What it shows
- The materials the examiner relied on: abstracts, runsheets, prior opinions, recorded instruments.
- Ownership of the minerals, royalties and leasehold, tract by tract.
- The decimal for each owner.
- Requirements: gaps and defects to cure before payment, and interests to hold in suspense.
Where a landman fits
The opinion is only as complete as the record put in front of the examiner. A landman compares its ownership with the instruments themselves, finds what it relied on and what it missed, and checks whether its requirements were ever met of record.
We are landmen, not attorneys. This page describes the land record in general terms. It is not legal advice, and every matter turns on its own instruments.