Ownership question
Owner questions, public-record answers
Colorado mineral and royalty owner guides
Begin with the document or question in front of you. Each guide gives you a bounded research path, direct official sources, a working checklist, and a clear line between public evidence and legal advice.
Statewide foundation
New to Colorado mineral rights?
Mineral Rights Colorado is RoyaltyBook’s free statewide education publication. Start there for split-estate basics, the contract warning, title-insurance limits, and what changes when the surface and minerals are owned separately.
Recorded-title workflow
Mineral rights title search
Learn how a mineral rights title search follows county-recorded documents, what records belong in the chain, and when an owner needs a Colorado attorney.Read the owner guide →Weld County workflow
Find Weld County mineral records
Use a Weld County address, legal description, recorder index, and Colorado ECMC records to build an owner-side mineral record trail.Read the owner guide →Inheritance question
I inherited mineral rights
A records-first checklist for Colorado heirs who received an old royalty statement, family story, deed, lease, or unclaimed-property notice.Read the owner guide →Payment question
Is my royalty check right?
Organize a Colorado royalty statement, division order, lease, well record, and production context into a source-linked discrepancy packet.Read the owner guide →Division-order question
I received a division order
A document-by-document checklist for comparing a Colorado division order with the owner name, land, well, decimal, lease, and recorded title trail.Read the owner guide →Lease-offer question
I received a lease offer
A source-first checklist for identifying the land, title assumptions, wells, orders, and business terms behind a Colorado oil and gas lease offer.Read the owner guide →The free starting point
Have a Weld County address?
Match it to the county parcel, prepare the recorder-search clues, and compare the parcel section with RoyaltyBook’s public well and order-candidate records. The address stays out of RoyaltyBook’s servers and analytics.
Guides last reviewed August 10, 2026. Sources are linked inline. RoyaltyBook organizes public evidence; it does not provide a title opinion or legal advice.