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About Frederick M. Scott CMM RPL
Expertise
I can answer questions about oil and gas leasing, and give suggestions on negotiating a good oil and gas lease and how to best deal with oil companies or their representatives. I can answer questions about buying and selling oil and gas royalty or mineral rights. I can help with questions concerning forced-pooling, correlative rights, deeds and conveyances, and "post-production" costs. I am most experienced with Oklahoma properties and laws, but am able to answer questions concerning other oil and gas producing states in many cases.

Experience
I am a Certified Professional Mineral Manager (CMM) (certified by the National Association of Royalty Owners in Tulsa, OK) and have managed my own oil and gas properties in Oklahoma for over 10 years. I have dealt with many landmen, attorneys, and other oil and gas professionals in the course of doing so. I am also a member of several professional associations and have written articles of interest to royalty owners which have appeared in several industry publications. I have prepared deeds, title work, and done curative for my own minerals; and have acquired a good deal of knowledge on the subject of oil and gas law and landwork in general in the process. I am the owner of Timbercreek Mineral Company, LLC; which was formed as a vehicle to manage family mineral interests, and as a way to facilitate the buying and selling of oil and gas interests for other people.

Organizations
NARO, NADOA, AAPL

Publications
National Association of Royalty Owners "Action Report" (ROAR); NADOA Magazine, Landman Magazine, and several royalty owner association groups newsletters.

Education/Credentials
NARO, NADOA, AAPL

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Oil/Gas - Online Mineral Deed Forms

Expert: Frederick M. Scott CMM RPL - 11/2/2009

Question
My ailing grandfather owns mineral rights that he would like to deed to my grandmother. He was told be the gas company the necessary forms would be easily located online or at the library. I have been searching online for some time with no luck and do not have access to a sizable library. Can you point me to the necessary forms? Thanks.

Answer
Reid, there are in fact many companies selling ready-made deed forms online. I searched for "mineral deeds" just now and found several! Legalzoom.com is one site where you can buy a blank mineral deed, and there are other similar sites like uslegalforms.com as well, and still others that have free blank deeds you can use. I am neither endorsing nor opposing any of these sites but I would suggest you be careful when using any "fill-in-the-blank" deed forms. Even though the deeds you can get online may be quite legal and well-drafted, they do not come with actual legal advice; which you may need.

I would suggest you or your grandfather get an attorney to draw up the deed for him. Additionally, an attorney could help you decide which TYPE of deed to use (i.e. mineral deed, quitclaim deed, warranty deed etc.)Yes, it will cost a couple-hundred bucks or so depending on the attorney (maybe less) but I'd say it's money well spent.

Hope this helps you out.
Frederick M. "Mick" Scott CMM RPL
Timbercreek Mineral Company, LLC

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