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Inherited mineral rights in Texas (52 seconds)
When a mineral owner dies, the royalty checks do not move on their own. Find the leases on the last stubs, tell every payor, settle who owns the interest, and watch the two clocks that are running. A 52-second cut of the full video.
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When an owner dies, the royalty checks do not move on their own. Do these four things, in order. Start with the last stubs. Each one names a lease. Write to every payor, by certified mail, with the date of death. Until it has proof of who owns the interest, it may hold payment without interest. Settle who owns it: probate the will, or prove heirship. Then send each payor the papers and a division order for each heir. Two clocks are running. Four years after the death, a will can no longer be probated, unless the applicant was not in default. And royalties unclaimed for three years go to the state. Look up each lease from your stubs with our Texas lease lookup. The sources are on screen.