Mesa County Assessor Office
P.O. Box 20,000 Grand Junction CO 81502
Telephone: 970-244-1610 Fax: 970-244-1790
Assessor Brent Goff
MINERAL
RIGHT
RESEARCH/ ASSESSMENT/HANDOUT
To place severed mineral interests on the tax roll, you must contact an attorney, title company or title
insurance agent to prepare a certificate for proof of mineral right ownership.
According to the Colorado Statute 39-1-104.5 below, a complete patent to present title search must be
completed for the Assessor's office to place the severed mineral interest on the tax roll. This certificate
must contain a signed statement stating:
•
A complete chain of title from patent to present has been completed for this Mineral Right. Include reception
number and Book/Page for each link in the chain.
•
Certificate must include a perjury statement and a notarized signature
(Sample Perjury Statement: I declare under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the State of
Colorado, that all statements contained in this Certificate and any accompanying documents is
true and correct.)
•
Owner name and address
•
Legal description
•
Severed mineral interest fraction or percentage
•
Net mineral acreage contained in the severed interest
The certificate must be prepared by an agent authorized to do business in the State of Colorado:
•
An attorney
•
A title insurance company
•
A title insurance agent
39-1-104.S
-
Severed mineral interest
-
placement on tax roll.
Any
owner of the surface estate
from
which
a
m.lneral
interest
has
been
severed. on behalf of himself and
any other owners of such interest
in
the
swface, may require
the
assessor of
the
county wherein such
real
estate is situate
to
place such severed mineral
Interest.
without regard to value, on the
tax. roll
of
the
county
if
the owner of the surface
estate
provides
proof of ownership
of
the severed mineral Interest anda record of
the creation of the severed mineral interest as shown
by
the records of
the
county clerk and recoroer. Proof
of ownership and the record of cn:ation of the severed mineral interest shall bo provided
in.
tho
form of a
certificate
prepaxed by an attorney. a
title
insnrancc company.
or a
title imurancc agent authoriz.ed
to
do
business
in
this state.
Source:
L
7,:
Entire section ndded. p.
1405.
§
1.
effective July 1.
L,
83:
Bntire
section
amended,
p.
512,
§
3,
effective
May 16.
Attached are lists, not necessarily all inclusive, for the title companies, landmen and real estate
attorneys within the Grand Junction area. The Assessor's office is not recommending one person/firm
over another This is simply a list for reference. Additional listings may be found in the phone book.
Categories to search also may include Attorney: Mining
&
Oil
&
Gas
.
Mesa County Assessor Office
P.O. Box 20,000 Grand Junction CO 81502
Telephone: 970-244-1610 Fax: 970-244-1790
Assessor Brent Goff
LANDMEN
Billings & Company Dennis D. Hansen - Landman
Bill Billings –Certified Professional Landman 970-245-4357 Office
970-314-7723 970-216-1128 Cell
2465 Ajay Ave PO Box 4245
Grand Junction CO 81505 Grand Junction CO 81502
Fred Jones John Mudon – Independent Landman
Independent Landman 970-858-7597
970-242-5702 1662 L ½ Rd
Fruita CO 81521
TITLE COMPANIES
Abstract & Title Company of Mesa County Fidelity National Title Company
970-242-8234 970-245-1055
2464 Patterson Rd 480 W Park Dr Suite 200
Grand Junction CO 81505 Grand Junction CO 81505
Heritage Title Company Land Title Guarantee Company
970-241-8555 970-245-0550
330 Grand Ave Suite A 2454 Patterson Rd Suite 100
Grand Junction CO 81501 Grand Junction CO 81505
OIL & GAS ATTORNEYS
Jeffrey L Driscoll Nathan A Keever
970-242-6262 970-241-5500
200 N 6
th
St 744 Horizon Ct Suite 300
Grand Junction CO 81501 Grand Junction CO 81506
REAL ESTATE ATTORNEYS
Elder & Phillips Hoskin, Farina & Kampf
970-243-0946 970-242-4903
562 White Ave 200 Grand Ave
Grand Junction CO 81501 Grand Junction CO 81501
Kain & Burke PC Hand Law P.C.
970-778-4461 970-245-4601
2779 Crossroads Blvd 725 Rood Ave
Grand Junction CO 81506 Grand Junction CO 81501
