# Shut In Limitations?

**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/shut-in-limitations/81486
**Category:** Beckham County, OK
**Created:** [May 20, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/shut-in-limitations/81486 "2025-05-20T15:35:20Z")
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### Author: ![lwd](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@lwd](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/lwd)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/shut-in-limitations/81486/1 "2025-05-20T15:35:21Z")

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Lease from 2010 was not favorable to lessor and no time limit listed for shut-in. Last production was in 2017 and have received a shut-in payment annually since. Can a shut-in last until the well is closed? What if the shut-in payment isn’t cashed? Can this last indefinitely?

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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: [May 20, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/shut-in-limitations/81486/2 "2025-05-20T17:30:35Z")

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Welcome to the forum. Unfortunately, a shut in clause with no time limits can last indefinitely. I inherited some that have been dragging on for decades. It can be expensive to try (and frequently doomed to fail) to break a lease with that type of clause. If you don’t cash the check, you are probably just missing out on some extra cash.

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### Author: ![lwd](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@lwd](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/lwd)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/shut-in-limitations/81486/3 "2025-05-21T19:04:36Z")

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Thank you for the information and sharing your personal experience.

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### Author: ![Richard\_Winblad](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/user_avatar/www.mineralrightsforum.com/richard_winblad/32/11511_2.png) [@Richard\_Winblad](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Richard_Winblad)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/shut-in-limitations/81486/4 "2025-05-22T18:47:19Z")

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When signing a new lease, it is important to have a limitation on the number of years shut-in rights can last.

This post is not legal, tax or investment advice. Reading or responding to this post does not create an attorney/client relationship.

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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: [August 18, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/shut-in-limitations/81486/5 "2025-08-18T15:35:46Z")

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