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You upload every instrument.
For the landman who has already pulled the records. Nothing is bought on your behalf.
No record copies are bought.
Start an upload runTexas mineral title. From the ground up.
EVERY ACRE.ACCOUNTEDFOR.
The land is only the beginning. Trace the mineral ownership, follow the recorded evidence, and turn your Texas title assignment into a workbook you can review.
Your first upload run is free, up to 150 pages. After that, $249 a run, charged before the run starts. If a run cannot reach the end, a run is credited to your account.
PERMIAN / GLO ABSTRACT / MINERALTEXAS
THE ASSIGNMENTDefine the land.
THE OWNERSHIPFollow what was conveyed.
The ownership.
Owners, fractional interests, and net mineral acres by tract.
The evidence.
A runsheet of recorded instruments behind the chain.
The open questions.
Missing instruments, exceptions, and curative requirements.
Your workbook.
Four sheets, emailed to you and saved in your account.
How it works
From the record.
To the whole picture.
You define the assignment and bring the instruments. The run does the reading, the chain and the arithmetic, and hands you a workbook to review.
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Type in the assignment
Paste the scope as you received it, choose the Texas county, and enter each tract with its abstracts and gross acres. Add the names to research and upload the instruments you hold as PDF, TIFF, PNG or JPEG. A helper reads what you type and explains how to fix a mistake.
01RECORDED INSTRUMENTS
A source page for every interest. -
Pass the check, then pay
Before any charge, the check compares the abstracts in your text with the tracts you typed and adds the tract acres against your total. If something is off you see exactly what and where, and nothing is charged. When it passes, you read the summary back, confirm it, and pay for the run up front. Artificial Landman then does the work. If the chain needs more records than your run includes, they are charged to your card once, for exactly what was obtained and within the limit you approve. That charge is the last step before your workbook is emailed to you.
02ASSIGNMENT CLOSURE
Tracts, abstracts, and exact gross acreage. -
Two examiners, then an independent validator
The first examiner reads the instruments, builds the chain of title and works the ownership in exact fractions. A second, separate examiner works it out again from the instruments. A third, independent validator, from a different model family, then checks both examiners’ work against the pages they cite. The workbook is written only when all three agree, and that completes the assignment. A running timer and a single status line show what each model is doing. You can close the page; the run carries on without you.
03TRIPLE-CHECK CONVERGENCE
Two separate examiners. An independent validator. -
The workbook arrives
Once the workbook is written and any record charge has cleared, it is emailed to you automatically as an attachment, and a copy stays in your account. When Artificial Landman bought records for the run, their receipt is the last sheet in the workbook. Review it, check it against the sources, and sign it yourself. If a run cannot reach the end, one run is credited to your account.
04FOUR-SHEET DELIVERABLE
Summary · Ownership · Runsheet · Title Review.
Follow the interest
One estate.
Every interest.
A reservation changes the ownership. A probate carries it forward. A mineral deed divides it again. Follow those interests through the recorded instruments, all the way to net mineral acres.
SAMPLE RUN · HARTWELL 212.54 ACRES · REEVES COUNTYInvented data
| Mineral owner | Interest | Net mineral acres |
|---|---|---|
| Eleanor M. Hartwell | 1/2 | 106.2700 |
| Thomas R. Brandt | 1/10 | 21.2540 |
| Margaret Brandt Voss | 1/10 | 21.2540 |
| Daniel K. Brandt | 1/10 | 21.2540 |
| Ruth Brandt Ellery | 1/10 | 21.2540 |
| Estate of Walter BrandtHeirs not determined | 1/10 | 21.2540 |
| All tracts | 1 | 212.5400 |
Before you pay
Get the land right.
Before the run.
This is the check that stands in front of every run, open for you to try. The example below is wrong in two places: an abstract named in the text is missing from the tracts, and the acres do not add up. The check reads the scope of the assignment. It does not read ownership.
During the run
Watch it work, or walk away.
The moment a run starts, a timer starts with it. One line on the screen says what the model at work is doing right now, and when the next step begins that line is replaced. There is no log to scroll and no progress bar that guesses.
