Sell Your Texas Mineral Rights for Cash

Selling My Mineral Rights buys mineral rights, oil and gas rights and royalty interests across Texas, from the Midland Basin counties of Martin, Midland, Howard, Upton and Reagan to Loving and Reeves in the Delaware Basin. Send your legal description or a royalty statement and get a written offer in 3 to 5 business days.

We buy producing Permian royalties, non-participating royalty interests, unleased fee minerals and inherited fractions. No commissions, no fees, and because Texas has no dormant mineral act, a long-quiet family interest is usually still yours.

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Quick answer: We buy producing Permian Basin royalties, unleased fee minerals, non-participating royalty interests, and inherited or fractional interests across Texas. Send a check stub, division order, deed or legal description and we can usually make an offer within 3–5 business days.

Free, no-obligation review: Selling My Mineral Rights evaluates producing and non-producing mineral rights, royalty interests, and inherited or fractional interests in Texas. You can request an offer without paying fees or committing to sell.

Texas Does Not Force-Pool Your Minerals, and That Cuts Both Ways

Texas handles unleased mineral owners very differently from Oklahoma or Colorado. There is no broad forced-pooling mechanism here. The Mineral Interest Pooling Act exists, but it is narrow and comparatively rarely used, so as a practical matter an operator that cannot reach an agreement with you generally cannot simply compel your tract into a unit.

That protects an owner who wants to hold out. It also means an operator can design a unit around you. If your tract sits outside the drilling unit, you are not carried along with the neighbors, and you may see no income at all while wells are drilled a few hundred feet away. Being unleased in Texas is a stronger negotiating position than in Oklahoma, but it is not automatically a more profitable one.

Texas also has no dormant mineral act. Mineral interests here do not lapse merely because nobody has leased or produced them for twenty years, which can happen in Ohio under its Dormant Mineral Act. Families who assumed a long-quiet Texas interest had expired are frequently still the owners of record.

What Texas does regulate closely is payment. The Natural Resources Code entitles royalty owners to specific information on check stubs and constrains what a division order can change. When we evaluate a Texas interest we read the lease, verify the decimal, and check the Railroad Commission records for the wells and permits that actually affect the tract.

The counties we buy in are the heart of Texas oil production. In the Railroad Commission’s preliminary figures for March 2026, the seven largest oil-producing counties in the state were exactly the seven we cover: Martin, Midland, Upton, Loving, Reagan, Howard and Reeves. Between them they produced about 76.9 million barrels that month, roughly 58% of all Texas crude.

What We Check on a Texas Interest

  • The deed or reservation that created the interest, and whether it is a mineral interest or a non-participating royalty.
  • Lease royalty rate, post-production cost language, pooling authority, depth clauses and any Pugh or retained-acreage provision.
  • Whether your tract is inside or outside the producing unit, and how the unit was drawn.
  • Railroad Commission permits, completions, well vintage and production history for the section.
  • Your net decimal, checked against the division order and the unit acreage.
  • Probate records, affidavits of heirship and unadministered estates that determine who can sign.
  • Whether proceeds have been placed in suspense or reported to the Comptroller as unclaimed property.

Where Texas Mineral Records Are Kept

Deeds, leases, assignments, probate filings and affidavits of heirship are recorded with the County Clerk in the county where the land lies. Well, permit, completion and production records are held by the Railroad Commission of Texas, which regulates oil and gas statewide despite its name.

The Railroad Commission does not resolve royalty disputes or determine ownership. Those are private matters between owner, operator and the courts, which is one reason a clean county record and a correctly stated decimal matter so much in Texas.

Texas Mineral Rights FAQs

Can I sell my oil and gas rights in Texas?

Yes. Whether you want to sell your oil rights, sell your gas rights, or sell your oil and gas rights together, in Texas they are all mineral rights, and we buy them for cash in every county we cover. That includes the full mineral estate, oil and gas reserved separately from other minerals, royalty interests, and fractional shares inherited from family. If your deed or lease covers only certain depths or formations, we value exactly what you own.

How much are mineral rights worth in Texas?

