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2 Answers | Asked in Energy, Oil and Gas and Probate for Oklahoma on
Q: I live in florida and my deceased mother used to receive royalty checks for property that family owned? Oil companies

Are trying to buy my rights for the property in Oklahoma. I don't know how much it's worth and I don't know how to find out. What kind of lawyer should I talk to and should I find one here or in Oklahoma? Thank you

James Tack Jr
James Tack Jr
answered on Nov 22, 2022

You should talk with an oil and gas attorney who is familiar with mineral transactions. Most mineral buyers are reputable, but not all. The easiest way to determine the value is to have several mineral buyers quote a price. Determining what you own can sometimes be difficult and expensive. If you... View More

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2 Answers | Asked in Energy, Oil and Gas and Probate for Oklahoma on
Q: I live in florida and my deceased mother used to receive royalty checks for property that family owned? Oil companies

Are trying to buy my rights for the property in Oklahoma. I don't know how much it's worth and I don't know how to find out. What kind of lawyer should I talk to and should I find one here or in Oklahoma? Thank you

Richard Winblad
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Richard Winblad
answered on Nov 21, 2022

Be cautious when dealing with companies who want to purchase the minerals. Often purchasers know much more about your minerals than you do. For example, they may be aware increased development in the near future. Also, they will typically want you to warrant title which means that you may have... View More

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1 Answer | Asked in Energy, Oil and Gas for Oklahoma on
Q: Is there any lawyer that is well conversant with Energy, Oil and Gas Exploration in Oklahoma?
James Tack Jr
James Tack Jr
answered on Dec 12, 2023

Oklahoma has some of the best oil and gas attorneys in the nation.

1 Answer | Asked in Energy, Oil and Gas for Oklahoma on
Q: my wifes sister wont sign a oil lease allowing the inherited oil to go to waist what can we do we are in oklahoma?

my wife and her sister have a oil lease and her sister is fighting us on signing the oil lease and letting it go to waste.

James Tack Jr
James Tack Jr
answered on May 12, 2022

Unless the interest is held in a trust, corporation, LLC, or other entity requiring both of their signatures, your wife can sign the lease for her interest without her sister's signature. If her sister doesn't sign, the oil company can force pool the sister's interest in a force... View More

1 Answer | Asked in Energy, Oil and Gas for Oklahoma on
Q: I have a mineral deed for a producing well in Oklahoma that has a term interest of 99 years that is about to expire.

My question is in Oklahoma if a well is producing shouldn't it continue? What is the law regarding a producing well?

James Tack Jr
James Tack Jr
answered on Jul 28, 2021

Whether the term interest continues past the 99 year term is dependant on the exact wording in the instrument which created the interest. There are fixed term interests. For example "for a term of 99 years." And there are interests which continue for as long as there is production from... View More

2 Answers | Asked in Energy, Oil and Gas, Probate and Estate Planning for Oklahoma on
Q: What is the process for making the oil company to pay out the royalties owed to our branch of the family?

My great aunt died intestate with oil interests and royalties. She died a widow with no children. She had 3 sisters and one brother. Her estate was resolved and the oil interests and royalties were paid except to one branch of her heirs - her one sister who is my grandmother. My grandmother died... View More

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answered on Jun 14, 2021

This is not a question that can be answered or resolved on a free online forum. You will need two Oklahoma attorneys who can help you with this - a probate attorney and an oil and gas attorney. If you would like some recommendations, write to me directly at nina@cumberlandlegacylaw.com and I can... View More

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1 Answer | Asked in Energy, Oil and Gas, Estate Planning and Probate for Oklahoma on
Q: My father died without a will and I want to know what is required to transfer the mineral rights to me and my siblings.

Okla affidavit of heirship requires a 10 yr waiting period, what is another option with a shorter waiting period?