- The timer shows the elapsed time for the whole run.
- The status line names the model and the step: Model 1, the first examiner, then Model 2, the second.
- The workbook is emailed the moment it is written. You do not need to keep the page open.
Open the deliverable
The evidence.
In your hands.
See the work behind the ownership. A two-tract, 212.54-acre sample, from the assignment as typed to the workbook that comes back. Every owner, instrument and recording reference in it is invented. It shows the form of the deliverable, not the result of a real examination.
What you type
Tract 1: 160 acres out of Abstract 101 and Abstract 102, Reeves County, Texas. Tract 2: 52.54 acres out of A-240, Reeves County, Texas. Research the mineral ownership represented in Eleanor M. Hartwell and Walter Brandt.
- County
- Reeves, Texas
- Tract 1
- 160 acres · A-101, A-102
- Tract 2
- 52.54 acres · A-240
- Total gross acres
- 212.54
- Names to research
- Eleanor M. Hartwell; Walter Brandt
- Documents
- 14 instruments, 61 pages in the invented packet
Passes the check
Every abstract in the text sits under its tract, and the tract acres add up to the total exactly. That makes the scope consistent with itself. It does not prove the records are complete.
What comes back
| Title To Fund Report | |
|---|---|
| Client: | Hartwell 212.54 acres |
| State: | Texas |
| County: | Reeves |
| Legal Description: | Tract 1: 160 acres, A-101, A-102 Tract 2: 52.54 acres, A-240 |
| Landman: | |
| Date Submitted: | November 12, 2026 |
| Outstanding Curative Requirements: | 1. Heirs of Walter Brandt Jr.: The affidavit at OPR 604/251 does not name the heirs to one tenth of the minerals. Curative: Obtain a recorded determination of heirship or probate. 2. Lease term: The lease at OPR 512/88 is past its primary term and no production is shown in the documents supplied. Curative: Confirm production or obtain a recorded release. 3. Reservation wording: The 1938 deed reserves one half of the minerals without mention of royalty. Curative: None needed unless a royalty claim arises. |
| Current OGLs | 1. Oil and gas lease, four Brandt children to Caliche Operating LLC, OPR 512/88, dated 11/5/2014, three-year primary term. Covers 4/10 of the minerals. |
| Liens and Encumbrances: | None found in the documents supplied. |
| Notes: | Mineral ownership is verified one half in Eleanor M. Hartwell and one tenth in each of five Brandt interests, the same in every tract. The Brandt half was represented in Walter Brandt alone; he conveyed it to five children in 1987. One of those interests has no determined heirs and no lease among the documents supplied. Instruments cited but not supplied: OPR 498/301. Draft examination for review by a qualified professional. It is not a title opinion, not an abstract of title and not a survey. It reflects only the documents supplied. Sample. Every owner, instrument and recording reference in this workbook is invented. |
| Verified Mineral Ownership Hartwell 212.54 acres | |||||||||||||
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| REPRESENTED | VERIFIED | ||||||||||||
| OWNER | ADDRESS | CITY | STATE | ZIP | SOURCE DEED | INTEREST TYPE | LEGAL DESCRIPTION | TRACT GROSS ACRES | NET MINERAL ACRES | TRACT GROSS ACRES | MINERAL INTEREST | NET MINERAL ACRES | COMMENTS |
| Eleanor M. Hartwell | PO Box 101 | Sample City | TX | 00000 | DR 118/402 | MI | Tract 1: 160 acres, A-101, A-102 | 160 | 80.0000 | 160 | 1/2 | 80.0000 | Unleased of record. One half reserved in DR 61/233 and devised by will, DR 118/402. |
