Sell mineral rightsYour land. Your legacy. Get every dollar it’s worth.
Sell mineral rights on your terms. From the Permian to the Marcellus, we take your interest to U.S. buyers who compete in writing, and you decide. Real numbers, no upfront fee and no obligation to sell.
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How the request works, plain and simple
One request. Buyers compete in writing. You call the shots.
Take an offer, counter it or walk away. Asking costs nothing either way.
Raise your hand
One short form: state, county and what you own. No deeds, no fee, no obligation.
We do the legwork, free
Our land team confirms the details with you, then asks U.S. buyers who may want your interest for written offers.
Buyers compete, you get it in writing
Your offer comes in writing and names its buyer, usually us. Take it, counter it or walk away.
Close safe at home
A licensed title company, escrow agent or closing attorney checks title, holds the money and pays you.
No deeds to send, no fee to pay and nothing to sign until you have every offer in writing.
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Fees, straight talk, no fine print
Free for families. You never pay us a dime.
No fee to ask, no fee to sell, and nothing comes out of your price for us.
$0 to you, sale or no sale
Asking and every offer cost you nothing, whether you sell or not. You never pay us.
How we get paid
Usually we buy your interest ourselves, and the offer says so. We may resell it, and that is how we are paid. It never changes the price you agreed.
Who holds the money?
A licensed U.S. closing agent, always
The money for your sale moves through a licensed title company, escrow agent or closing attorney. Never through our hands, and never offshore.
The agent checks title, records the deed and pays you, by wire or by check.
You see the settlement statement before you sign a thing.
Example settlement Agreed $84,000. You net $82,547.60, with no fee taken out.Read it line by lineExample settlement statement
Read a settlement statement before you ever see your own
The paper you sign at closing frightens people because nobody explains it. Here is one, line by line. It is an example with round numbers, not a real sale.
Settlement statement, seller
Example only: 20 net mineral acres, effective date June 1
| Line | You | Buyer |
|---|---|---|
| Sale price from the written offer you accepted | $84,000.00 | $84,000.00 |
| Title search and title insurance | Paid by buyer$1,150.00 | |
| Recording the deed at the county | Paid by buyer$95.00 | |
| Closing agent’s fee | Paid by buyer$650.00 | |
| Fee to American Mineral Registry | $0.00 | |
| Royalty for production after the effective date | −$1,240.00 | |
| Property tax, your share of the year | −$212.40 | |
| Liens or debts against the interest | $0.00 | |
| Paid to you by the closing agent | $82,547.60 |
Every figure should trace back to the written offer. If a line surprises you, ask before you sign; a real closing agent will explain it.
This should match the offer letter to the cent. If it does not, stop and ask before you sign.
The buyer pays to confirm you own what you are selling. Who pays which cost is written in the offer, before you agree to anything.
Recording puts the sale on the county record, which is how the buyer and the operator know the interest changed hands.
The title company, escrow agent or closing attorney holds the money and pays you. In this example the buyer pays its fee.
You never pay us. When we are the buyer named in your offer, we may resell the interest, and that is how we are paid. It never changes the price on line 1.
Your sale has an effective date. Royalties for oil and gas produced before it stay yours, even if the check arrives later; money already paid to you for production after it belongs to the buyer and is settled here.
Where producing minerals are taxed, the year’s tax is split by date, so you pay only for the months you owned it.
If a mortgage or lien covers the minerals, the agent pays it from your proceeds and shows it here. This example has none.
What we’ll never ask for. Ever.
Scammers target American seniors and heirs every week. These five rules protect you whoever you sell to, us included.
Something doesn’t sit right?
Call the National Elder Fraud Hotline, run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
1-833-372-8311 833-FRAUD-11
Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern, in English, Spanish and other languages, for anyone 60 or older. At any age, report it to the Federal Trade Commission at ReportFraud.ftc.gov.
