-need-help-changing-ownership/75327/5 "2024-04-27T15:47:23Z")
Title needs to be properly recorded in county deed records and copies of the recorded documents can then be sent to operator and lessee. The RRC is not involved.
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### Author:  [@Husbandb](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Husbandb)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/dad-passed-away-need-help-changing-ownership/75327/6 "2024-04-27T15:55:39Z")
So I need to fill out the paperwork and W-9s and have it recorded in the county clerk’s office, then send it to EOG?
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### Author:  [@TennisDaze](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/TennisDaze)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/dad-passed-away-need-help-changing-ownership/75327/7 "2024-04-27T16:27:26Z")
You need an attorney to help you file the appropriate title documentation in deed records. Best is probate records assuming you are doing that. Otherwise minerals will pass under Texas heirship statutes for real property. Do not file W-9 or anything with social security numbers in deed records as that is all public access. Once you have established
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### Author:  [@Husbandb](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Husbandb)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/dad-passed-away-need-help-changing-ownership/75327/8 "2024-04-27T20:02:19Z")
There is no probate or will. I have the paperwork to have it changed over but says that it must be completed by someone that is not going to benefit from it.
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### Author:  [@TennisDaze](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/TennisDaze)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/dad-passed-away-need-help-changing-ownership/75327/9 "2024-04-27T20:02:37Z")
Got cut off above … once you establish title into all the heirs, then you send copies of title records to operator and lessee. Operator will send division order and require W-9 for each owner for reporting income to federal government. This will all take time so you need to be patient. Get a copy of your father’s lease to EOG from county deed records if you do not have it. If you have check detail from royalties, then you can find your father’s royalty owner number on EOG records which is a helpful reference.
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### Author:  [@Randy\_Donoho](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Randy_Donoho)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2024, 11:31am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/dad-passed-away-need-help-changing-ownership/75327/10 "2024-04-28T11:31:43Z")
I apologize. I should have said operator not commission. There is a 9-page document that will identify what is requisite from you, among them is deceased no will, not probated, etc. I will see if I can find my copy. I believe they’re fairly standard.
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### Author:  [@Husbandb](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Husbandb)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/dad-passed-away-need-help-changing-ownership/75327/11 "2024-04-28T14:50:40Z")
Thank you, I believe that’s what EOG headquarters sent me, along with affidavits of heirship.
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### Author:  [@Randy\_Donoho](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Randy_Donoho)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/dad-passed-away-need-help-changing-ownership/75327/12 "2024-04-28T16:57:06Z")
The process takes some time. Good luck.
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2024, 7:02pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/dad-passed-away-need-help-changing-ownership/75327/13 "2024-07-23T19:02:31Z")
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