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Texas mineral title. From the ground up.

EVERY ACRE.ACCOUNTEDFOR.

The land is only the beginning. Trace the mineral ownership, follow the recorded evidence, and turn your Texas title assignment into a workbook you can review.

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LAND / MINERAL / RECORDTEXAS
A holographic oil derrick on a floating slice of Texas terrain, with copper tract boundaries, cyan contour lines, and visible geological layers.
THE ASSIGNMENTDefine the land.
THE OWNERSHIPFollow what was conveyed.
Start with the tract, its legal description, and its gross acres.Conceptual land model

The ownership.

Owners, fractional interests, and net mineral acres by tract.

The evidence.

A runsheet of recorded instruments behind the chain.

The open questions.

Missing instruments, exceptions, and curative requirements.

Your workbook.

Four sheets, emailed to you and saved in your account.

How it works

From the record.
To the whole picture.

You define the assignment and bring the instruments. The run does the reading, the chain and the arithmetic, and hands you a workbook to review.

  1. Type in the assignment

    Paste the scope as you received it, choose the Texas county, and enter each tract with its abstracts and gross acres. Add the names to research and upload the instruments you hold as PDF, TIFF, PNG or JPEG. A helper reads what you type and explains how to fix a mistake.

    RECORDED INSTRUMENTS
    WARRANTY DEEDreserving one-half of the minerals
    A source page for every interest.

  2. Pass the check, then pay

    Before any charge, the check compares the abstracts in your text with the tracts you typed and adds the tract acres against your total. If something is off you see exactly what and where, and nothing is charged. When it passes, you read the summary back, confirm it, and pay for the run.

    THE ASSIGNMENT BOUNDARY
    160TRACT 1 · ACRES52.54TRACT 2 · ACRES160 + 52.54 = 212.54 GROSS ACRES
    Illustrative tracts. Exact acreage.

  3. Two examiners work the chain

    The first examiner reads the instruments, builds the chain of title and works the ownership in exact fractions. A second, separate examiner checks that work and writes the workbook. A running timer and a single status line show what each model is doing. You can close the page; the run carries on without you.

    THE CHAIN OF TITLE
    1½RESERVED½CONVEYED5 OWNERS⅒⅒⅒⅒⅒
    One examination. A separate review.

  4. The workbook arrives

    When the workbook is written it is emailed to you automatically as an attachment, and a copy stays in your account. Review it, check it against the sources, and sign it yourself. If a run cannot be finished, one run is credited to your account.

    THE FINISHED WORKBOOK
    OWNERSHIP.XLSX
    INTERESTGROSS AC.NMA
    ½160.0080.00
    ⅒160.0016.00
    ⅒160.0016.00
    OwnershipRunsheetReview
    Illustrative rows · ½ × 160 = 80 NMA.

Follow the interest

One estate.
Every interest.

A reservation changes the ownership. A probate carries it forward. A mineral deed divides it again. Follow those interests through the recorded instruments, all the way to net mineral acres.

SAMPLE RUN · HARTWELL 212.54 ACRES · REEVES COUNTYInvented data
1911PATENTPR 4/118 1938WARRANTY DEEDDR 61/233 1962PROBATEDR 118/402 1987MINERAL DEEDOPR 431/17 1THE WHOLE 1/2reserved 1/2conveyed 1/101/101/101/101/10 MINERAL OWNERNET MINERAL ACRES Eleanor M. Hartwell one half of the minerals 106.2700Thomas R. Brandt 21.2540Margaret Brandt Voss 21.2540Daniel K. Brandt 21.2540Ruth Brandt Ellery 21.2540Estate of Walter Brandt 21.2540 Heirs not determined · OPR 604/251 ALL TRACTS212.5400
The sample ownership the drawing ends in
Mineral ownerInterestNet mineral acres
Eleanor M. Hartwell1/2106.2700
Thomas R. Brandt1/1021.2540
Margaret Brandt Voss1/1021.2540
Daniel K. Brandt1/1021.2540
Ruth Brandt Ellery1/1021.2540
Estate of Walter BrandtHeirs not determined1/1021.2540
All tracts1212.5400
A sample chain of title, drawn as it divides, with the run’s timer and status line beneath. Every name, date and recording reference is invented.

