Once monthly, usually the second Wednesday of each month, the Southwest Montana Farm & Ranch Brokers meet at noon in Bozeman at the Holiday Inn. At the meetings, brokers and other rural real estate professionals get together to network, hear a presentation on topics relative to the rural Montana land market, and to share new listings as well as to discuss properties they are looking for on behalf of buyers.
This month's presenter will be Braiden Burns, from Meadowlark Search, Inc. in Helena who will discuss “Mineral Searches & Mineral Ownership.”
Meadowlark Search does mineral searches and unpatented claim management on BLM mineral ownership. Working with your attorney, we can research access issues and some water rights. We determine who owns the minerals under or on a client’s property. We start at the "beginning of time" and review the memorandum of title (a short, condensed, virgin document) and every recorded document (patents, warranty and quit claim deeds, mineral and distribution deeds) relating to the property up to the present time. A report is then generated that outlines the mineral owners, by mineral type and legal description.
For more information, contact Don Vaniman at 406-587-4250 or don@donvaniman.com.
Lunch is available, and non-members are welcome to attend.