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Bench Lane 01 · Stand-up & Digital Title

Courthouse Title & Runsheet Landman Work.

When a drilling unit is being assembled, a solar project needs surface-and-mineral clearance, or an examining attorney needs a patent-to-present abstract packet, operators and brokers pull from the title bench first. Put down the counties where you know the clerk's books and how you build a runsheet.

Sign the title bench Request title landmen

Nothing is promised. Signing puts your counties and title experience on our bench list so we can reach out when an operator or broker sends a matching request.

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Deliverables in this lane

Patent to present.

Chronological runsheets, full-bleed TIFF/PDF instrument folders, mineral and leasehold ownership worksheets, and flowcharted reservation trees.

Hiring title hands?

Tell us the county, whether the indices are stand-up or remote, the tract count, and your spud or opinion deadline.

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Or call (307) 263-8515

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Re What we record when you sign for title work

  1. Courthouse vs. remote index reach. Many rural Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Appalachian counties have digital indices only back to the late 1970s or 1980s. Note on your sheet which courthouses you have worked in person (tract books, Spanish grants, early deed and probate ledgers) versus remote index runs.

  2. Runsheet structure and instrument pulls. Whether a crew chief asks for a sovereignty-to-present drilling runsheet or a limited-period supplemental update, we look for hands who log volume/page, instrument date, filing date, exact legal description, and reservation remarks without skipping probate or district court minutes.

  3. Complex fraction and reservation trees. Duhig over-conveyances, double fractions, non-participating royalty interests (NPRI), life estates, and depth-severed horizontal assignments require clean math before the file goes to the examining attorney.

  4. Held-by-production (HBP) and unit decks. On older units, title hands trace base leases through pooling designations, production histories, and shallow-vs-deep Pugh clause severances.

Tip for signing the sheet: In the counties box below, list the specific counties where you have pulled instruments and built runsheets, not just a state abbreviation.

Where title hands get called out

Permian & Delaware Basins
Multi-section horizontal allocation units, depth severances by formation or stratigraphic equivalent, and state-land (Relinquishment Act, GLO, or NM SLO) chains in West Texas and Southeast New Mexico.
East Texas & Haynesville
Deep bossier and Haynesville gas units across pre-statehood headrights and Spanish grants, multi-generational intestate heirship chains, and old HBP Cotton Valley or Travis Peak leases.
Mid-Continent & Rockies
Section-township-range tract indices, forced-pooling orders, BLM serial register pages, and split-estate patents across Oklahoma, Wyoming, North Dakota, and Colorado.

Before you sign

  • Nothing is promised. When a title job fits your counties and experience, we get in touch.
  • Who runs it. Independent landmen who run this board and contractor bench.
  • Designations. Recorded as you report them.
  • Your details. Used to read your sheet and match you to work. See the privacy policy.

Bench sign-up sheet · Courthouse Title

Title landmen: put your name and counties down. Operators and brokers: switch to "A company that needs landmen" to request a title crew.

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Or reach us directly: (307) 263-8515 or hello@landman.careers.