My sisters and I have been receiving royalty checks for mineral rights in Caddo County from NE/4, Section 33, T10N, R10W and SW/4, Section 23, T10N, R11W. Before my mother passed, she was receiving the checks for these same 2 tracts. How can I find the original lease? I would like to know how old it is, who signed it and what the terms were?
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Contact the division order department for the operator that is sending you the checks right now and ask them for a copy. The original is filed at the Caddo County courthouse. You may have to all the courthouse to see how to get a copy if the operator does not have it.
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Ok, will do. Thank you very much!
When you contact them, tell them your names, your owner ID number, who you inherited from.
Ok, thank you. I will do that.
If the OGL is within the last 40 years, then you should be able to find it online at the Clerk’s office. If before that, then I have had some luck with getting a local law office to look up a document for a modest fee.
Thank you James, I have a feeling it’s pretty old.