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All 50. American Mineral Registry accepts requests from owners in any U.S. state. There are dedicated guides for 20 producing states, and owners anywhere else can use the same free request.

The process is the same wherever your minerals are: you submit your interest once and compare the written offers you receive. What changes by state is which buyers are active, the severance and income tax, and whether a severed interest can lapse through nonuse.

AMR’s October 2026 review of all 50 states and D.C. found a dormant mineral statute in 18, another route such as prescription, tax or work forfeiture, marketable title, registration rules or a missing owner procedure in 15, and no statute that ends an unused interest in 18. Of the rules that can end an interest for nonuse, 6 can do it by the passage of time alone; the others need a surface owner step such as a notice, a recorded claim or a court action. Each state in the table links to its rule, sources and limits, and the Law Atlas (opens in a new tab) compares them.

A sale is generally a federal capital gain, and states with an income tax generally tax their residents’ gains as income. 9 states levy no broad personal income tax: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wyoming. How a nonresident’s gain is taxed depends on the state where the minerals are and on where you live.

AMR’s state tax reference (opens in a new tab) has each state’s rule and source; confirm your own situation with a CPA.

AMR does not promise a response time: it depends on the interest and on which buyers are active where it is.