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View launch statusTexas mineral title. From the ground up.
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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.
When the workspace opens, your first upload run will be free, up to 150 pages. After that, $249 a run, charged before the run starts. If a run cannot be finished, a run is credited to your account.
LAND / MINERAL / RECORDTEXAS
THE ASSIGNMENTDefine the land.
THE OWNERSHIPFollow what was conveyed.
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.
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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 INSTRUMENTSA source page for every interest. -
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 BOUNDARYIllustrative tracts. Exact acreage. -
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 TITLEOne examination. A separate review. -
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 WORKBOOKOWNERSHIP.XLSXINTERESTGROSS AC.NMA½160.0080.00⅒160.0016.00⅒160.0016.00OwnershipRunsheetReviewIllustrative 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
| Mineral owner | Interest | Net mineral acres |
|---|---|---|
| Eleanor M. Hartwell | 1/2 | 106.2700 |
| Thomas R. Brandt | 1/10 | 21.2540 |
| Margaret Brandt Voss | 1/10 | 21.2540 |
| Daniel K. Brandt | 1/10 | 21.2540 |
| Ruth Brandt Ellery | 1/10 | 21.2540 |
| Estate of Walter BrandtHeirs not determined | 1/10 | 21.2540 |
| All tracts | 1 | 212.5400 |
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.
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
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.
What comes back
| 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 OGLs | 1. 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 Hartwell 212.54 acres | |||||||||||||
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| REPRESENTED | VERIFIED | ||||||||||||
| OWNER | ADDRESS | CITY | STATE | ZIP | SOURCE DEED | INTEREST TYPE | LEGAL DESCRIPTION | TRACT GROSS ACRES | NET MINERAL ACRES | TRACT GROSS ACRES | MINERAL INTEREST | NET MINERAL ACRES | COMMENTS |
| Eleanor M. Hartwell | PO Box 101 | Sample City | TX | 00000 | DR 118/402 | MI | Tract 1: 160 acres, A-101, A-102 | 160 | 80.0000 | 160 | 1/2 | 80.0000 | Unleased of record. One half reserved in DR 61/233 and devised by will, DR 118/402. |
| Thomas R. Brandt | PO Box 102 | Sample City | TX | 00000 | OPR 431/17 | MI | Tract 1: 160 acres, A-101, A-102 | 160 | 160 | 1/10 | 16.0000 | Leased: OPR 512/88. Represented under Walter Brandt. | |
| Margaret Brandt Voss | PO Box 103 | Sample City | TX | 00000 | OPR 431/17 | MI | Tract 1: 160 acres, A-101, A-102 | 160 | 160 | 1/10 | 16.0000 | Leased: OPR 512/88. Represented under Walter Brandt. | |
| Daniel K. Brandt | PO Box 104 | Sample City | TX | 00000 | OPR 431/17 | MI | Tract 1: 160 acres, A-101, A-102 | 160 | 160 | 1/10 | 16.0000 | Leased: OPR 512/88. Represented under Walter Brandt. | |
| Ruth Brandt Ellery | PO Box 105 | Sample City | TX | 00000 | OPR 431/17 | MI | Tract 1: 160 acres, A-101, A-102 | 160 | 160 | 1/10 | 16.0000 | Leased: OPR 512/88. Represented under Walter Brandt. | |
| Estate of Walter Brandt | OPR 604/251 | MI | Tract 1: 160 acres, A-101, A-102 | 160 | 160 | 1/10 | 16.0000 | Heirs not determined. No lease found in the documents supplied. | |||||
| Tract 1 total | 1 | 160 | Reconciled | ||||||||||
| Eleanor M. Hartwell | PO Box 101 | Sample City | TX | 00000 | DR 118/402 | MI | Tract 2: 52.54 acres, A-240 | 52.54 | 26.2700 | 52.54 | 1/2 | 26.2700 | Unleased of record. One half reserved in DR 61/233 and devised by will, DR 118/402. |
| Thomas R. Brandt | PO Box 102 | Sample City | TX | 00000 | OPR 431/17 | MI | Tract 2: 52.54 acres, A-240 | 52.54 | 52.54 | 1/10 | 5.2540 | Leased: OPR 512/88. Represented under Walter Brandt. | |
| Margaret Brandt Voss | PO Box 103 | Sample City | TX | 00000 | OPR 431/17 | MI | Tract 2: 52.54 acres, A-240 | 52.54 | 52.54 | 1/10 | 5.2540 | Leased: OPR 512/88. Represented under Walter Brandt. | |
| Daniel K. Brandt | PO Box 104 | Sample City | TX | 00000 | OPR 431/17 | MI | Tract 2: 52.54 acres, A-240 | 52.54 | 52.54 | 1/10 | 5.2540 | Leased: OPR 512/88. Represented under Walter Brandt. | |
| Ruth Brandt Ellery | PO Box 105 | Sample City | TX | 00000 | OPR 431/17 | MI | Tract 2: 52.54 acres, A-240 | 52.54 | 52.54 | 1/10 | 5.2540 | Leased: OPR 512/88. Represented under Walter Brandt. | |
