Opinion No.

The Honorable Bill Stovall, III State Representative and Speaker of the House 2324 Heber Springs Road West Quitman, Arkansas 72131-9426

Dear Mr. Speaker:

I am writing in response to your request for an opinion on two questions relating to severed mineral interests. Specifically, you have enclosed correspondence from a prosecuting attorney who has received several recent inquiries concerning oil and gas rights. He poses the following questions and relays the following information:

1) Can a land owner, who owns the surface rights quiet title to the mineral interest which were severed from the…