# How do you verify Ownership rights on Public or Private Land?
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-do-you-verify-ownership-rights-on-public-or-private-land/60597
**Category:** Dewey County, OK
**Created:** [February 12, 2021, 3:30pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-do-you-verify-ownership-rights-on-public-or-private-land/60597 "2021-02-12T15:30:51Z")
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### Author:  [@Kirk\_Stites](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Kirk_Stites)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2021, 3:30pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-do-you-verify-ownership-rights-on-public-or-private-land/60597/1 "2021-02-12T15:30:51Z")
Is there an easy way to confirm whether your ownership rights are within private or federal? I was assuming they were privately owned but was questioning this with new ban on federal property.
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### Author:  [@tracy\_lenz](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/tracy_lenz)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-do-you-verify-ownership-rights-on-public-or-private-land/60597/2 "2021-02-12T17:59:14Z")
I might be misunderstanding your question, but if you own them and you are a private citizen, then the minerals are private and not federal.
You can always look up the location on these maps and see what else is around you:
Oklahoma Federal Lands Map [https://highways.dot.gov/sites/fhwa.dot.gov/files/docs/federal-lands/flap/ok/12536/flma\_map\_ok.pdf](https://highways.dot.gov/sites/fhwa.dot.gov/files/docs/federal-lands/flap/ok/12536/flma_map_ok.pdf)
Oklahoma GIS Map [https://okmaps.org/OGI/search.aspx](https://okmaps.org/OGI/search.aspx)
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### Author:  [@M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/M_Barnes)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2021, 7:18pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-do-you-verify-ownership-rights-on-public-or-private-land/60597/3 "2021-02-12T19:18:39Z")
There is not much federal mineral land in OK. They do control some surface acres. See the good maps above. However, there is a good bit of mineral acreage that is tied up with older Native American grants and have to go through the Bureau of Indian affairs for certain approvals.
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### Author:  [@TODD\_M\_Baker](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/TODD_M_Baker)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2021, 7:35pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-do-you-verify-ownership-rights-on-public-or-private-land/60597/4 "2021-02-12T19:35:04Z")
I agree with Tracy & Martha. The only Federal Lands in Oklahoma controlled by the BLM that I have run across in 35 years of land title is with “navigable” river lands. Examples would be North & South Canadian Rivers, Red River, Illinois River. There are others.
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2021, 3:31pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-do-you-verify-ownership-rights-on-public-or-private-land/60597/5 "2021-05-13T15:31:31Z")
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