James Tack Jr
James Tack Jr
answered on Apr 27, 2021

You need to do a probate of the estate. This is because mineral interests are an interest in real property and to pass marketable title you have to have to probate of the estate. The affidavit of heirship is for severed mineral interests and is a method to obtain marketable title if the affidavit... View More

1 Answer | Asked in Energy, Oil and Gas for Oklahoma on
Q: if a utility is in a persons name , in oklahoma, is that the person who is responsible for this bill
Jessica Brown
Jessica Brown
answered on Mar 23, 2021

Generally, yes. There are some exceptions to this, but I don't have enough information here to know more.

2 Answers | Asked in Energy, Oil and Gas and Estate Planning for Oklahoma on
Q: My mother passed away with a trust. She put her mineral rights in the trust. The attorney who created her trust has

Passed away as well. The law firm told me that the attorney put the wrong legal description on her mineral rights. Is the law firm responsible for correcting this for me?

James Tack Jr
James Tack Jr
answered on Mar 2, 2021

The liability of the law firm could depend on a number of factors that are not revealed in your question: The nature of the mistake and how it occurred. Any complicity in the mistake by your mother. How long ago this happened. The relationship between the firm and the attorney. If you... View More

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1 Answer | Asked in Energy, Oil and Gas, Libel & Slander and Estate Planning for Oklahoma on
Q: How do I find out if a parcel in Oklahoma had restrictive covenant, mineral rights, water and oil or gas rights attached

I am a beneficiary to a trust that possibly had roylity rights to a property to which have been subject to fraud. I am also the beneficiary residing in another State.

James Tack Jr
James Tack Jr
answered on Jan 18, 2021

You would need to research the land records covering the land, which are found in the county clerk's office of the county where the lands are located. Oil and gas titles can be very complicated. You could hire an oil and gas attorney or an oil and gas landman to do the search.

1 Answer | Asked in Energy, Oil and Gas for Oklahoma on
Q: Is there any lawyer of merit who can tell Okla Corp Comm to follow and not break O.S. Title 52, #52-552?

My deceased relative was force pooled on Day 0. This triggers this OK Statute for the holder, the mineral owner's heir and the State of OK. The holder is supposed to try and find the heir for 365 days. OK butts out except to require reports and an escrow account for funds due the owner. In my... View More

James Tack Jr
James Tack Jr
answered on Oct 25, 2020

Interests in oil and gas are interest in real property. The transfer of real property is governed by the laws of the state in which it is located, not where the deceased or owner is located. Regardless of whether the monies are held by the company pooling the interest, the Corporation Commission,... View More

4 Answers | Asked in Energy, Oil and Gas for Oklahoma on
Q: Oil rights

My uncle died in Oklahoma several years ago, never married, had no children, left no will, and had oil rights. His brother, my father, is also deceased and left 4 children (I'm the oldest). How much would it cost to settle this estate? Marathon Oil (Houston, TX) has this account and... View More

Matt Fleischer
Matt Fleischer
answered on Oct 16, 2020

The answer depends on many factors, but it sounds like you are probably looking at a joint probate of two estates if you want to legally transfer the minerals from your uncle to your father's children. That being said, bear in mind that if there are liquid assets in the estate (like royalty... View More

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1 Answer | Asked in Energy, Oil and Gas for Oklahoma on
Q: Division order analyst used older deed. Correct deed on file. Now we are 9 mo. after first production. Still no check.

Correct deed on file since 2006. Probate not the problem. No other oil companies have had this problem with having the right mineral deed to work from. Do they owe us the 12% penalty from date of first sale? How do we get them to pay? Do we have to go to court?

Richard Winblad
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Richard Winblad
answered on May 12, 2020

You need to find out from the company whether they have any title requirements that need to be fixed. If you believe that you have clear title send them a certified letter with an IRS W-9 along with your address. Companies are unlikely to pay 12% interest unless they are pressed. If there is an... View More

1 Answer | Asked in Energy, Oil and Gas for Oklahoma on
Q: An Oklahoma oil company refuses to honor to pay lease bonuses to heirs after a will was probated

I have a probate decree and deeds as proof of ownership

Richard Winblad
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Richard Winblad
answered on May 11, 2020

Dealing with oil companies can be frustrating.

