# Flat Rate Lease - Still Valid?

**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/flat-rate-lease-still-valid/55657
**Category:** Wetzel County, WV
**Created:** [February 5, 2020, 12:46am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/flat-rate-lease-still-valid/55657 "2020-02-05T00:46:03Z")
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### Author: ![Allen\_Staggers](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/user_avatar/www.mineralrightsforum.com/allen_staggers/32/9601_2.png) [@Allen\_Staggers](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Allen_Staggers)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2020, 12:46am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/flat-rate-lease-still-valid/55657/1 "2020-02-05T00:46:03Z")

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I am a partial owner of oil and gas in Church District, Wetzel County. There is a producing well on the property. The lease dates back to 1894. The annual rental payment is $6. Did the legislature address these flat-rate leases a few years ago?

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### Author: ![Ancel\_Smith](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/user_avatar/www.mineralrightsforum.com/ancel_smith/32/806_2.png) [@Ancel\_Smith](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Ancel_Smith)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2020, 2:40am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/flat-rate-lease-still-valid/55657/2 "2020-02-05T02:40:04Z")

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Following…have a similar concern.

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### Author: ![system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/uploads/db5755/original/3X/6/c/6c7c56608c843272ad6e3662ce9562a5956f173e.png) [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2020, 12:46am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/flat-rate-lease-still-valid/55657/3 "2020-05-05T00:46:04Z")

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