# Getting into pay status
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/getting-into-pay-status/53479
**Category:** Taylor County, WV
**Created:** [November 24, 2019, 5:26am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/getting-into-pay-status/53479 "2019-11-24T05:26:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Justin\_Scherer](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Justin_Scherer)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2019, 5:26am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/getting-into-pay-status/53479/1 "2019-11-24T05:26:38Z")
I inherited mineral rights in Taylor County, West Virginia. I didn’t do a signing bonus. My sisters and brothers have. They’ve been getting money for the past 4 or 5 years. I haven’t gotten anything. A woman from Antero Resources said they don’t know how but they overlooked me. And I should be getting a check with all the information on how much the wells are producing. But she did send me something with pooling, I think. There are three wells on 11 acres. I think I got a letter in the mail something about royalties but mineral rights I don’t know the difference.
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### Author:  [@Nancy\_Mosley](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Nancy_Mosley)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2019, 2:54am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/getting-into-pay-status/53479/2 "2019-11-25T02:54:38Z")
You should tell them (Antero) that they are trespassing on your property by drilling without your signature. You can negotiate to sign the pooling modification for a payment to you to make up for their overlooking you. An attorney can help with this. I know of a few people that this happened to. You might get a few hundred dollars or so. Also ask for interest on the payment that they will be sending you. They might do this anyway.
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### Author:  [@SnelsonMLManagement](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/SnelsonMLManagement)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2019, 8:37pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/getting-into-pay-status/53479/3 "2019-12-02T20:37:09Z")
Two questions:
1. Have you seen a full copy of the Will by which you inherited the mineral rights?
2. Have you received a Division Order or anything of the sort from the operator of the well(s)?
I ask in order to 1) make sure you in fact directly received the mineral rights as a result of a Will or if there was an Executor of the Will that perhaps did not fulfill their duty as set out by the Will in question and 2) a Division Order or any other letter/notification could shed light on what the Operator’s opinion on the matter is. If I remember correctly, however, West Virginia only recently started requiring the use of Division Orders as recent as 2014 - if this is the case, there is a large chance that you have been overlooked.
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### Author:  [@MRFAdmin\_SV](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/MRFAdmin_SV)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/getting-into-pay-status/53479/4 "2025-01-11T16:37:07Z")