# Incorrect mineral title
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/incorrect-mineral-title/46418
**Category:** Ownership and Title
**Created:** [May 23, 2019, 2:32pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/incorrect-mineral-title/46418 "2019-05-23T14:32:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@mgbs](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/mgbs)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2019, 2:32pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/incorrect-mineral-title/46418/1 "2019-05-23T14:32:48Z")
To make a long story short, my family has been looking into our mineral rights due to letters from a company who says we own some in Section 33. The mineral rights have been in my family since 1920 and have been passed down by inheritance. My grandmother died leaving a will. In the will, she left her estate to her boyfriend and last surviving child. My cousin talked his mother into signing them over to him, and he sold them. We could not figure out why we kept getting these letters. A guy from an Oklahoma oil company did some research and said he could not find any record of them in probate, so by law they had to be passed down. The same rights, he said, that belong to us were sold by my cousin. I reached out to the company that purchased them and have not heard anything. What do I do? How do I know who they belong to?
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### Author:  [@ABond](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/ABond)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/incorrect-mineral-title/46418/2 "2019-05-23T17:19:02Z")
Your cousin should have filed the purchase of the interest of record in the County Clerk Office (or whatever the equivalent is in Oklahoma). It is also on the company that purchased the interest to file their purchase of record. However, neither of these would be located in probate. You can give the landman the name of your cousin and the name of the company that purchased from him if you want, as well as the time frame in which this purchase occurred. The landman can then run it out further. If you sign anything, like an oil and gas lease or a mineral deed, do NOT warrant anything. It’s not your responsibility to verify the title or make sure the documents are recorded.
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### Author:  [@mgbs](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/mgbs)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2019, 6:49pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/incorrect-mineral-title/46418/3 "2019-05-30T18:49:30Z")
Thank you. This stuff is so confusing. The company never got back to me really makes me wonder if they bought my rights by mistake.
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Winblad](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Richard_Winblad)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2019, 4:15am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/incorrect-mineral-title/46418/4 "2019-05-31T04:15:38Z")
> [@mgbs](#):
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> A guy from an Oklahoma oil company did some research and said he could not find any record of them in probate so by law they had to be passed down.
Probably requires an Oklahoma Probate case to resolve title to the minerals.
> [@Oklahoma Probate Options](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/oklahoma-probate-options/42576):
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> A parent, spouse or relative died and they owned or oil & gas mineral rights in Oklahoma: Has one of these happened to you? An investor wants to buy minerals owned by a family member who has died. An oil company wants to lease minerals that were in your mother or father’s name. Your relative was receiving royalty payments but won’t pay you until there is a probate. No Need to Appear in Court Most probate cases can be handled without the need of any appearance by a relative in court. …
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### Author:  [@MRFAdmin\_SV](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/MRFAdmin_SV)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/incorrect-mineral-title/46418/5 "2025-01-11T19:30:42Z")