# Need Texas mineral rights determined
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/need-texas-mineral-rights-determined/86531
**Category:** Ownership and Title
**Created:** [March 16, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/need-texas-mineral-rights-determined/86531 "2026-03-16T16:18:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@marilyn6100](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/marilyn6100)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/need-texas-mineral-rights-determined/86531/1 "2026-03-16T16:18:47Z")
Who can I contact to get my mineral rights determined? Besides an attorney.
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### Author:  [@DPerson](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/DPerson)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2026, 5:16pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/need-texas-mineral-rights-determined/86531/2 "2026-03-16T17:16:43Z")
Landman or a self-research for titles at the courthouse or the county clerk’s office where you suspect or know its location.
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### Author:  [@marilyn6100](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/marilyn6100)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2026, 5:57pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/need-texas-mineral-rights-determined/86531/3 "2026-03-16T17:57:38Z")
I have all the deeds for the mineral rights—having a problem with operator.
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### Author:  [@marilyn6100](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/marilyn6100)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2026, 5:58pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/need-texas-mineral-rights-determined/86531/4 "2026-03-16T17:58:27Z")
They are in Starr County.
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### Author:  [@DPerson](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/DPerson)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/need-texas-mineral-rights-determined/86531/5 "2026-03-16T19:11:40Z")
Is a “drive there” possible? I personally was at my wit’s end with a producer and was a mere 2 days before I was going to take a trip to their front door!
I know it’s aggravating.
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### Author:  [@M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/M_Barnes)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2026, 12:49pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/need-texas-mineral-rights-determined/86531/6 "2026-03-17T12:49:20Z")
A landman will be a less expensive first route to try. Get the statement from the operator addressing the issue and what you need to do to clarify it. You can find a Texas landman through AAPL. A CPL (highest designation) or RPL (second highest designation) will have training and are held to ethical standards.
> **[Homepage](https://www.landman.org/)**
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### Author:  [@marilyn6100](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/marilyn6100)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2026, 12:36am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/need-texas-mineral-rights-determined/86531/7 "2026-03-18T00:36:00Z")
He will not answer my phone calls.
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### Author:  [@M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/M_Barnes)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2026, 2:40am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/need-texas-mineral-rights-determined/86531/8 "2026-03-18T02:40:28Z")
Have you tried a certified letter return receipt? That starts a clock ticking in TX when they are supposed to respond. Is this the Division Order person or a landman?
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### Author:  [@marilyn6100](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/marilyn6100)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2026, 11:28pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/need-texas-mineral-rights-determined/86531/9 "2026-04-24T23:28:26Z")
I have tried to talk with the operator but he just puts me off.
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### Author:  [@marilyn6100](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/marilyn6100)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2026, 11:29pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/need-texas-mineral-rights-determined/86531/10 "2026-04-24T23:29:27Z")
> [@M\_Barnes](#):
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> designation
Aapl?
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### Author:  [@Diesel](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Diesel)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2026, 3:56pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/need-texas-mineral-rights-determined/86531/11 "2026-04-30T15:56:30Z")
Marilyn, sounds like you could end up spending more money than the minerals are worth trying to fix a title issue with the operator. Do you know how many Net Mineral Acres you own?
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### Author:  [@marilyn6100](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/marilyn6100)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2026, 12:27am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/need-texas-mineral-rights-determined/86531/12 "2026-05-01T00:27:00Z")
Yes 160
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### Author:  [@marilyn6100](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/marilyn6100)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2026, 1:16am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/need-texas-mineral-rights-determined/86531/13 "2026-05-05T01:16:31Z")
Can you help
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### Author:  [@TennisDaze](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/TennisDaze)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2026, 4:21am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/need-texas-mineral-rights-determined/86531/14 "2026-05-05T04:21:01Z")
Is that the legal description in your deed? If so, that is the gross mineral acres and your net mineral acres could be fewer. It will depend on the extent to which the minerals have been subdivided over the years, whether among family by inheritance or be sales to multiple people.
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### Author:  [@marilyn6100](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/marilyn6100)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2026, 9:27pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/need-texas-mineral-rights-determined/86531/15 "2026-05-06T21:27:17Z")
No its closed
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### Author:  [@TennisDaze](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/TennisDaze)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/need-texas-mineral-rights-determined/86531/16 "2026-05-07T17:00:18Z")
Trying to understand your situation. If you have purchased 160 acres of surface, there may or may not be any associated minerals. Some or all of the minerals may have been severed from the surface in the past. This can only be determined by researching the deed history from sovereignty forward. As M Barnes has suggested, a landman can do this for you.
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### Author:  [@marilyn6100](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/marilyn6100)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2026, 8:41pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/need-texas-mineral-rights-determined/86531/17 "2026-05-22T20:41:41Z")
The well is on 160 acres
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### Author:  [@marilyn6100](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/marilyn6100)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2026, 1:02pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/need-texas-mineral-rights-determined/86531/18 "2026-05-24T13:02:31Z")
You seem very knowledgeable, can you help me with a deed and interest or direct me to someone who can
Thank you
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### Author:  [@TennisDaze](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/TennisDaze)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2026, 4:52pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/need-texas-mineral-rights-determined/86531/19 "2026-05-24T16:52:41Z")
You need to hire a landman who works Starr County. Try contacting one of the title companies in Starr County for a recommendation or the county clerk for deeds. If you have the copies of the historic deeds for your land, then the landman can review to see if the minerals have been severed. Landman will have to look back to sovereignty. Martha has given you advice on making sure that the landman is a member of AAPL and what his level is.
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### Author:  [@M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/M_Barnes)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2026, 12:21pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/need-texas-mineral-rights-determined/86531/20 "2026-05-25T12:21:30Z")
American Association of Petroleum Landmen
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