# Inherited royalty Interest question
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/inherited-royalty-interest-question/72080
**Category:** Ownership and Title
**Created:** [August 25, 2023, 1:49am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/inherited-royalty-interest-question/72080 "2023-08-25T01:49:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Jerrytc9](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Jerrytc9)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2023, 1:49am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/inherited-royalty-interest-question/72080/1 "2023-08-25T01:49:16Z")
I just received an unsolicited offer to sell an O&G royalty interest that **may** exist in New Mexico, in the name of my deceased father (died 2008). It’s from an oil and gas company out of Austin, Texas that buys O&G interests. I’m unaware of any interest he would have had in Lea County, New Mexico, where it supposedly is located. Can anyone point me to a process I can take to search out the existence of the possible royalty interest that I only have my dad’s name from which to initiate any search at Lea County, New Mexico? If it exists, I need to take steps to get it into the names of the heirs, and I would have no interest in selling. I have not responded to the offer letter. Thanks for any ideas!
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### Author:  [@Permian](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Permian)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2023, 5:49pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/inherited-royalty-interest-question/72080/2 "2023-08-25T17:49:32Z")
If your father was Jesse, I don’t see anything in Lea County either. You can hire a land service company (title researcher) to dig further or ask the potential buyer to send over some title documents.
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### Author:  [@KellyH](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/KellyH)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2023, 6:59pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/inherited-royalty-interest-question/72080/3 "2023-08-25T18:59:16Z")
I think Permian’s idea about asking for title documents is a good idea.
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### Author:  [@AMcCluskeyLaw](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/AMcCluskeyLaw)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2023, 1:36pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/inherited-royalty-interest-question/72080/4 "2023-08-31T13:36:59Z")
Ask for title documents, yes. Is it possible that your dad inherited the interest from another family member, say, an uncle or aunt? Best to contact an attorney to help with the land research and assist with title curative to get the interest in the heirs’ names.
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2023, 1:49am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/inherited-royalty-interest-question/72080/5 "2023-11-23T01:49:48Z")
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