Protecting American owners since 2024
A single dime up front
No appraisal fee, no title fee and no deposit to hold an offer. Anyone who asks for money before showing you a price is running a scam.
Your bank login or account numbers
Only the closing agent needs payment details, at closing. Confirm its wire instructions by calling a number you looked up yourself.
A signed deed before the money is in escrow
No blank deeds and no papers to sign ahead of time. The deed and the money move together through the closing agent, or there is no deal.
A “sign tonight or lose it” rush
A deadline of hours is a pressure tactic. Take the time you need, and show the offer to anyone you trust.
Your Social Security number for a quote
Nobody needs it to name a price. If the closing agent needs tax details at closing, it asks for them on its own form.
Three ways to sell, side by side
How answering a buyer’s letter compares with asking us, and with listing the interest yourself.
| Answer a letter in the mail | Ask through American Mineral Registry | List it yourself | |
|---|---|---|---|
| How the price is set | By the one buyer who wrote | By the written offers you receive | By whoever answers your listing |
| Who sees your interest | One buyer | Buyers we approach who may be interested | Whoever finds the listing |
| What it costs you | Nothing up front | Nothing; we are paid only when a sale closes, usually by reselling what we bought | Your time, and often a listing or broker fee |
| Who handles the closing | The buyer, on its own terms | A title company, escrow agent or closing attorney | You, with your own counsel |
Answer a letter in the mail
- How the price is set
- By the one buyer who wrote
- Who sees your interest
- One buyer
- What it costs you
- Nothing up front
- Who handles the closing
- The buyer, on its own terms
Ask through American Mineral Registry
- How the price is set
- By the written offers you receive
- Who sees your interest
- Buyers we approach who may be interested
- What it costs you
- Nothing; we are paid only when a sale closes, usually by reselling what we bought
- Who handles the closing
- A title company, escrow agent or closing attorney
List it yourself
- How the price is set
- By whoever answers your listing
- Who sees your interest
- Whoever finds the listing
- What it costs you
- Your time, and often a listing or broker fee
- Who handles the closing
- You, with your own counsel
Sell mineral rights in the major U.S. basins
Each state page covers the basins buyers price, the state’s rules and where its records are kept. Owners in every other state use the same request.
Sell by state or by type of interest
Free library for folks still deciding
Learn first. Hornswoggle never.
Free research on mineral rights
Don’t know what you own? Dig it up, free.
The law in your state, production and royalty data, and a flowchart for tracing who owns the minerals, explained plain in our free research library.
Open the free research (opens in a new tab)Ask buyers what your minerals would bring
A real number from U.S. buyers, not a cold call lowball.
U.S. buyers compete for your interest
Your price fixed in writing before you sign
Keep cashing royalty checks while you decide
Our promise to every American owner
We never sell your information, never charge you a dime up front, and never let a foreign buyer near your minerals. Every deed is reviewed by an attorney before you sign it.
Common questions
Does it cost anything to get offers?
No. Asking for offers is free, with no upfront fee and no obligation. We are paid only when a sale we arrange closes, and never by you. If you take the numbers and decide not to sell, you owe nothing.
Are you the buyer?
Often, yes. We ask buyers what they would pay for your interest, then you get a written offer that names its buyer, which is usually us. We may resell the interest; that is how we are paid, and it never changes the price you agreed.
How fast can I see offers?
We cannot promise a response time; it depends on the interest and on which buyers are active in that area. Your state, county and a check stub or lease, if you have one, help buyers look at it, but documents are not required to start.
Do I have to sell once I get offers?
No. The offers are yours to keep. You can use them simply to learn what your interest is worth. There is no obligation to accept anything.
What if I am not sure what I own?
That is common, especially with inherited minerals. Tell us the state, county, and any family names or old paperwork you have, and we help you work out what you hold before anyone makes an offer.
One short form, free, no obligation
Find out what your American soil would bring, before the next letter lands in your mailbox.
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