It depends on the basin, the formation and the lease more than the county line. The Permian counties we cover, Martin, Midland, Howard, Upton and Reagan in the Midland Basin and Loving and Reeves in the Delaware Basin, are among the most actively developed in the country, and their stacked formations mean a tract with wells on it can still have undrilled zones below. Because Texas generally does not force-pool unleased owners, the lease terms on your tract carry more weight here than in pooling states. A producing interest is valued on its income and remaining well life; an unleased one on nearby leasing and drilling.

How much can I sell my mineral rights for?

In the Permian counties, a buyer values the wells already producing and the benches still undrilled under your section, which is why two tracts with the same acreage can be priced far apart. Most of the disagreement between Texas offers comes from how many future wells each buyer believes in. Ask to see that assumption, along with the decimal and price deck behind the number.

Is it worth selling mineral rights?

Permian minerals can stay valuable for decades as operators return to drill new zones, so selling is usually about wanting certainty, simplifying an estate, or consolidating small decimals rather than about running out of time. If your section is about to be developed, holding may be worth more, and we will tell you honestly.

Do I have to pay taxes if I sell my mineral rights?

Texas has no state personal income tax, so for a Texas resident the federal tax on the gain is usually the main one; owners in other states may owe their own state’s tax. Selling your entire interest is generally a capital transaction, and inherited minerals often have a stepped-up basis that reduces the gain. A CPA should confirm your situation.

Wells are being drilled next door but we receive nothing. Is that legal?

Usually, yes. Without forced pooling, an operator can lawfully draw a unit that excludes an unleased tract. If your acreage is outside the unit, you generally receive nothing from those wells even though they are close by. Whether the situation can be improved depends on the lease landscape around you.

Nobody has leased our Texas minerals in forty years. Have we lost them?

Almost certainly not. Texas has no dormant mineral statute, so mineral interests do not expire from disuse the way they can under Ohio’s Dormant Mineral Act. The interest usually still belongs to the family, though the record title may need to be cleaned up through probate or an heirship affidavit.

What is the difference between a mineral interest and a non-participating royalty?

A mineral interest normally carries the right to lease, to receive bonus and rentals, and to receive royalty. A non-participating royalty carries only a share of production revenue, with no right to negotiate or sign a lease. Both can be sold, but they are valued differently, so we confirm which one you own first.

Are there commissions or fees to get an offer?

No. There is no broker commission, appraisal fee or listing expense. We pay the County Clerk recording fee and the cost of preparing the mineral deed. If an estate must be probated before title can pass, your attorney may charge legal fees, and we tell you that before you spend anything.

Get a Free, No-Obligation Offer

Send a legal description, a check stub, a division order or an old deed. We will confirm what the interest is, locate the wells and units that affect it, explain what we found, and provide a written cash offer when the interest is marketable.

Records and Sources We Use

We use deed, lease, probate and assignment records filed with the County Clerk, and permit, well, completion and production records from the Railroad Commission of Texas, including its public GIS map viewer. The Commission also publishes a royalties FAQ explaining what it does and does not regulate. Royalty proceeds unclaimed for more than three years are reported to the Texas Comptroller and searchable at ClaimItTexas.

Last reviewed October 2026. This page provides general information, not legal or tax advice. A qualified Texas attorney or CPA should advise you about your facts.

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Why Mineral Owners Contact Us

No Fees or Commissions

There is no cost to request an offer, and we cover normal closing costs.

A Simple Process

Share the information you have. We research the interest and explain the offer clearly.

No Obligation

You decide whether selling fits your goals. There is no pressure to accept.

How the Offer Process Works

  1. Tell us about your mineral rights. Send the owner name, county, and any lease, well, or royalty information you have.
  2. We review the interest. Our team researches ownership, production, and nearby activity.
  3. Receive a cash offer. We explain the offer and answer your questions.
  4. Choose what works for you. If you accept, we coordinate the paperwork and closing.

Get Your Free Texas Offer

Tell us a little about your interest. We’ll get back to you within 1–2 business days with a free, no-obligation review.

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