We are seeking an experienced curative landman for an active title curative
project covering multiple drilling and spacing units in western Oklahoma (Roger
Mills and Ellis Counties, OK). You’ll receive assigned requirements from
division order title opinions and own them to closure. That means determining
what each requirement is actually asking for, locating the people who have to
act on it, contacting them directly, drafting the instrument, and getting it
executed and recorded. Much of this work is independent and calls for sound
judgment, because the owners you're contacting are usually not in this business
and the records you're working from are often incomplete. You'll have a
supervising landman to escalate to, and you're expected to recognize when a
situation needs that.
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Responsibilities
* Review assigned requirements from division order title opinions, determine
what each one requires, and identify the resolution path.
* Locate the mineral owners, royalty owners, heirs, devisees, and successor
entities named in each requirement using county records, probate and district
court filings, obituaries, and public search resources.
* Contact owners by telephone, mail, and email, explain the requirement and the
instrument you're asking them to sign in plain language without giving legal
advice, and manage the execution logistics including notary coordination and
return mailings.
* Draft the curative instruments, including stipulations of interest,
stipulations of interest and cross-conveyance, disclaimers, affidavits of
heirship, corrective assignments, quitclaim deeds, and ratifications, with
accurate legal descriptions, decimal interests, exhibits, and signature
blocks matched to the capacity in which each party signs.
* File and record executed instruments with the county clerk and track each one
through recording.
* Maintain organized records of every contact, response, and mailing in the
curative contact log, and communicate status, obstacles, and items that need
escalation to the supervising landman.
Required Qualifications
* Prior experience handling title curative work.
* Ability to read a division order title opinion, understand what each
requirement is asking for, and recognize where the defect sits in the chain
of title.
* Working knowledge of common title defects and how they're cured in practice,
including probates, affidavits, powers of attorney, and corrective
instruments.
* Comfort communicating with mineral and royalty owners outside the industry by
telephone and in writing. Some of the people we call are cautious about
unsolicited calls for various reasons and may be unaware they own an interest
at all.
* Careful drafting from confirmed facts only. Every recital in a curative
instrument has to trace to a recorded document, the title opinion, or
information the owner has verified, and the discipline to stop and ask rather
than fill a gap with an assumption is part of the job.
* Independent judgment, the ability to prioritize and track a list of open
requirements sitting at different stages, and proficiency in Google
Workspace.
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Company Description
Purple Land Management, LLC (“Purple”) is one of the nation’s largest
tech-enabled providers of land services that negotiates the buying, selling, and
leasing of energy rights, determines and cures title, prepares mineral ownership
reports, and performs other related services required for all types of energy
companies. Overdrive, Purple’s proprietary software-as-a-service (“SaaS”),
allows customers to track lease, well, and contract data in a web-based
geographic information system (“GIS”) mapping platform powered by ESRI, a leader
in GIS mapping software. Based in Fort Worth, Texas, and founded in 2010, Purple
has the financial support of Satori Capital, a Texas-based multi-strategy
investment firm founded upon the principles of conscious capitalism. Satori’s
private equity business partners with leadership teams of companies that operate
with a long-term perspective, commit to their mission, and create value for all
stakeholders.