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Serving mineral and royalty owners in Louisiana and Arkansas

Louisiana mineral ownership has rules all its own.

NARO Louisiana helps owners navigate parish records, inherited interests, Haynesville decisions, mineral-servitude questions, and royalty payments.

Mineral owners listening and asking questions at a NARO town hall
Learn Trace the ownership story Start with parish records, succession documents, old leases, and production history. Attend Learn with mineral owners Learn with owners who understand Gulf South leases, gas royalties, and family interests. Connect Meet your chapter Meet leaders who understand Louisiana and Arkansas mineral questions.

Understand what you hold and what could affect it next.

Louisiana and Arkansas owners may face very different legal terms, development patterns, and emerging mineral uses. Good records and careful questions matter in both states.

Start with the Mineral Owner FAQ

These are recurring owner questions, not individualized legal, title, tax, accounting, investment, or valuation advice.

Succession and parish records

Connect deeds, Judgments of Possession, leases, production history, and current contact information to the people who inherited the interest.

Servitudes, prescription, and old leases

Louisiana timing and production questions can be complex. Gather the history and seek qualified review before assuming a right has continued or ended.

Haynesville costs and Arkansas brine

Gas deductions, cross-unit activity, and new brine or lithium proposals can require different documents and different questions.

One chapter. Two distinct mineral landscapes.

The chapter brings owners together while keeping each state's terminology and records visible.

Louisiana

Parish conveyance records, successions, mineral servitudes, prescription questions, Haynesville activity, and royalty payments.

Arkansas

County records, inherited interests, traditional oil and gas activity, and emerging brine or lithium proposals.

Upcoming events and local leadership

The listings below come directly from Wild Apricot so chapter staff can keep dates and board information current in one place.

Upcoming Louisiana Chapter Events

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Louisiana Chapter

Board Members

Meet the volunteers who serve mineral and royalty owners through the Louisiana Chapter.