Texas

over Mineral Rights/Property Tax, too. From what we've been told, if you own the land you're responsible for property tax. If you only own the mineral rights (and not the land), then you declare the mineral rights profit on income tax form but you do not owe property tax.

Hubby sold his rights a few years back when we were trying to buy a house, and they're STILL trying to ding us for property taxes, although we never, ever owned the land. Texas is screwed up... totally, in my mind. And, since we live in KS, it's a little difficult to "go down" to the courthouse and hash it out with someone! (I'd probably end up in jail lambasting their sense of logic, to boot!).

Oh, this is in Bexar County, I believe.