It is difficult to answer your question with the limited facts. Was the property probated in Oklahoma? Who signed the leases? Have the leases been filed?

Many companies are bad about paying lease bonuses even when title is clear....
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2 Answers | Asked in Energy, Oil and Gas for Oklahoma on
Q: It has been 9 months since first production. How do I get the oil company, Red Wolf, to pay the 12% late fee?

Do they pay 12% for the nine months or only the 3 overdue months? They were trying to use an old title that was not current. I consider this their responsibility to have the correct title as it is easily available. Is this correct? This is for 6 new wells. I am still waiting on my first check.

Chaille Walraven
Chaille Walraven
answered on May 11, 2020

In Oklahoma, operators are required to remit payment within six months from the date of the first sale of production. Failure to do so can trigger late interest payments pursuant to 52 Okla. Stat. § 570.10. You are correct that if you have marketable title, you are entitled to 12% interest on late... View More

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2 Answers | Asked in Energy, Oil and Gas for Oklahoma on
Q: My deceased Father had a 1/3rd share in a mineral rights lease which was probated. The oil company won't honor lease

Who signs a lease when the owner is dead or can't be located? Does the oil company have to give the same lease to my Dads' heirs?

Matt Fleischer
Matt Fleischer
answered on May 8, 2020

If the lease is still valid, either because it is in its primary term or has been extended into its secondary term due to production on it, then the lease is still good and the company (and your dad's heirs) must honor it. However, in such a situation, the oil company can escrow any royalties... View More

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1 Answer | Asked in Energy, Oil and Gas for Oklahoma on
Q: MY brothers who were executor and co-executor of my mother will will not sign over my part of the mineral rights and

oil leases. it has gone through the courts and the judge has signed off on it. they have 4 years of money from one of the leases. I cant it them to answer my calls or sign anything over or even give me the name of the oil companys. do I need a lawyer ?

Chaille Walraven
Chaille Walraven
answered on Mar 12, 2020

As a general rule, at the completion of a probate proceeding in Oklahoma the district court will enter an order that all assets remaining in the estate be distributed to the heirs-at-law if there is no will or to the legatees/devisees if there is a will. If there was a probate proceeding you should... View More

1 Answer | Asked in Energy, Oil and Gas for Oklahoma on
Q: Inherited land and minerals in OK . Got a division order to sign. Would a new lease or agreement have to be signed?
Richard Winblad
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Richard Winblad
answered on Feb 3, 2020

Probably not. You are likely bound by your predecessor’s lease (or pooling order) for the well in question.

Also. You are entitled to royalties in Oklahoma even if a division order is not signed by you. Some companies try to get concessions with orders. But make sure they have your tax...
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1 Answer | Asked in Bankruptcy and Energy, Oil and Gas for Oklahoma on
Q: I have questions about filing bankruptcy on an ENERGY LLC ?

I need to know the best way to save my producing wells which is my only income from getting shut down by Oklahoma Corporation Commission because they are making me clean up a huge salt water mess. I have proof my leak could not have caused the amount of contamination that has been found. My leak... View More

Timothy Denison
Timothy Denison
answered on Nov 10, 2019

You will have to file suit against them and present the proof in court

1 Answer | Asked in Real Estate Law and Energy, Oil and Gas for Oklahoma on
Q: I was not notified of a 18' natural gas pipe to be replace on my property line. Was a notice required?

Pipe runs straight down property line with 25' just for access easements on each side. Now there is going to be a turn on to my property about 3 to 4 feet in towards my property from NW corner. This will change easement agreement, pushing into my property. I was never notified and they are on... View More

Doak Willis
Doak Willis
answered on Jun 27, 2019

If I understand your question and facts, your stating that the new pipe line will be on your property outside of the established easement which would require your consent otherwise you would be entitled to some compensation or a removal of the pipe line back within the easement already established.... View More

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