Sell Mineral Rights in Louisiana
Sell mineral rights in Louisiana by asking buyers for written offers before you sign anything. Louisiana produced about 27 million barrels of crude oil and about 3.8 trillion cubic feet of marketed natural gas in 2025, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Most activity centers on the Haynesville Shale, and we take your interest to buyers at no cost to you.
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What shapes an offer for Louisiana minerals
Buyers price each tract on its own wells and the wells around it, so the Haynesville Shale in the northwest, the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale and the Gulf Coast fields are priced differently.
Well and production records are kept by the Louisiana Office of Conservation, and your deed is recorded with the parish where the land sits.
Louisiana rules to know before you sell
Louisiana mineral servitudes and mineral royalties each end by prescription after 10 years of nonuse, automatically, unless something the Mineral Code counts interrupts it, such as good faith operations, production or a written acknowledgment by the landowner. A mineral lease is different: it ends by its own terms. Do Mineral Rights Expire in Louisiana (opens in a new tab) gives the statute and its conditions.
Louisiana has a forced pooling statute.
Louisiana taxes oil and condensate at 12.5 percent of value from wells completed before July 2025 and 6.5 percent from newer wells, with lower rates for stripper and incapable wells, and gas at $0.1514 per thousand cubic feet for July 2026 to June 2027. Operators and purchasers withhold the tax from royalty payments.
Louisiana taxes royalty income through its personal income tax. Oil and Gas Severance Tax by State (opens in a new tab) compares every state.
One request. Buyers compete in writing. You call the shots.
Keep a recent check stub or the lease handy if you have one; it helps buyers price an offer, but you can ask without either. Nothing goes to a buyer until we have talked with you. If a buyer has already written to you, tell us; that letter becomes the number every other offer has to beat.
Free for families. You never pay us a dime.
Asking for an offer costs you nothing, and there is no fee when you sell. Usually we buy the interest ourselves, and the offer says so. We may resell it, and that is how we are paid; it never changes the price you agreed.
Your money moves through a licensed title company, escrow agent or closing attorney, never through our hands. Every written offer names its buyer.
Common questions
How do I sell mineral rights in Louisiana?
Give us the parish and your interest with any lease or check stub on hand. We ask buyers for written offers for you to compare, then you close through a licensed closing or title company.
Can my Louisiana minerals lapse if I do not use them?
Louisiana mineral servitudes and mineral royalties each end by prescription after 10 years of nonuse, automatically, unless something the Mineral Code counts interrupts it, such as good faith operations, production or a written acknowledgment by the landowner. Read the rule and its sources (opens in a new tab).
Where is oil and gas activity concentrated in Louisiana?
Oil and gas activity in the state centers on the Haynesville Shale in the northwest.
What is a non-participating royalty interest (NPRI)?
An NPRI carries a share of revenue without the right to lease or collect a bonus. Buyers value it on the income it pays, similar to a producing royalty, and it conveys cleanly.
Do I sign a division order before selling?
Signing a division order confirms your share for payment purposes. It is not a sale, it does not transfer ownership, and you can sign it and still sell later.
Is getting Louisiana mineral offers free?
Yes. Asking for offers is free, with no upfront fee and no obligation to sell.
What taxes apply when I sell Louisiana minerals?
A sale is generally treated as the sale of a capital asset, so federal capital gains rules usually apply, while royalty checks are ordinary income. Louisiana taxes royalty income from Louisiana property as part of its income tax; how a gain on a sale is taxed depends on where you live and on Louisiana’s rules for nonresidents. State production taxes, where they apply, usually come off the royalty check, and some producing minerals are also taxed locally.
Inherited minerals usually receive a stepped up basis as of the date of death, which can reduce the gain on a later sale. AMR’s state tax reference (opens in a new tab) has the rules and sources; confirm your own situation with a tax professional.
Does Louisiana tax oil and gas royalty income?
Yes. Louisiana’s income tax reaches royalty income from Louisiana property, including for owners who live in another state. If you live elsewhere, your home state may tax the same income.
Federal tax applies on top.
What is the severance tax on oil and gas in Louisiana?
Louisiana levies oil and condensate at 12.5 percent of value from wells completed before July 2025 and 6.5 percent from newer wells, with lower rates for stripper and incapable wells, and gas at $0.1514 per thousand cubic feet for July 2026 to June 2027. Operators and purchasers withhold the tax from royalty payments. Rates, exemptions and sources (opens in a new tab).
How do I find out what minerals I own in Louisiana?
Check the parish clerk of court where the land sits for the deed, the Louisiana Office of Conservation for well and production records, and the state unclaimed property program for any unclaimed royalty money. Our unclaimed royalties finder builds the checklist.
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