Before you pay

Get the land right.
Before the run.

See how the assignment check identifies scope errors before a run. The example below is wrong in two places: an abstract named in the text is missing from the tracts, and the acres do not add up. The check reads the scope of the assignment. It does not read ownership.

Illustrative assignment check

Two details that change the scope.

The sample text names Abstracts 101 and 102 under Tract 1, plus Abstract 240 under Tract 2. The tracts contain 160 and 52.54 acres.

The first entry lists only Abstract 101 under Tract 1 and gives a total of 212.45 acres.

This is a fixed example, using invented information. Live assignment entry will open with the browser workspace.

Two things need attention

  • Missing abstract

    Abstract 102 appears in the assignment but is missing from the tract entry.

  • Acreage total

    160 + 52.54 = 212.54 acres. The entered total of 212.45 does not match.

See the corrected sample

Tract 1: 160 acres, Abstracts 101 and 102.
Tract 2: 52.54 acres, Abstract 240.
Total: 212.54 gross acres.

The scope now agrees with itself. This does not establish ownership or prove that the record is complete.

During the run

Watch it work, or walk away.

The moment a run starts, a timer starts with it. One line on the screen says what the model at work is doing right now, and when the next step begins that line is replaced. There is no log to scroll and no progress bar that guesses.

  • The timer shows the elapsed time for the whole run.
  • The status line names the model and the step: Model 1, the first examiner, then Model 2, the second.
  • The workbook is emailed the moment it is written. You do not need to keep the page open.
An illustration of the tool with a run under way: the assignment, the documents and the check, the helper, and along the bottom the timer and the single status line. Sample data.

Open the deliverable

The evidence.
In your hands.

See the work behind the ownership. A two-tract, 212.54-acre sample, from the assignment as typed to the workbook that comes back. Every owner, instrument and recording reference in it is invented. It shows the form of the deliverable, not the result of a real examination.

What you type

The assignment, as receivedSample
Tract 1: 160 acres out of Abstract 101 and Abstract 102, Reeves County, Texas.
Tract 2: 52.54 acres out of A-240, Reeves County, Texas.
Research the mineral ownership represented in Eleanor M. Hartwell and Walter Brandt.
County
Reeves, Texas
Tract 1
160 acres · A-101, A-102
Tract 2
52.54 acres · A-240
Total gross acres
212.54
Names to research
Eleanor M. Hartwell; Walter Brandt
Documents
14 instruments, 61 pages in the invented packet

Passes the check

Every abstract in the text sits under its tract, and the tract acres add up to the total exactly. That makes the scope consistent with itself. It does not prove the records are complete.

Download the sample workbook

What comes back

Hartwell-212.54-acres.xlsxSample · invented data
Title To Fund Report
Title To Fund Report
Client:Hartwell 212.54 acres
State:Texas
County:Reeves
Legal Description:Tract 1: 160 acres, A-101, A-102 Tract 2: 52.54 acres, A-240
Landman:
Date Submitted:November 12, 2026
Outstanding Curative Requirements:1. Heirs of Walter Brandt Jr.: The affidavit at OPR 604/251 does not name the heirs to one tenth of the minerals. Curative: Obtain a recorded determination of heirship or probate. 2. Lease term: The lease at OPR 512/88 is past its primary term and no production is shown in the documents supplied. Curative: Confirm production or obtain a recorded release. 3. Reservation wording: The 1938 deed reserves one half of the minerals without mention of royalty. Curative: None needed unless a royalty claim arises.
Current OGLs1. Oil and gas lease, four Brandt children to Caliche Operating LLC, OPR 512/88, dated 11/5/2014, three-year primary term. Covers 4/10 of the minerals.
Liens and Encumbrances:None found in the documents supplied.
Notes:Mineral ownership is verified one half in Eleanor M. Hartwell and one tenth in each of five Brandt interests, the same in every tract. The Brandt half was represented in Walter Brandt alone; he conveyed it to five children in 1987. One of those interests has no determined heirs and no lease among the documents supplied. Instruments cited but not supplied: OPR 498/301. Draft examination for review by a qualified professional. It is not a title opinion, not an abstract of title and not a survey. It reflects only the documents supplied. Sample. Every owner, instrument and recording reference in this workbook is invented.
Verified mineral ownership, represented against verified
Verified Mineral Ownership

