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Acreage off South Lakeshore can't be leased

I am over in Austin,Tx and ran into a Shreveporter (small world) who has 3 ac. off S. Lakeshore near Barron's Landing. He is west of there not on lake. Only lives there part time. Never got approached to lease. After the leasing boon was over, he asked a friend why no one wanted to lease his land & was told  his land "was in the middle of a line where minerals were not leaseable." I have never heard of any such thing. This is heir property that his family has owned for 70+ yrs. Only thing I could think of is that it is tied to an old servitude. I don't have a clue what township or range. I told him I would put the info out and see if I could come up with any info for him

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Oil & Gas ProPermalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on January 5, 2013 at 5:01

There is no definitive answer possible without a more specific location description.  I know of lands in the Jefferson-Paige Road area where the state owns the minerals.


landownerPermalink Reply by kittycatmama on January 5, 2013 at 6:01

This may be the case as when I pulled up the area on my iphone for this gentleman so he could show me where the property was located, one could more easily access it by going from Jefferson Paige north toward Lakeshore instead of off South Lakeshore. Out of curiousity how did the state end of owning that when it ended up as residential development. You have piqued my interest


Oil & Gas ProPermalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on January 5, 2013 at 6:20

Don't know the specifics.  It's likely the bottom of a once navigable stream or lands forfeited for failure to pay taxes.  A 1920's era state law prohibits the state from selling or otherwise transferring mineral rights.  Lands acquired by an individual from the state after the law would not include minerals.


landownerPermalink Reply by kittycatmama on January 5, 2013 at 13:14

Thanks for the info Skip. I learned something I didn't know i. e. that 1920s law.


Oil & Gas ProPermalink Reply by Dion Warr, CPL on January 6, 2013 at 17:39
Skip:

FYI, the state constitution of 1921 (Art. IV, Sec. 2) specifies that "In all cases the mineral rights on any and all property sold by the state shall be reserved."

Oil & Gas ProPermalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on January 7, 2013 at 2:48

Thanks for the specifics, Dion.  Yes, that was the law to which I was referring.


landownerPermalink Reply by kittycatmama on January 7, 2013 at 16:37

thanks Dion and Skip. I always find new and interesting things on this board.


Oil & Gas ProPermalink Reply by Andrew on January 10, 2013 at 7:58
For anyone who shares my perverse interest in such things, I added a blog post discussing this feature of Louisiana mineral law here:http://www.gohaynesvilleshale.com/profiles/blogs/ownership-of-miner...

Oil & Gas ProPermalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on January 10, 2013 at 7:59

I resemble that remark, Andrew!  LOL!

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