# Sell Mineral Rights in Sumter County, AL | Berlin Royalties > Sell Sumter County, AL mineral rights: non-producing acreage north of the Choctaw County Smackover near Livingston, York and Cuba. Free valuation, work shown. Source: https://www.berlinroyalties.com/alabama/sumter-county/ Publisher: Berlin Royalties, a veteran-owned oil and gas mineral and royalty buyer in Tulsa, Oklahoma, buying for its own account since 2014. Call or text 918-984-1645. License: free to quote and cite with attribution to Berlin Royalties and a link to the source URL. Where We Buy · Alabama · Sumter County ## Sell your Sumter County mineral rights. Livingston, York, Cuba: we buy minerals and royalties throughout Sumter County, quiet acreage on the Mississippi line north of the Smackover fields. [Get a Free Valuation](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/free-valuation/) or call or text [918-984-1645](tel:9189841645) Sumter County is Black Belt prairie and timber on the Mississippi line, and it has been drilled just often enough to keep the hope alive without ever paying a royalty. The Smackover fields that made Choctaw County next door never crossed into Sumter, and the one modern shale test here was dry. What Sumter families hold is mineral reservations in old land deeds, which is a real thing to own and a modest thing to sell. **What produces here.** Nothing. The State Oil and Gas Board lists 18 wells in Sumter County, all wildcats, 17 dry and abandoned and one cancelled; the deepest was Bernard/Hickox's J. Hagerman 9-11 No. 1 to 21,476 feet in 1991, and the last was Range Production's Sumter Farm and Stock 04-10 No. 1, a shale gas test to 9,839 feet permitted in May 2007 and abandoned dry. The Board's production database has no Sumter County entry for August 2026 or any other month. Whatever you own here, producing royalties, non-producing acreage, or an inherited fraction split among family, we will identify it from whatever paperwork you have, value it off the actual wells and activity, and show you the reasoning with the offer. Free, no obligation, and no pressure: if keeping it is the right answer, we will say so. Inherited it? Start with [inherited mineral rights in Alabama](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/inherited-mineral-rights/alabama/). Formations & Plays ## What produces here ### Smackover trend, northern edge Eighteen wildcats since 1945, including a 21,476-foot test in 1991 and a Range Production shale gas well in 2007, have all been dry; the paying Smackover fields start in Choctaw County to the south. Counties ## Communities we see in Sumter County title Livingston York Cuba Gainesville Wherever your tract sits in Sumter County, we will research it free and value it with the work shown. 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See the [full county index](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/counties/), or start with how to [sell Alabama mineral rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/alabama/). ### Inherited Alabama minerals? Whether you need a probate, the affidavit and transfer on death routes, the dormant mineral rules, and where unpaid royalties go: [inherited mineral rights in Alabama, what heirs should do](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/inherited-mineral-rights/alabama/). [What Alabama mineral rights are worth](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/mineral-rights-value/alabama/), information only, with this month's activity. [Unclaimed Alabama royalties](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/unclaimed-royalties/alabama/): where the money goes and how an heir claims it. ### The Alabama mineral owner's guide Everything a Alabama owner needs in one place: who owns what under state law, how royalties must be paid and by when, what a buyer can and cannot deduct, the tax treatment of a sale, and the deadlines that quietly cost people their minerals. Free, and no sign-up. [Read the Alabama guide](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/guide/alabama/) Questions ## Straight answers for Sumter County owners What are mineral rights worth in Sumter County? Honestly, not much today: no well has ever produced in the county, and the last permit was a dry shale gas test in 2007. Non-producing acreage here is worth what a buyer will pay to hold it against the chance the Smackover trend or a shale play is ever extended north, and we will tell you that number and how we got it, free. Is there any reason to keep non-producing Sumter County minerals? Often, yes. If the interest costs you nothing to hold, there is no lease, and no one is drilling, the honest advice is usually to keep it unless you need the money or want the estate simplified. We will say so when that is the answer. Where selling makes sense is when the interest is a small fraction split among many heirs, and consolidating it is worth more to you than the acreage ever will be. I live out of state. Does Alabama withhold anything when I sell Sumter County minerals? Yes. Under Ala. Code 40-18-86, a nonresident seller of Alabama real property, which includes minerals, faces withholding at closing of 3 percent of the price for individuals and 4 percent for entities, unless an exemption applies. It is a prepayment of Alabama income tax, not an extra tax, and we show it on the settlement statement so there are no surprises. What does it cost me to sell? Nothing. Berlin pays all title work, document preparation, and recording costs. The offer you accept is the amount you receive. ## Before you sign anything in Sumter County The things owners here most often wish they had read first. All free, none of it gated. - [How mineral rights are valued](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/mineral-rights-value/), including the rule of thumb people quote and why it is usually wrong - [How to sell mineral rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/sell-mineral-rights/) and [how to sell oil and gas royalties](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/sell-oil-and-gas-royalties/), with the real process and timeline - [Who buys mineral rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/who-buys-mineral-rights/), the five kinds of buyer compared, and [the companies that buy mineral rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/mineral-buyers/) and how to check them - [The Pugh clause](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/pugh-clause/), the single most valuable sentence you can negotiate into a lease - [What a farm out is](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/farmout-agreements/), and why your operator suddenly changed - [The rule of capture](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/rule-of-capture/), and why a neighbor's well can legally drain your minerals - [Non-participating royalty interests](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/non-participating-royalty-interest/), if your deed carved one out - [Executive rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/executive-rights/), if somebody else signs the lease that binds your minerals - [Surface owner rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/surface-owner-rights/), if you own the ground and someone else owns what is under it - [Questions to ask a buyer](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/questions-to-ask/) and [what happens if you want out after signing](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/can-i-back-out-of-a-mineral-rights-sale/) Free Valuation ## Find out what your Sumter County minerals are worth. Free, no obligation, and no pressure. We reply within one business day, usually faster. Prefer the phone? Call or text [918-984-1645](tel:9189841645) and you will get Stephen, the owner, not a call center. If we miss you, we text back the same day. In a hurry? [Text a photo of a royalty check stub](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/text-your-check/) to [918-984-1645](tel:9189841645) and our [preliminary offer](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/preliminary-offer/) puts a written number in front of you within about two business days. It holds for 7 while you decide. Your Name Phone Number Email Address Where are your minerals located? OklahomaTexasNew MexicoLouisiana ArkansasKansasNorth DakotaMontana WyomingColoradoUtahCalifornia West VirginiaOhioPennsylvaniaKentucky MichiganMississippiAlabamaIllinoisIndianaAlaska Sand/Gravel/AggregateOther / Not sure County (if known) A few optional questions that speed up the valuation Interest type Select an option Minerals and Royalties Working Interest Overriding Royalty Interest An Entity (LLC, Partnership, Trust) Not Sure Are you currently receiving royalty checks? Select an option Yes No I Used To But They Stopped Not Sure Have you received offers for your minerals before? Select an option Yes No What best describes your situation? Select an option I'm ready to sell now I'm exploring my options I'm just curious what they're worth When would you like this done? Select an option This month This quarter No timeline, just researching Anything else? (optional) Get My Free Valuation No cost, no obligation, and we never share your information.