Old Leases

I have a question for everyone out there. Is it normal procedure by leasing companies to have contract signed  and sometime later have it notarized by someone Not in front of signees? I thought when anything was notarized it had to be in front of the notary because of potential. Is this Lease still valid? Also, is it normal for the same Lease to be filed with the county some 9 months after it being signed?

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09bp5t05myjl3Permalink Reply by 09bp5t05myjl3 on October 17, 2011 at 6:58am
Kevin in ohio the notary must witness the signature and if it wasn't the lease should not be valid. However their have been courts that held if the lessor received & cashed checks that validated the lease. Although the oil company commited a crime by filing the lease notarized stating the Lessor appeared b4 the Notary which should & could be charged criminally by your county DA, I haven't seen or heard of this, I would reccomend you take the lease to an oil & gas atty that charges a flat fee or hourly to determine how to proceed, don't get involved with these attys & groups that want 15 to 30% of your bonus & Royalty if they get you out.

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