# Non-payment of Royalties
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/non-payment-of-royalties/64992
**Category:** Gregg County, TX
**Created:** [February 14, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/non-payment-of-royalties/64992 "2022-02-14T17:30:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Melissa\_Hachen](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Melissa_Hachen)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/non-payment-of-royalties/64992/1 "2022-02-14T17:30:21Z")
I posted on this before thinking my Dad has a lease on this property. He had a royalty interest. Through the Texasfile Mineral report, I found that my Dad has an interest in the Hilburn & Lloyd A Tract 10, 30, -C-. The wells are in the W P Chism survey. I found where there had been no payments for a long time. My Dad died in 2000 leaving it to my Mom, who died in 2009. I found the operator, Mikon Oil, Inc. and called asking about this. Generally the money is held in suspense if they couldn’t find anyone, or so I thought. I was told initially that if the taxes are not paid and the operator absorbs these, then they have the right to absorb the interest. I then asked for their landman. He said that no one signed the lease so the royalty interest became a working interest. The company paid the working interest and absorbed the interest. I told him I didn’t think this is how it worked. Doing further research, I found where we have been paying the taxes for the whole time. Since my Dad had a royalty interest, why did he need to sign the lease? I think these people are not being honest. What can I do since production goes back a long time? I don’t think me writing them will have them admit anything, but that is just my way of thinking.
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### Author:  [@Robin7](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Robin7)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2022, 1:50pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/non-payment-of-royalties/64992/2 "2022-02-20T13:50:50Z")
You need an oil and gas attorney.
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/non-payment-of-royalties/64992/3 "2022-05-15T17:30:43Z")
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