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. Many of the owners you'll contact are elderly, recently bereaved, cautious about unsolicited calls, or 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.
Skills Required
- Prior experience handling title curative work
- Ability to read division order title opinions and identify requirements and defects in the chain of title
- Working knowledge of common title defects and practical cures, including probates, affidavits, powers of attorney, and corrective instruments
- Comfort communicating with mineral and royalty owners by telephone and in writing
- Careful drafting based only on confirmed facts from recorded documents, title opinions, or verified owner information
- Independent judgment and ability to prioritize and track open requirements at different stages
- Proficiency in Google Workspace
What We Do
Purple Land Management, Overdrive Powered by ESRI®, is a full-service land management firm skilled at handling everything from title and leasing, due diligence and opinion certification to right-of-way acquisition, surveying and surface operations. We believe that standards can always be raised. That’s why we work so hard to give our clients – energy producers, mid-stream operators, mobile service providers, engineering firms and municipal and state agencies – more than they expect. That means we demand a lot from ourselves. It means we are always looking for new approaches, new perspectives, and new ideas to help us be better at what we do. And it means that every day, for every project, we push ourselves to exceed goals, elevate service and deliver results – not just for our clients, but also for our communities and our country. The Purple Way is about going above and beyond. Pushing the limits of what’s possible. Give more than you take. For our clients, it means we’re committed to being incredibly accurate, extremely efficient and doggedly results-oriented. For our communities, it means helping create jobs and stimulate the economy. For our country, it means being passionate about the domestic energy cause and working tirelessly to help reduce our dependence on foreign energy resources. Our Mission: Purple Land Management's mission is threefold: to hire the naturally ambitious and provide ongoing education outreach, to execute projects with the highest quality of excellence and detail, and to establish working relationships that give more than they take.
