I recently became aware that oil royalty payments due to my father’s oil company had been sent to a listed address that had not been correct for over 25 years. Continental Oil, just in 2025, turned over 178 incorrectly addressed payments to the Texas Comptroller-Missing Money Division. The amount is sizable. There have been several addresses associated with my father’s former oil company that could have been located with a simple Google search. Now, I can’t even get Continental Oil to call me back so I can figure out the property description and begin the process of claiming the money. I realize my father’s advancing age and subsequent death led to the property payments being overlooked and failure to update addresses for Continental, but as I said, there seemed to be no effort to locate another address in 25 years. As a result of this failure to even attempt to find another address, the payments were just held. As the executor of my father’s estate since 2016, I was unaware of the agreement with Continental Oil and the property. Has anyone had any experience like this and is there any recourse to obtain interest or to address this in some other way?
Are you certain you need property descriptions to claim the Missing Money?
If I may,
Im in the middle of ownership title transfers from the 1960’s.
In order to find out where the moneys are held, you need to contact the county clerks office where the property is located. Then find out under what name did they hold the moneys under. Truthfully, it may not be in your dads EXACT Name. Who knows how these people think that are incharge of this type stuff. Try property address past and current, try anything that will connect you to that.
Also, you need to show death certs, probate papers and or heirship papers to connect yoyu to that account.
lastly, you can search his name up in the Texas comptrollers webpage and if he has moneys sitting there, it should be liste. IF SO, there is a “CLAIM” button that you can press that initialtes capture of funds. I did Claim some moneys last week but have still not heard back from The Texas Comptrollers office.
Best of luck
Thank-you so much for your response. Biggest issue is that I have absolutely no idea what property it is or where it is located. My father had a number of interests from all over the state. Hopefully Continental will get back with me at some point. Can’t imagine dealing with transfers from the 60s.
Don’t forget the Texas comptrollers. Also try looking at counties where he lived AND where the grandparents lived and even great grandparents.
It takes time but methodically you can get closer to the answer the more you dig down that rabbit hole.
If there are property records, you might try . something like the statewide search on Texasfile. A property deed or lease with your father’s name or company name might be found.