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30 years ago my grandmother passed away, my family and I inherited mineral rights in Renville County ND. How do we go about getting more info? It was leased (the lease has been up since 2001). If I know the township, range and section, where do I go from there? Can you give me an idea what my next step may be, or who to contact? Please give us some direction.
Thank You,
Kelly
Kelly:
I assume your seeking information to possibly have the holding leased again. Most commonly you will be contacted vs seeking a party interested in leasing your holding. Remember there most be a party willing to spend funds to lease and develop before you will be contacted.
Secondly, have you recorded a statement of claim in Renville County? North Dakota statute requires an updated recording every twenty years or the surface owner can begin court action to reclaim the mineral ownership.
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Linn A. Willers
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By occupation I'm a professional mineral manager who began my career managing Northern tier minerals (ND, MT and CDN with a sprinkling of OK & TX). I latter managed Rocky Mountain and Mid Continent minerals and currently manage a large set of Gulf Coast minerals along with the afore mentioned.
Experience
Over the past 22 years I have always respresented issues from the mineral/royalty owner prospective. Organizations: National Association of Royalty Owners (NARO), American Association of Petroleum Landmen, Denver Association of Petroleum Landmen, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, Energy and Mineral Law Foundation, National Association of Division order Analysts (NADOA), National Association of Lease Title Analysts (NALTA) and the Southwest Kansas Royalty Owners Association. Over the last ten years I have given various mineral management conference presentations, in Albuquerque, Dallas, Fort Worth, Oklahoma City and Tulsa and on a number of occasions I have presented or co-presented the Certified Mineral Management Review Course. I have a Business degree, I'm a Certified Mineral Manager and an RLP with the American Association of Petroleum Landmen. I'm a three term Past President of National Association of Royalty Owners (NARO) and the Immediate Past President.
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