My husband was approached this week by a company in West Virginia. He inherited mineral rights from a great aunt who has no death certificate on file, and the other heir never did an affidavit to say they have the rights. She has since sold her part for several thousand dollars. Now we question how to prove he is a rightful heir. The deed warranty they sent us states he owns 8.375 acres in Doddridge County. There are two active wells on the land for OSW Oil, and we are curious if $30,000 is a normal range for this type of rights and if he should sell.
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If the great aunt died in a different county or different state, I don’t think there would be a death certificate filed in Doddridge. Ask the company who wants to buy for details about the wells on the property. If there are active wells, there would be an active lease. If so, who is getting payment? It would be helpful to have an attorney help with this. Perhaps there is going to be a new well drilled involving this acreage. Even doing nothing now would not necessarily be a bad thing. You need more information, and I would definitely suggest getting a lawyer involved for an actual sale.
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Thank you so much. We retained an attorney yesterday to answer many questions I need answered before he goes through with this.
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