# Help needed

**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/help-needed/25139
**Category:** General Mineral Rights Discussion
**Created:** [May 8, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/help-needed/25139 "2018-05-08T18:43:28Z")
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### Author: ![Buddy\_Cotten](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/user_avatar/www.mineralrightsforum.com/buddy_cotten/32/5079_2.png) [@Buddy\_Cotten](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Buddy_Cotten)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/help-needed/25139/12 "2018-06-08T17:49:21Z")

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You have gotten less than good advice. In most jurisdictions, striking the warranty does little good in an oil lease.

See here for a blog post from years ago. This was written specifically for Texas, but it’s generally applicable in most Common Law states:

> [@Warranty of Title in an Oil & Gas Lease](http://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/warranty-of-title-in-an-oil-gas-lease/24847):
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> What is a Warranty of Title in an Oil and Gas Lease (OGL) and what are its implications? A warranty is an assurance by one party to the other party that specific facts or conditions are true or will happen; the other party is permitted to rely on that assurance and seek some type of remedy if it is not true or followed. In an OGL a warranty of title provision creates only a covenant of warranty, a promise to defend the lessee against future lawful claims and demands. Therefore, the warranty of…

Best,

Buddy Cotten

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