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Permalink Reply by Jackie on February 6, 2012 at 7:24am

If the lease is inactive you may be able to have it released.  Check with an oil and gas lease attorney to see if your old lease is eligible to be released.

http://cotthosting.com/ohashtabula/LandRecords/protected/SrchQuickN...

The above link may give you a preliminary idea of the status of any lease on your property.

Permalink Reply by Edward Ovian on February 6, 2012 at 8:20am

Thanks Jackie , I will check out the link

Permalink Reply by Edward Ovian on February 6, 2012 at 8:19am

Thanks Mark,

There really isn't much to read. The front page just simply states the grantor retains royalties as to exisitng oil and gas wells for a period of ten years starting from Feb 9th. of 2006.

The rest of the deed is just outlining the property boundry.

I have no problem scanning it or any other documents and emailing to you if you wish to read them.

 

 

Permalink Reply by Jackie on February 6, 2012 at 9:25am

If you haven't received any royalty checks then you may be able to file an affidavit of non compliance.  Check with attorney.   Jerry Lemire in Jefferson is very well versed in these gas and oil leases. He'd be able to advise you I'm sure.

Permalink Reply by Bill Simpson on February 6, 2012 at 10:28am

I tried the link that Jackie listed but nothing moves. What sections would I hit and what drop downs do you select?
Does this site pull up gas/oil leases on a certain piece of property?

I must be missing something here.

Thx

Permalink Reply by Jackie on February 6, 2012 at 11:51am

You can search for leases on that site with owner name or parcel number. 

ODNR is a good place to look too.  Have you received any royalty payments for your current lease?

Permalink Reply by Finnbear on February 7, 2012 at 3:43am

Be careful when searching by parcel#. If that parcel was split out of a larger one, a lease would only show up for the original parcel and may not be listed for the newer, smaller parcel.

The same could apply if someone bought two adjacent, but previously separate parcels and later had them re-platted as one new parcel. Documents that applied to one of them individually may not show up on the newer combined parcel.

When searching for an old lease by name, you need to know the name of the historical owner who signed the lease. This can be difficult to determine at times for very old leases, especially if a property has changed hands a few times. A thorough title history will reveal all but can involve a lot of work to dig out all the related information.

Permalink Reply by Jackie on February 7, 2012 at 5:22am

Yes a thorough title search is the only way to know for certain.  Title company will be happy to assist. 

Permalink Reply by Bill Simpson on February 6, 2012 at 12:07pm

Jackie

When I go to the website I type in my last name and it brings up my property info. I am unable to navigate to where the leases are at.

Am I am the wrong section or doing something wrong?

Permalink Reply by Jackie on February 6, 2012 at 12:10pm

Does it bring up your mortgage, etc?  It should bring up every thing thats attached to the property. Liens, leases, etc.

Permalink Reply by Dan on February 6, 2012 at 12:14pm

I don' think you can see the actual documents from there only the basic information. With that information you can go to the courthouse and find and see the documents. I think thats how it works.

Permalink Reply by Jackie on February 6, 2012 at 12:38pm

Right.  But if a lease doesn't come up on that site then there probably is not one on the property.  It should bring up every document attached to the property.

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