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54 articles. Deductions, decimals, suspense, late payments, and why a check shrinks.
West Virginia converted ancient flat-rate leases to a 12.5% royalty to protect mineral owners. But a legal loophole lets operators deduct costs anyway.
Read the articleYour well is producing, but your checks are stalled. Here is why federal bureaucracy might be holding your money hostage, and what you can do about it.
Kentucky operators have a history of deducting severance taxes from royalty checks. The state's highest court finally called their bluff.
Pennsylvania law guarantees a 12.5% minimum royalty. So why does your check look closer to 9%? Here is how post-production deductions actually work.
Why you can't sign a new lease when your old well barely produces, and how to break the legal spell holding your family's minerals captive.
Your royalty check dropped because a well 'disappeared.' It likely didn't. It just got renamed. Here is how to track it using state databases.
Why your New Mexico royalty checks are complicated by the mix of Private, Federal, and State Trust Lands. A guide to the regulatory maze.
When heirs treat minerals like heirlooms but operators need legal certainty, checks stop coming. Here is how to navigate the paperwork wars.
Operators use title opinions to decide if they pay you or suspend you. But when you ask to see the document, they say 'legal privilege.' Here is why.
Billions in mineral royalties sit in suspense or state vaults. Here is how the 'Black Hole' happens and how to find your family's missing money.
You think your royalty decimal is set in stone. It isn't. Here is how operators change the math on your check through amended units and allocation wells.
Why your royalty checks might be taxed harder than a sale, and what that means for your bottom line.
