The Recordant Blog

Field notes on title, minerals,
and the county record.

Practical writing for land and mineral teams: chain of title, diligence, and the craft of making records answer.

2026-09-11

Depth Severances: Reading the Cut in the Chain

A depth severance splits one tract into two or three ownership worlds. Here is how to spot one in the record, what it does to the chain, and the questions to ask before you rely on the runsheet.

2026-08-20

Chain of Title, Explained for Speed: How Land Teams Find and Close Gaps Faster

What a chain of title actually is, why gaps kill deals, and the modern workflow (indexed county records, flagged breaks, targeted grantor/grantee searches) that closes them in hours instead of weeks.

2026-08-21

Mineral, Royalty, and ORRI Interests: A Diligence Checklist That Survives Audit

A practical checklist for tracing mineral, royalty, and overriding royalty interests to the instrument: severances, reservations, proportionate reduction, and the documentation standard that holds up in A&D diligence.

2026-08-22

From Runsheets to Review-Ready: Scaling Landman Research Across TX, OK, NM, and WY

How land teams scale courthouse research across Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Wyoming county records: hosted work product, searchable handwritten-era books, and one review workflow for deeds, GIS, plant data, and HBP evidence.