| Thomas R. Brandt | PO Box 102 | Sample City | TX | 00000 | OPR 431/17 | MI | Tract 1: 160 acres, A-101, A-102 | 160 | 160 | 1/10 | 16.0000 | Leased: OPR 512/88. Represented under Walter Brandt. | |
| Margaret Brandt Voss | PO Box 103 | Sample City | TX | 00000 | OPR 431/17 | MI | Tract 1: 160 acres, A-101, A-102 | 160 | 160 | 1/10 | 16.0000 | Leased: OPR 512/88. Represented under Walter Brandt. | |
| Daniel K. Brandt | PO Box 104 | Sample City | TX | 00000 | OPR 431/17 | MI | Tract 1: 160 acres, A-101, A-102 | 160 | 160 | 1/10 | 16.0000 | Leased: OPR 512/88. Represented under Walter Brandt. | |
| Ruth Brandt Ellery | PO Box 105 | Sample City | TX | 00000 | OPR 431/17 | MI | Tract 1: 160 acres, A-101, A-102 | 160 | 160 | 1/10 | 16.0000 | Leased: OPR 512/88. Represented under Walter Brandt. | |
| Estate of Walter Brandt | OPR 604/251 | MI | Tract 1: 160 acres, A-101, A-102 | 160 | 160 | 1/10 | 16.0000 | Heirs not determined. No lease found in the documents supplied. | |||||
| Tract 1 total | 1 | 160 | Reconciled | ||||||||||
| Eleanor M. Hartwell | PO Box 101 | Sample City | TX | 00000 | DR 118/402 | MI | Tract 2: 52.54 acres, A-240 | 52.54 | 26.2700 | 52.54 | 1/2 | 26.2700 | Unleased of record. One half reserved in DR 61/233 and devised by will, DR 118/402. |
| Thomas R. Brandt | PO Box 102 | Sample City | TX | 00000 | OPR 431/17 | MI | Tract 2: 52.54 acres, A-240 | 52.54 | 52.54 | 1/10 | 5.2540 | Leased: OPR 512/88. Represented under Walter Brandt. | |
| Margaret Brandt Voss | PO Box 103 | Sample City | TX | 00000 | OPR 431/17 | MI | Tract 2: 52.54 acres, A-240 | 52.54 | 52.54 | 1/10 | 5.2540 | Leased: OPR 512/88. Represented under Walter Brandt. | |
| Daniel K. Brandt | PO Box 104 | Sample City | TX | 00000 | OPR 431/17 | MI | Tract 2: 52.54 acres, A-240 | 52.54 | 52.54 | 1/10 | 5.2540 | Leased: OPR 512/88. Represented under Walter Brandt. | |
| Ruth Brandt Ellery | PO Box 105 | Sample City | TX | 00000 | OPR 431/17 | MI | Tract 2: 52.54 acres, A-240 | 52.54 | 52.54 | 1/10 | 5.2540 | Leased: OPR 512/88. Represented under Walter Brandt. | |
| Estate of Walter Brandt | OPR 604/251 | MI | Tract 2: 52.54 acres, A-240 | 52.54 | 52.54 | 1/10 | 5.2540 | Heirs not determined. No lease found in the documents supplied. | |||||
| Tract 2 total | 1 | 52.54 | Reconciled | ||||||||||
| Mineral Title Runsheet Hartwell 212.54 acres | ||||||||||
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| NO. | INSTRUMENT | INSTRUMENT NUMBER | EFFECTIVE DATE | INSTRUMENT DATE | RECORDED DATE | GRANTOR | GRANTEE | ACREAGE | CONVEYANCE | COMMENTS |
| 1 | Patent | PR 4/118 | 3/14/1911 | 3/14/1911 | 4/2/1911 | State of Texas | Josiah Hartwell | 160 and 52.54 | All of the subject lands. | Sovereignty of the soil. |
| 2 | Warranty Deed | DR 61/233 | 9/2/1938 | 9/2/1938 | 9/10/1938 | Josiah Hartwell et ux | Walter Brandt | 160 and 52.54 | All of the subject lands, save and except an undivided one half of the oil, gas and other minerals, reserved to grantor. | Grantor keeps 1/2 of the minerals. Grantee takes 1/2. |
| 3 | Probate | DR 118/402 | 11/30/1961 | 1/19/1962 | 1/22/1962 | Estate of Josiah Hartwell | Eleanor M. Hartwell | 160 and 52.54 | All of the estate, including the reserved one half of the minerals. | Reserved 1/2 passes under the will. Effective on the date of death. |
| 4 | Mineral Deed | OPR 431/17 | 6/30/1987 | 6/30/1987 | 7/6/1987 | Walter Brandt | Thomas R. Brandt, Margaret Brandt Voss, Daniel K. Brandt, Ruth Brandt Ellery and Walter Brandt Jr. | 160 and 52.54 | All of grantor’s interest in the oil, gas and other minerals, in equal shares. | 1/10 of the whole to each of five children. |
