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Beartracks

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4. I should have noted there are a couple of active leases on the land...
Sun Aug 18, 2024, 11:38 PM
Aug 2024

... but they are not, apparently, drilling or extracting anything. I think they did test wells, and then stopped.

Did you do a quick google and find that? I just keep coming up with the text of the tax laws, which has not proven helpful, unfortunately.

But my question is more to the property taxes themselves. I would've thought property taxes supporting utilities and school districts would be what the SURFACE property owner pays, not the folks who hold an interest in the minerals underneath. And I guess I'm only thinking that because we went 10 years without a mention to us about owing property taxes.

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