Chain of Title Mastery: Surface, Minerals & Heirship

Learn How to Research, Prove, and Report Ownership Like a Professional Title Abstractor

Whether you’re breaking into the industry or expanding your skill set into oil & gas and heirship research, this program gives you the step-by-step system to go from tax card to a clean, defensible title report.

Taught by a 15+ year veteran in title abstracting and energy land research, you’ll learn how to:

• Identify the true record owner and build complete surface and mineral chains of title.
• Capture and log liens, mortgages, easements, ROWs, and other adverse matters.
• Track and interpret oil & gas leases, mineral reservations, pooling/unitization, and NPRIs/ORRIs.
• Prove or disprove heirship using wills, probate orders, intestate laws, and curative tools.
• Deliver a clear, professional O&E report with exhibits, run sheet, and exceptions schedule.

What You’ll Master

1. Tax Assessment to Vesting Deed — Quickly locate and verify property ownership.
2. Surface & Mineral Chain Building — 40+ years of conveyance history with split-estate awareness.
3. Oil & Gas Title Research — Lease chains, production rights, and mineral severances.
4. Heirship Proof — Testate vs intestate succession and curative documentation.
5. Adverse Matters & Curative — Spot title defects and know how to resolve them.
6. Professional Reporting — Produce polished, client-ready deliverables.

Why This Course is Different

• End-to-End Coverage — Surface + minerals + heirship, all in one system.
• Hands-On Labs — Real document pulls, GIS mapping, and full chain-building exercises.
• Industry Templates — Run sheets, heir trees, curative plans, and report formats included.
• O&G Integration — Learn where most abstractors stop — and where higher-paying jobs start.

Who Should Enroll

• New abstractors seeking a career-ready skill set.
• Experienced researchers adding oil & gas or heirship expertise.
• Paralegals, real estate pros, or entrepreneurs wanting billable title research skills.

Master the art of tracing ownership, resolving title issues, and delivering reports clients can trust — anywhere in the nation.