| 5 | Oil and Gas Lease | OPR 512/88 | 11/5/2014 | 11/5/2014 | 11/19/2014 | Thomas R. Brandt, Margaret Brandt Voss, Daniel K. Brandt and Ruth Brandt Ellery | Caliche Operating LLC | 160 and 52.54 | Lease of lessors’ interest. Three-year primary term, 1/5 royalty. | Past its primary term. No production shown in the documents supplied. |
| 6 | Affidavit of Heirship | OPR 604/251 | 2/11/2019 | 4/22/2019 | 4/30/2019 | Estate of Walter Brandt Jr. | Heirs not determined | 160 and 52.54 | States that Walter Brandt Jr. died intestate on 2/11/2019. Names no heirs. | Fifth 1/10 interest. Held in the estate until heirs are determined. |
| Title Review | |
|---|---|
| Title Certification Dates: | March 14, 1911 to November 10, 2026 |
| Subject Lands: | Tract 1: 160 acres, A-101, A-102 Tract 2: 52.54 acres, A-240 |
| Scope of Title Work: | A review of the mineral ownership of the subject lands from sovereignty of the soil to the certification date, based on the instruments supplied. |
| Exceptions from Title Review: | Surface estate, working interests, production and payment status, and any matter that a survey or an inspection of the land would show. |
| Landman: | |
| Date: | |
| TRACT | CERTIFICATION |
| Tract 1 | 160 gross acres. Title examined March 14, 1911 to November 10, 2026. Verified interests total 1. Reconciled. |
| Tract 2 | 52.54 gross acres. Title examined March 14, 1911 to November 10, 2026. Verified interests total 1. Reconciled. |
The tabs along the bottom are the four sheets of the file: Summary, Ownership, Runsheet and Title Review.
- Ownership tract by tract: the figures you were given beside the figures the examination found, as exact fractions and net mineral acres.
- The runsheet, instrument by instrument, with effective, instrument and recorded dates.
- Outstanding curative requirements, current leases, liens and encumbrances on the summary sheet.
- Instruments the chain cites that were not among your documents, named by volume and page.
- Certification dates and the scope of the title work, tract by tract.
- The landman line is left blank. The review and the signature are yours.
Your documents
Bring your records, or have them gathered.
Three ways to run an assignment. Upload runs open first. Hybrid and Full service, where record copies are bought for you, open by invitation.
Hybrid
By invitation$349 a run
You upload what you hold. We buy only what is missing.
Before the examination starts, the records the chain still needs are bought and added for you. Anything still missing is named in the workbook.
Includes up to $60 of record copies. Anything above that is at the provider's price plus a $0.25 + 3% handling fee a copy, and only after you approve it.
Request an invitationFull service
By invitation$449 a run
We buy the documents.
Type in the assignment and hand it off. Copies are bought only when the chain needs them.
Includes up to $125 of record copies. Anything above that is at the provider's price plus a $0.25 + 3% handling fee a copy, and only after you approve it.
Request an invitationEach run reads up to 400 pages. Larger runs add $40 for each further 200 pages, shown before you pay.
What it costs
One run, or a month of them.
Pay $249 for a single upload run and walk away. Run title twice a week or more and a plan brings an upload run under $163 at full use, and as low as $119.04 on a yearly Enterprise plan. Either way, a run is paid for before it starts.
- Cheapest way
- Pay per run
- For the month
- $996
- Per run
- $249
A plan plus its extra runs is compared with paying run by run, and the lower total is shown.
The math behind a run
Unit economics.
Everyone wins.
