I have recently stepped in to assist my father get mineral interest property accounts transferred to his name in Rusk County, TX. I was finally able to locate it but met with resistance trying to transfer ownership. The records we have are still under his mother’s name, who has been deceased since 1995. I have been told that I am only still seeing the current statements because of minimal tax owed in 2006-2009 but the interest no longer is under her name currently. When attempting to transfer the records through Rusk County Clerk’s Office, we were referred to Prichard and Abbott, an appraisal firm. The division order analyst only transferred over three of the parcels and stated that the remaining seven are under a different individual’s name. When I pressed on, I was told that the transfer was made in 2013. The problem with this scenario is both individuals were deceased well before 2013. Next, I was then told that the operator made the transfer and sent the records to P&A; however, she fails to reveal the names of the operators or provide any written evidence of this transfer. After receiving contradictory and shifting emailed responses, the division order analyst has now evaded any further questions. I am supposed to accept her word that a transfer of ownership took place in 2013 and that is that. The operators have been quite evasive themselves; there are no records indicating this transfer ever took place, that can be provided by Prichard and Abbott or Rusk County. I am merely trying to get the remaining seven parcels legally transferred into the rightful heir’s name.
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Have you transferred the title in the deed records into your father’s name? This is essential for your father to be paid. Is it possible that the property taxes in your grandmother’s name were not paid and so the county foreclosed on her minerals and they were sold in a sheriff’s sale? You need to trace the ownership in the deed records to determined how and when or if any transfers were made.