Hartwell 212.54 acres
REPRESENTEDVERIFIED
OWNERADDRESSCITYSTATEZIPSOURCE DEEDINTEREST TYPELEGAL DESCRIPTIONTRACT GROSS ACRESNET MINERAL ACRESTRACT GROSS ACRESMINERAL INTERESTNET MINERAL ACRESCOMMENTS
Eleanor M. HartwellPO Box 101Sample CityTX00000 DR 118/402MITract 1: 160 acres, A-101, A-102 16080.0000 1601/280.0000Unleased of record. One half reserved in DR 61/233 and devised by will, DR 118/402.
Thomas R. BrandtPO Box 102Sample CityTX00000 OPR 431/17MITract 1: 160 acres, A-101, A-102 160 1601/1016.0000Leased: OPR 512/88. Represented under Walter Brandt.
Margaret Brandt VossPO Box 103Sample CityTX00000 OPR 431/17MITract 1: 160 acres, A-101, A-102 160 1601/1016.0000Leased: OPR 512/88. Represented under Walter Brandt.
Daniel K. BrandtPO Box 104Sample CityTX00000 OPR 431/17MITract 1: 160 acres, A-101, A-102 160 1601/1016.0000Leased: OPR 512/88. Represented under Walter Brandt.
Ruth Brandt ElleryPO Box 105Sample CityTX00000 OPR 431/17MITract 1: 160 acres, A-101, A-102 160 1601/1016.0000Leased: OPR 512/88. Represented under Walter Brandt.
Estate of Walter Brandt OPR 604/251MITract 1: 160 acres, A-101, A-102 160 1601/1016.0000Heirs not determined. No lease found in the documents supplied.
Tract 1 total1160Reconciled
Eleanor M. HartwellPO Box 101Sample CityTX00000 DR 118/402MITract 2: 52.54 acres, A-240 52.5426.2700 52.541/226.2700Unleased of record. One half reserved in DR 61/233 and devised by will, DR 118/402.
Thomas R. BrandtPO Box 102Sample CityTX00000 OPR 431/17MITract 2: 52.54 acres, A-240 52.54 52.541/105.2540Leased: OPR 512/88. Represented under Walter Brandt.
Margaret Brandt VossPO Box 103Sample CityTX00000 OPR 431/17MITract 2: 52.54 acres, A-240 52.54 52.541/105.2540Leased: OPR 512/88. Represented under Walter Brandt.
Daniel K. BrandtPO Box 104Sample CityTX00000 OPR 431/17MITract 2: 52.54 acres, A-240 52.54 52.541/105.2540Leased: OPR 512/88. Represented under Walter Brandt.
Ruth Brandt ElleryPO Box 105Sample CityTX00000 OPR 431/17MITract 2: 52.54 acres, A-240 52.54 52.541/105.2540Leased: OPR 512/88. Represented under Walter Brandt.
Estate of Walter Brandt OPR 604/251MITract 2: 52.54 acres, A-240 52.54 52.541/105.2540Heirs not determined. No lease found in the documents supplied.
Tract 2 total152.54Reconciled
Mineral title runsheet
Mineral Title Runsheet

