Interactives

Interactives

Hands-on exercises for mineral title basics: click, practice, and get instant feedback.

How to read a PLSS legal description
Township, range, section, and aliquot parts, from the whole grid down to a 40-acre tract.

How to read a Texas legal description
Surveys, railroad blocks, and abstract numbers on the Midland County survey map.

How a royalty decimal is calculated
Net mineral acres, the royalty decimal, the burden stack, and checking a division order.

How a chain of title works
Put deeds in order, watch ownership split among owners, and find where a chain breaks.

Fraction of what?
Fractions of the minerals, of an interest, of production, and of the royalty.

How a pooled unit shares production
Tract shares, owner decimals, and tracts partly in the unit.