Does a deed have to specifically state what to do with the mineral rights, or is it enough to just say,
"grant, bargain, sell, convey, and deliver, with full guarantee of title, and with complete transfer and subrogation of all rights and actions........."?
Doe the "all rights" mean mineral rights as well.
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When a deed does not specifically state a reservation of minerals legal precedent tends to support that the deed conveyed any and all mineral rights associated with the surface estate.
Ken,
Even if you received ALL of the rights of the Vendor for property that you purchased, does not mean that they ACTUALLY owned the mineral rights. It just means that you acquired whatever they owned.
Also, if Mineral Rights did transfer to you, the property could still be subject to an existing lease.
In researching the decades-old Tuscaloosa Trend and the immense wealth it has generated for many, I find it deeply troubling that this resource-rich formation runs directly beneath one of the poorest communities in North Baton Rouge—near Southern University, Louisiana—yet neither the university ( that I am aware of) nor local residents appear to have received any compensation for the minerals extracted from their land.
This area has suffered immense environmental degradation…
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