| Estate of Walter Brandt | OPR 604/251 | MI | Tract 2: 52.54 acres, A-240 | 52.54 | 52.54 | 1/10 | 5.2540 | Heirs not determined. No lease found in the documents supplied. | |||||
| Tract 2 total | 1 | 52.54 | Reconciled | ||||||||||
| Mineral Title Runsheet Hartwell 212.54 acres | ||||||||||
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| NO. | INSTRUMENT | INSTRUMENT NUMBER | EFFECTIVE DATE | INSTRUMENT DATE | RECORDED DATE | GRANTOR | GRANTEE | ACREAGE | CONVEYANCE | COMMENTS |
| 1 | Patent | PR 4/118 | 3/14/1911 | 3/14/1911 | 4/2/1911 | State of Texas | Josiah Hartwell | 160 and 52.54 | All of the subject lands. | Sovereignty of the soil. |
| 2 | Warranty Deed | DR 61/233 | 9/2/1938 | 9/2/1938 | 9/10/1938 | Josiah Hartwell et ux | Walter Brandt | 160 and 52.54 | All 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. |
| 3 | Probate | DR 118/402 | 11/30/1961 | 1/19/1962 | 1/22/1962 | Estate of Josiah Hartwell | Eleanor M. Hartwell | 160 and 52.54 | All of the estate, including the reserved one half of the minerals. | Reserved 1/2 passes under the will. Effective on the date of death. |
| 4 | Mineral Deed | OPR 431/17 | 6/30/1987 | 6/30/1987 | 7/6/1987 | Walter Brandt | Thomas R. Brandt, Margaret Brandt Voss, Daniel K. Brandt, Ruth Brandt Ellery and Walter Brandt Jr. | 160 and 52.54 | All of grantor’s interest in the oil, gas and other minerals, in equal shares. | 1/10 of the whole to each of five children. |
| 5 | Oil and Gas Lease | OPR 512/88 | 11/5/2014 | 11/5/2014 | 11/19/2014 | Thomas R. Brandt, Margaret Brandt Voss, Daniel K. Brandt and Ruth Brandt Ellery | Caliche Operating LLC | 160 and 52.54 | Lease of lessors’ interest. Three-year primary term, 1/5 royalty. | Past its primary term. No production shown in the documents supplied. |
| 6 | Affidavit of Heirship | OPR 604/251 | 2/11/2019 | 4/22/2019 | 4/30/2019 | Estate of Walter Brandt Jr. | Heirs not determined | 160 and 52.54 | States 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 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: | |
| TRACT | CERTIFICATION |
| Tract 1 | 160 gross acres. Title examined March 14, 1911 to November 10, 2026. Verified interests total 1. Reconciled. |
| Tract 2 | 52.54 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.
- Ownership tract by tract: the figures you were given beside the figures the examination found, as exact fractions and net mineral acres.
- The runsheet, instrument by instrument, with effective, instrument and recorded dates.
- Outstanding curative requirements, current leases, liens and encumbrances on the summary sheet.
- Instruments the chain cites that were not among your documents, named by volume and page.
- Certification dates and the scope of the title work, tract by tract.
- The landman line is left blank. The review and the signature are yours.
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.
Hybrid
By invitation$349 a run
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.
Request an invitationFull service
By invitation$449 a run
We buy the documents.
Type in the assignment and hand it off. Copies are bought only when the chain needs them.
Includes up to $125 of record copies. Anything above that is at cost, and only after you approve it.
Request an invitationEach run reads up to 400 pages. Larger runs add $40 for each further 200 pages, shown before you pay.
What it costs
One run, or a month of them.
Pay $249 for a single upload run and walk away. Run title twice a week or more and a plan brings an upload run under $163 at full use, and as low as $119.04 on a yearly Enterprise plan. Either way, a run is paid for before it starts.
- Cheapest way
- Pay per run
- For the month
- $996
- Per run
- $249
A plan plus its extra runs is compared with paying run by run, and the lower total is shown.
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This site is TitleDesk in your browser: nothing to install, paid by the run or by plan, the workbook emailed to you. TitleDesk Desktop Agent is a separate product on the classic Title-Desk site, an app you install and license for each computer.
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?
No. TitleDesk Desktop Agent is a separate product that you install and license for each computer. The planned browser service needs nothing installed. About the desktop app.
Run a tract you already know the answer to.
When the workspace opens, your first upload run will be free, up to 150 pages. Compare the workbook with your own work, then decide.