# Mineral Owner Number? **URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-owner-number/53363 **Category:** General Mineral Rights Discussion **Created:** [November 21, 2019, 3:04am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-owner-number/53363 "2019-11-21T03:04:35Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 6
### Author: ![Richard\_Winblad](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/user_avatar/www.mineralrightsforum.com/richard_winblad/32/11511_2.png) [@Richard\_Winblad](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Richard_Winblad) #### Post date: [November 22, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-owner-number/53363/6 "2019-11-22T17:15:56Z")
To be perfectly clear, an Owner Number is something that a company assigns to a particular person who owns the minerals. In short, it is an account number. This is not anything issued by any governmental agency. While it may be helpful for the company to know the account number of the last payee, it does not excuse them from payment if you don’t have it. The royalties and the obligation to pay them don’t go away. Rachel is correct in that a probate will probably be needed. If more than one estate requires a probate, they can usually be combined into a joint probate to save time and money. > [@What if there are multiple generations to be probated?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/what-if-there-are-multiple-generations-to-be-probated/52580): > > What if I have more than one Estate, can they be joined in a single joint administration case? Sometimes there is a need to take care of two or more estates in order to get minerals into the name of the rightful heirs. While this may seem like a daunting task, it can often be accomplished in one case. For example, if grandfather owned mineral and died, then his daughter died. Neither had a probate done for their estates. Oklahoma law allows multiple estates to be administered in one case. In t… Also, the estates may qualify for a summary or ancillary probate procedure which saves time and money. --- _[View the full topic](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-owner-number/53363)._