I recently established ownership on some mineral rights in Ward County, TX. This was many years in getting settled. I am now receiving royalties. These rights are in my grandmother’s name and had not been transferred to me. Last year, I paid back taxes with numerous penalties in my grandmother’s name. This year’s Ward County does not show my ownership. Who is responsible for updating ownership at Ward Co Appraisal? R
The operator will file a list with list of mineral interests and ORRI owners with the county and the records should be updated. However, you might want to call and either get the name changed or at least obtain the Notice of Appraised Value which is still in your grandmother’s name. It will have an id number so that you can go on the Pritchard and Abbott website and download the work papers of the value and DOI. Then you can review and see if you think there should be corrections (such as DOI to match your checks). This is good information to save in your files,