# Off Reservation Mineral Claims Michigan

**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/off-reservation-mineral-claims-michigan/77524
**Category:** Law & Legal
**Created:** [September 25, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/off-reservation-mineral-claims-michigan/77524 "2024-09-25T14:07:19Z")
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### Author: ![RedFox](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@RedFox](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/RedFox)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/off-reservation-mineral-claims-michigan/77524/1 "2024-09-25T14:07:19Z")

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I own a fractionated interest in a parcel of land located on the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Reservation. For the past 50 years, the State of Michigan has approved gas and oil leases adjacent to the reservation. Am I allowed to file an off-reservation mineral claim against the State for extraction of oil?

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### Author: ![M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/user_avatar/www.mineralrightsforum.com/m_barnes/32/10942_2.png) [@M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/M_Barnes)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2024, 12:21pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/off-reservation-mineral-claims-michigan/77524/2 "2024-09-26T12:21:33Z")

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You would need to contact the agent for that area for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Also read the state of Michigan oil and gas statutes.

I am curious as to why you would file off reservation if your lands are on reservation. You cannot claim royalties for minerals you do not own.

Here is the link to the Michigan website for oil and gas. [https://www.deq.state.mi.us/dataminer/](https://www.deq.state.mi.us/dataminer/)

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### Author: ![system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/uploads/db5755/original/3X/6/c/6c7c56608c843272ad6e3662ce9562a5956f173e.png) [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/off-reservation-mineral-claims-michigan/77524/3 "2024-12-24T14:08:12Z")

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