Independent landman research, patent-to-present runsheets, and Railroad Commission filings across all 254 Texas counties. Grounded in original General Land Office (GLO) abstract records, county deed vaults, and regulatory dockets.
We provide thorough courthouse research and regulatory examination for operators, attorneys, mineral owners, and family trusts across Texas.
Texas title begins at the sovereign grant—Spanish and Mexican land concessions, Republic headright certificates, and State of Texas patents. We trace chains of title from the sovereign GLO Abstract forward to verify mineral reservations and patent boundaries.
Detailed examination of severed mineral estates, non-participating royalty interests (NPRI), executive leasing rights, and fractional ownership calculations to produce complete Mineral Ownership Reports (MOR).
Reconstructing family genealogies and unprobated estates to resolve title defects, prepare affidavits of heirship under Texas Estates Code § 203.001, and assist with royalty suspense clearance.
Direct telephone contacts, deed room locations, online index access, and Railroad Commission district assignments for every county in Texas.
Courthouse title examination across Texas producing fairways, each with distinct conveyance patterns and local deed room practices.
Midland • Martin • Howard • Upton • Glasscock • Reagan
Stacked horizontal benches (Wolfcamp A/B, Lower Spraberry, Jo Mill). Deeply severed mineral estates requiring extensive examination of historical conveyance chains.
Reeves • Loving • Ward • Winkler • Pecos • Culberson
Active lateral drilling fairways. Large-scale ranchland title chains, early mineral severances, and Pugh clause depth limitation audits.
Karnes • DeWitt • Gonzales • Atascosa • LaSalle • Dimmit
Oil and condensate windows. Historic Spanish and Mexican land grant roots, family partition deeds, and pooled unit declarations.
Robertson • Leon • Freestone • Anderson • Panola • Harrison
Deep gas formations. Complex timber tract histories, unprobated family estates, and undivided fractional mineral interests.
In Texas, the Railroad Commission regulates oil and gas exploration and production. We cross-reference courthouse tracts against active RRC regulatory filings:
Every title runsheet compiled by independent landmen follows structured courthouse indexing guidelines, tracking every conveyance from sovereignty to present.
Precise recording citation including Volume/Book and Page, official Clerk Instrument Number, Instrument Date, and Recording Date. Cross-verified against county index books.
Complete grantor and grantee identification, legal description, Texas General Land Office (GLO) Abstract number, section, block, and surveyed acreage breakdown.
Verbatim transcription of mineral reservations, royalty burdens (NPRI), executive rights, depth severances, mortgage liens, and unprobated heirship notations.
Submit tract, county, or abstract information for research scoping, mineral ownership reports, or title examination across Texas.
Texas was an independent Republic prior to statehood in 1845 and retained ownership of all public lands under its Annexation Agreement. The federal Public Land Survey System (PLSS) was never implemented. Land titles originate from sovereign land grants issued by Spain, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, and the State of Texas, cataloged by Abstract Numbers in the Texas General Land Office (GLO).
While digital portals host records for recent decades in many counties, historical conveyances—including original sovereign patents, early oil and gas leases, partition deeds, and probate files—often exist only in bound volumes in the physical county clerk vault. Thorough drill-site examination frequently requires reviewing physical courthouse records.
Under Duhig v. Peavy-Moore Lumber Co. (Tex. 1940), when a grantor conveys real property by warranty deed, purporting to reserve a mineral interest while failing to except an outstanding third-party interest, the grantor is estopped from claiming their reserved interest to the extent necessary to satisfy the grant. We examine Duhig over-conveyance risk in every chain of title.
Under Texas Estates Code § 203.001, a recorded Affidavit of Facts Concerning Identity of Heirs serves as prima facie evidence of heirship after remaining of record for five years. We assist in reconstructing family genealogies, verifying marital history under community property rules, and preparing curative affidavits.