Is this a good idea? (to pay their annual fee to have my records listed)
I gave a talk one time to about 30 landmen. In the crowd were guys who had their own lease brokerage, guys who worked for brokers, and in-house landmen. I asked this crowd, how many have ever searched the mineral owner registry. Nobody raised their hands. I asked if anybody knew of anybody who ever used the registry. Nobody knew of anybody who had ever used it.
Its certainly possible a landman would use it to find somebody, but my experience and anecdotal poll suggests that nobody searches the registry.
that's kinda what I figured... thanks so much for the info!!!