Hartwell 212.54 acres
NO.INSTRUMENTINSTRUMENT NUMBEREFFECTIVE DATEINSTRUMENT DATERECORDED DATEGRANTORGRANTEEACREAGECONVEYANCECOMMENTS
1PatentPR 4/1183/14/19113/14/19114/2/1911State of TexasJosiah Hartwell160 and 52.54All of the subject lands.Sovereignty of the soil.
2Warranty DeedDR 61/2339/2/19389/2/19389/10/1938Josiah Hartwell et uxWalter Brandt160 and 52.54All of the subject lands, save and except an undivided one half of the oil, gas and other minerals, reserved to grantor.Grantor keeps 1/2 of the minerals. Grantee takes 1/2.
3ProbateDR 118/40211/30/19611/19/19621/22/1962Estate of Josiah HartwellEleanor M. Hartwell160 and 52.54All of the estate, including the reserved one half of the minerals.Reserved 1/2 passes under the will. Effective on the date of death.
4Mineral DeedOPR 431/176/30/19876/30/19877/6/1987Walter BrandtThomas R. Brandt, Margaret Brandt Voss, Daniel K. Brandt, Ruth Brandt Ellery and Walter Brandt Jr.160 and 52.54All of grantor’s interest in the oil, gas and other minerals, in equal shares.1/10 of the whole to each of five children.
5Oil and Gas LeaseOPR 512/8811/5/201411/5/201411/19/2014Thomas R. Brandt, Margaret Brandt Voss, Daniel K. Brandt and Ruth Brandt ElleryCaliche Operating LLC160 and 52.54Lease of lessors’ interest. Three-year primary term, 1/5 royalty.Past its primary term. No production shown in the documents supplied.
6Affidavit of HeirshipOPR 604/2512/11/20194/22/20194/30/2019Estate of Walter Brandt Jr.Heirs not determined160 and 52.54States that Walter Brandt Jr. died intestate on 2/11/2019. Names no heirs.Fifth 1/10 interest. Held in the estate until heirs are determined.
Title Review
Title Review
Title Certification Dates:March 14, 1911 to November 10, 2026
Subject Lands:Tract 1: 160 acres, A-101, A-102 Tract 2: 52.54 acres, A-240
Scope of Title Work:A review of the mineral ownership of the subject lands from sovereignty of the soil to the certification date, based on the instruments supplied.
Exceptions from Title Review:Surface estate, working interests, production and payment status, and any matter that a survey or an inspection of the land would show.
Landman:
Date:
TRACTCERTIFICATION
Tract 1160 gross acres. Title examined March 14, 1911 to November 10, 2026. Verified interests total 1. Reconciled.
Tract 252.54 gross acres. Title examined March 14, 1911 to November 10, 2026. Verified interests total 1. Reconciled.

The tabs along the bottom are the four sheets of the file: Summary, Ownership, Runsheet and Title Review.

Your documents

Bring your records, or have them gathered.

Three ways to run an assignment. Upload runs open first. Hybrid and Full service, where record copies are bought for you, open by invitation.

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You upload every instrument.

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You upload what you hold. We buy only what is missing.

Before the examination starts, the records the chain still needs are bought and added for you. Anything still missing is named in the workbook.

Includes up to $60 of record copies. Anything above that is at cost, and only after you approve it.

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We buy the documents.

Type in the assignment and hand it off. Copies are bought only when the chain needs them.

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Questions

Straight answers.

Is this a title opinion?

No. It is a draft examination for review by a qualified professional. It reflects only the documents in the run. You check it, and you decide what to rely on.

When am I charged?

Before the run starts. The check comes first and costs nothing. Once the assignment passes and you confirm it, your card is charged and the run begins. Plans are billed in advance, by the month or the year.

What if a run cannot be finished?

One run is credited to your account automatically. The credit covers one run of the same kind, up to the pages you paid for. It does not expire, and your next run uses it before any card is charged. It is a run credit, not a refund. If the run came out of a plan, it goes back into that plan’s allowance.

What happens if the check stops my assignment?

You see exactly what needs attention and where. Nothing is charged, because the check comes before payment. Fix it and check again as often as you like.

How long does a run take?

It depends on the number of instruments and the length of the chain. The timer shows the elapsed time, and you do not need to stay on the page: the workbook is emailed when it is finished. No turnaround time is promised.

Which files can I upload?

PDF, TIFF, PNG and JPEG. A run reads up to 400 pages; larger runs add $40 for each further 200 pages, shown before you pay.

Where does it work?

Texas, one county per run.

What if an instrument is missing?

The workbook names each instrument the chain cites that was not among your documents, by volume and page, so you know what to pull. On an upload run, nothing is bought for you.

How do I sign in?

By email. Enter your address and we send you a one-time link. There is no password to remember.

Is this the same as the TitleDesk desktop app?

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