Title Research

Petrocasa’s Title Department provides an unrivaled final work product. Our Title Agents specialize in the determination of legal mineral/royalty owners and the identification of curative items. We accomplish this task by utilizing a broad array of research tools, which include the following:

• County Records
  
• Bankruptcy Filings
  
• Probate Proceedings
  
• Heir Research
  
• Civil Court Proceedings
  
• Foreclosure Listing Service

Experience and Education
In addition to our experienced title agents, Petrocasa has 11 in-house attorneys to serve you. Our knowledge of Business, Family, Property and Oil & Gas law provides us with the ability to identify potential title issues before they arise.

Having a variety of bachelors, masters, and law degrees from several respected universities throughout the country, ensures that the quality and in-depth nature of our Title work is unsurpassed in the industry.

Our runsheets include the integration of Deed Plotting each tract in the chain of title, together with any applicable maps as well as current tax records, which aid in the preparation of title opinions.

"The services of Petrocasa were invaluable. They provided what is most essential to any title examiner - title work that can be relied upon without question in the preparation of curative documents and title opinions."

Peter Hosey - Jackson Walker LLP

“Petrocasa’s runsheets are among the best I’ve seen in quite some time.  They are extremely thorough, which is great.  It is amazing the difference the quality of the landman’s work will make on my job; it makes my job much easier.”

Attorney James Jeffers - Looper Reed & McGraw

Title Services:

• Title Abstracting for Lease Purchases, Subdivisions, Drill Sites and Division Orders – from the mid 1800’s to present
  
• Mineral/Royalty Owner Determination
  
• Database Creation and Organization
  
• Unit Formation, Preparation of Pooling Lists, Filing Designation of Pooled Units
  
• Road Research - determination of whether to lease City, County or State
  
• Heir Research
  
• Title Curative – including Draft Ratifications, Stipulations, Legal Amendments, Identify Affidavits, Heirship Affidavits, Drilling Restriction Amendments, etc.
  
• Prepare Subordinations, Consents of Lienholder or Non-Disturbance Agreements
  
• Foreclosures and Complex Change of Ownership Issues
  
• Corporation Ownership and Related Research