At first glance, per-run pricing can look high beside ordinary software. Measured against what title work actually costs in the field—and the deliverable returned—it is remarkably low. Contract landmen routinely bill $350 to $650 per day across a five-day week ($1,750 to $3,250 weekly) and complete roughly three assignments per week. Because Artificial Landman automates every step of the remote landman’s workload end to end, the economics are a clear-cut decision on both sides of the desk.
Field day rate
$350–$650 / day
Five days a week ($1,750–$3,250 weekly) per remote landman.
Standard output
~3 runs / week
Typical weekly volume completed per landman working full days by hand.
Artificial Landman run
$249–$449
Pay per run, or as low as $119.04 per upload run on an annual plan.
For companies & land teams
~50% weekly savingsCut weekly per-landman assignment spend roughly in half—and get all three runs back the same day.
Brokerages and operators employing landman teams at $350 to $650 a day spend a full five-day week and $1,750 to $3,250 per landman for roughly three completed assignments. Running those same three assignments through Artificial Landman saves roughly half of that weekly cost while returning all three completed workbooks in the same day rather than at the end of the week.
For the remote landman
~2/3 of weekly pay keptRoughly 15 minutes at a home computer on Monday. Zero workweek hours spent grinding through chains.
Instead of spending five full days working through assignments by hand, a remote landman can theoretically spend about 15 minutes from a PC at home on Monday submitting all three weekly runs to Artificial Landman—freeing up the remainder of the week with zero working hours tied to manual production, collecting the week’s pay at week’s end, and retaining roughly two-thirds of weekly earnings after run costs. Every step of the remote workload is automated.
Two products, one nameLooking for Desktop Artificial Landman?
This site is Artificial Landman in your browser: nothing to install, paid by the run or by plan, the workbook emailed to you. Artificial Landman Desktop Agent is a separate product on its dedicated Desktop Artificial Landman site, an app you install and license for each computer.
Questions
Straight answers.
Is this a title opinion?
No. It is a draft examination for review by a qualified professional. It reflects only the documents in the run. You check it, and you decide what to rely on.
When am I charged?
For the run, before it starts. The check comes first and costs nothing. Once the assignment passes and you confirm it, your card is charged and the run begins. Plans are billed in advance, by the month or the year. Hybrid and Full service runs include some record copies; if the chain needs more, they are charged once, for exactly what was obtained and within the limit you approve, and that charge clears before the workbook is sent to you.
When is a run credited?
When it is a failed run: a run that cannot reach the end, because it never got the chance to finish or because it had to stop, for example when the records gathered are not enough to start the examination or the assignment has an error. One run is then credited to your account automatically. A run that reaches the end is not a failed run, even if some tracts or owners cannot be resolved from the records available; the workbook names what is missing. If you show us that a finished workbook is wrong because we made a mistake, we credit that run too.
So give your document limit plenty of room. If the records the chain needs are not provided or not approved, the run and the records bought for it are still charged. A credit covers one run of the same kind, up to the pages you paid for. It does not expire, and your next run uses it before any card is charged. It is a run credit, not a refund. If the run came out of a plan, it goes back into that plan’s allowance.
What happens if the check stops my assignment?
You see exactly what needs attention and where. Nothing is charged, because the check comes before payment. Fix it and check again as often as you like.
How long does a run take?
It depends on the number of instruments and the length of the chain. The timer shows the elapsed time, and you do not need to stay on the page: the workbook is emailed when it is finished. No turnaround time is promised.
Which files can I upload?
PDF, TIFF, PNG and JPEG. A run reads up to 400 pages; larger runs add $40 for each further 200 pages, shown before you pay.
Where does it work?
Texas, one county per run.
What if an instrument is missing?
The workbook names each instrument the chain cites that was not among your documents, by volume and page, so you know what to pull. On an upload run, nothing is bought for you.
How do I sign in?
By email. Enter your address and we send you a one-time link. There is no password to remember.
Is this the same as the Artificial Landman desktop app?
No. Artificial Landman Desktop Agent is a separate product that you install and license for each computer. This site needs nothing installed. About the desktop app.
Run a tract you already know the answer to.
Your first upload run is free, up to 150 pages. Compare the workbook with your own work, then decide.