Deeds convey everything the owner has, unless specifically reserved. An important point here for newbies is when they find a deed to their property or minerals stating that it hereby conveys "all right and title to the herein described property," that only means it is conveying whatever rights the previous owner had, and not necessarily 100% of the mineral rights. In other words if a previous owner, three conveyances prior, say in 1940, reserved half the mineral rights, and no other reservations were made in the other two transactions, the current owner only has 50% ownership in the minerals, regardless what the deed says. An owner can only transfer the rights which that owner possesses.
On Nov 8, 8:59 am, Larry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rufus, > You made this statement: ""In ND, when lands were sold, the minerals > never > went with the surface, except where denoted in the transfer > documents."" > > I have not researched this, but it would be my opinion that when > surface acres were sold the mineral acres went with the surface acres > unless the contract specifically excluded the mineral acres. > > If you can point me to a resource on this, I would appreciate it. > > On Nov 7, 11:43 pm, go-devil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Sorry but no one is giving up any minerals. > > There are rules set in place for drilling. > > You either have minerals or you don't, plain & simple. > > Anyone telling someone to consider such a thing is crazy. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bakken Shale Discussion" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bakken-shale-discussion?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
