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Abq_Sarah

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5. Split estates are very common in the west

Reply to dkf (Original post)

Thu Oct 10, 2013, 12:27 PM

Oct 2013

I remember as a kid in the 70's, my parents not purchasing a property they wanted because it didn't include the mineral rights. Here in NM, you have to be concerned not only with mineral rights but with water rights as well.

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U.S. builders hoard mineral rights under new homes [View all] dkf Oct 2013 OP

Woah! That's devious! AZ Mike Oct 2013 #1

It is clearly listed on the deed when they bought the land they did not own the mineral rights.. fitman Oct 2013 #3

This is nothing new and no real big deal fitman Oct 2013 #2

Did they not read the closing documents? MineralMan Oct 2013 #4

no doubt, it's a surprise for folks in the East. uncle ray Oct 2013 #6

Split estates are very common in the west Abq_Sarah Oct 2013 #5

I am in the middle of the Utica shale boom, that is not uncommon around here. Some land owners found doc03 Oct 2013 #7