[WSBARP] Recovery of Subsurface Mineral Rights

[Rod Harmon]

Identify who owns the subsurface rights.  Ask your client's title company what it would charge to do so.  It will probably be cheaper than if you searched yourself.  Then contact that party and ask them to sign a quitclaim deed transfering all right title and interest they may have in your client's property.  And expect them to have their hand out.

Rod Harmon
 
RODNEY T. HARMON
       Attorney at Law
         P.O. Box 1066
      Bothell, WA   98041
     Tel:   (425) 402-7800
     Fax:  (425) 458-9096
    www.rodharmon.com
   rodharmon at msn.com



-----Original Message-----
From: wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com] On Behalf Of David Faber
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 9:47 AM
To: wsbarp
Subject: [WSBARP] Recovery of Subsurface Mineral Rights

Good morning WSBARP listserv,

I sent out this question on Sunday, but it must have gotten lost in the shuffle. I'm still looking for any insight I can get:

A client owns real property for which a prior owner some decades back reserved subsurface mineral rights. The client learned from a neighbor who owns property received from the common grantor that they had been successful in recovering subsurface mineral rights some years back, but the neighbor could not remember any further specifics.

Anybody have any experience with doing something similar? I'd like to help, but I'm not sure how i would begin. Any options that any more experienced attorneys might know about? Any help would be much appreciated.

Best,
David J. Faber
Faber Feinson PLLC
210 Polk Street, Suite 1
Port Townsend, WA 98368
(360) 379-4110