Hello. We were contacted by Seymour Investigations regarding mineral rights. Apparently, my husband’s great great aunt left them to her nieces and nephews and Mr. Seymour is now the administrator of the estate in Oklahoma.
The paralegal who contacted us will not give us the legal description or location of the property and just says we will get that when we receive notice of the hearing.
A couple of questions, has anyone else dealt with this company? It appears they search unclaimed property and then manage to become the admins of it so they collect fees.
Is is possible for us to locate the land records on our own since they will not provide them? They did report that there are rights in Coal, McCurtain and Pittsburg counties but refuse to provide more detailed information.
Thank you for any guidance you can provide.
Amy:
Welcome to the forum. It is likely that Mr. Seymour contacted on of your relatives who hired him to assist with a probate.
You can search records back to 1999 (or perhaps beyond) at for Coal County at:
https://okcountyrecords.com/search/coal#advanced-search
It is likely that Mr. Seymour discovered the family member through a search one of these sites:
https://case.occ.ok.gov/ords/f?p=1004:203
or
https://apps.ok.gov/unclaimed/
The personal representative would be entitled to a 2.5% fee for administering the estate. A “treasure hunter” would be entitled to a 25% fee according to Oklahoma. However, that treasure hunter’s fee might not be binding upon the other heirs like you.
This post is not legal, investment or tax advice, it is for discussion purposes only. Reading or responding to this post does not create an attorney-client relationship.
Thank you for responding! I was able to locate the legal descriptions of land, in Coal County, based on the link you provided. Thanks again!
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