I have a basic question in regards to contacting a mineral owner for leasing purposes. Does a record research at the County Clerk's office reflect only the mineral owners name and address or is a phone number listed on these records. Since 2004, my wife and I have been contacted via phone calls by landmen in regards to leasing our minerals. We are considering eliminating our land line and utilize cell phones only. My question is will a landman send any offers via mail and is this a normal procedure in the event that the mineral owner utilizes cell phones only.
The answer to your first question is no. Generally the phone number is not listed.
If they want your lease, and are not lazy, they will find you.
If you want your phone number in the records, file an Affidavit in the county where you have minerals. You don't have to call it anything. Just style it "AFFIDAVIT".
Put that you are a mineral owner of certain lands, give a legal description, and put your cell no.
They will see that of record and contact you.
Make sure it is notarized before you try to file it.
They will take your filing fee and it will then become public record.
If you don't do that, they should still contact you by mail, or drive over to your last address and knock on your door if they are any good, especially if you live in the same county where the minerals are located.
Dave:
Thanks for the info. I was thinking that phone numbers are not listed on the paperwork. I will consider the other avenues but you are right in that if they want you, they will find you. I have had a landline all my life but the cell phones are all my family uses and 99% of all calls to my landline is telemarketers. I am just trying to figure out all parties that might be connected to my landline prior to cancelling. My leases will be expiring in April and June of 2014 and could be contacted as early as Nov - Dec regarding top lease offers. Thanks again.
I know where you are coming from. I never use a landline much anymore either.
Dave:
In less than 10 years, I'll bet the majority of the phone books will be much smaller. It will seem strange not to have a landline as it has part of my household for all of my life. I won't miss the telemarketers.
Dave Quincy said:
I know where you are coming from. I never use a landline much anymore either.
I can promise you they will stop printing them soon. Everything will be digital.
Agree!!
Dave Quincy said:
I can promise you they will stop printing them soon. Everything will be digital.
The sad thing is no one can locate anyone anymore once they drop there land line and move, cell phones have no directory and one simply disappears without method of contact anymore. I have tried to locate many people that have moved and also dropped their land line some of which were for serious reasons but there is no method once they drop of the face of the earth by simply dropping their land line.
Mineral Joe:
I was thinking the same thing as what you stated but hopefully if someone wants to reach me, it will be via the US Mail. I will not be dropping my landline until about a year from now but currently 98% of all my calls are telemarketers. I have registered on the "No Call" list but that has not helped.
Mineral Joe said:
The sad thing is no one can locate anyone anymore once they drop there land line and move, cell phones have no directory and one simply disappears without method of contact anymore. I have tried to locate many people that have moved and also dropped their land line some of which were for serious reasons but there is no method once they drop of the face of the earth by simply dropping their land line.
Charles,
The do not call list is a joke but it did cause many companies to shut down, I don't get very many anymore just the same Jennifer with credit card services who calls everyone. Addresses are great but like cell phones there is no directory. There was a time when you just address a letter to someone with name, town and state only and it would get to them with no address. Anymore it is only the older generation that has a long term address and land lines as simple way to locate and contact people, the younger generation move often and have cell phones only and if you need to contact them and your lucky you'll find them on Facebook perhaps but that is it.
Mineral Joe:
It's going to seem strange not to have a landline since I've had one all of my life. Nowdays, I mainly use my cell phone as I have unlimited calling nationwide. Since deciding to eliminate my landline sometime in the future, I have learned that the majority of my friends did away with theirs several years ago. I didn't know because I call them on their cell phones. Times are just changing. My original concern about eliminating my landline was the fact that my leases will be expiring in April and June of 2014 so I was wondering how a landman would be able to reach me other than the US Mail.
Mineral Joe said:
Charles,
The do not call list is a joke but it did cause many companies to shut down, I don't get very many anymore just the same Jennifer with credit card services who calls everyone. Addresses are great but like cell phones there is no directory. There was a time when you just address a letter to someone with name, town and state only and it would get to them with no address. Anymore it is only the older generation that has a long term address and land lines as simple way to locate and contact people, the younger generation move often and have cell phones only and if you need to contact them and your lucky you'll find them on Facebook perhaps but that is it.
Pete that is funny!
Like Pete, I’ve used Facebook to contact people in the past. It’s not very professional, but it is a last resort when your letters get returned and you can’t get a listed phone number.
This brings up an interesting question. I have not really had a problem finding people when I have needed to. In Alabama, and other states perhaps, there is something that is called a "scrivener's seal" that states who prepares the lease.
Perhaps it would be wise to list an e-mail address in the lease or Memorandum where a scrivener's seal would typically be located, except saying something like "[email protected]" and make sure that your heirs know about the e-mail address. Sort of like a permanent physical address, except that this one is virtual.
Just a thought.
Buddy:
This is an interesting idea. With more and more individuals saying goodbye to their land lines, new ways of contacting these individuals must be devised. This would be one way to aid in this problem. Of course, some emails addresses are changed over time.
Have you ever tried google? I mean no offense, but these days you can find anyone in the States if you have enough knowledge about them.
To answer your question though Charles, a good landman will get into contact with you by mail just as easily as your landline. The only reason that it is so typical to be in contact by phone in this case, is that it is much quicker, but no landman I've ever known has had an issue with sending a letter, even the "younger generation." So I really wouldn't worry about being contacted, as your address should be on the document that would lead a landman to you in the first place, and it is usually your number that they have to dig deeper to find anyway.
Mineral Joe said:
The sad thing is no one can locate anyone anymore once they drop there land line and move, cell phones have no directory and one simply disappears without method of contact anymore. I have tried to locate many people that have moved and also dropped their land line some of which were for serious reasons but there is no method once they drop of the face of the earth by simply dropping their land line.