# Sell Mineral Rights in Sutter County, CA | Berlin Royalties > Sell Sutter County, CA mineral rights: Sutter Buttes and Grimes dry gas fields near Yuba City, Live Oak and Sutter. Free valuation, work shown. Source: https://www.berlinroyalties.com/california/sutter-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 · California · Sutter County ## Sell your Sutter County mineral rights. Yuba City, Live Oak, Sutter: we buy minerals and royalties throughout Sutter County, the Sutter Buttes and Grimes gas fields. [Get a Free Valuation](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/free-valuation/) or call or text [918-984-1645](tel:9189841645) Sutter County is gas country wrapped around a volcano. The Sutter Buttes trapped gas on every side, the Grimes field runs down the river toward Colusa County, and together they make Sutter the biggest gas producer in the Sacramento Basin, with about 200 wells still on line. The royalties are small and the leases are old, and a lot of them are owned by rice farming families who have never been told what the interest is worth. **What produces here.** CalGEM's 2023 annual report, the latest county table it has published, put Sutter County at 2,570,582 Mcf of gas and no oil for the year, the most gas of any county in the Sacramento Basin. CalGEM's WellSTAR records as of November 2026 show 200 active wells, 171 of them operated by California Resources Production Corporation, with Caballero Operations (15), Maranatha Petroleum (8), Concordia Resources (3) and Mentren (2) making up the rest; the Grimes field holds 93 of the active wells and Sutter Buttes 79, with Sutter City, Tisdale, West Butte, Sycamore and Robbins the smaller fields. No new wells show a 2024 or later spud date in the county's records. 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 California](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/inherited-mineral-rights/california/). Formations & Plays ## What produces here ### Sutter Buttes and Grimes gas Dry gas trapped around the Sutter Buttes volcanic neck and in the Grimes field along the Sacramento River, about 200 active wells, nearly all operated by California Resources Production Corporation. ### Sutter City, Tisdale and West Butte Smaller gas fields on the flanks of the Buttes worked by Caballero Operations, Maranatha Petroleum and Concordia Resources. Counties ## Communities we see in Sutter County title Yuba City Live Oak Sutter Meridian Nicolaus Wherever your tract sits in Sutter 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 California mineral rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/california/). ### Inherited California 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 California, what heirs should do](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/inherited-mineral-rights/california/). [What California mineral rights are worth](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/mineral-rights-value/california/), information only, with this month's activity. [Unclaimed California royalties](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/unclaimed-royalties/california/): where the money goes and how an heir claims it. ### The California mineral owner's guide Everything a California 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 California guide](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/guide/california/) Questions ## Straight answers for Sutter County owners What are mineral rights worth in Sutter County? This is dry gas country, so value turns on gas price, on the slow declines these Sacramento Basin fields run, and on your decimal in the lease, not on oil headlines, and in Sutter County that ranges from a few dollars a month to a real income, so county averages mislead. Send a statement and we will run the actual calculation with the reasoning shown, free. My parent died owning California minerals. How do they get into my name? Through probate, or through the Probate Code 13200 affidavit if the decedent's California real property, minerals included, is worth no more than $69,625 in total, which covers a great many small royalty interests. Note that California's revocable transfer on death deed cannot be used for a severed mineral interest, so even a family that avoided probate on the house may still need the affidavit or a probate order for the minerals. We read the chain free and tell you which you need. My family's royalty checks stopped years ago. Where is the money? If the operator lost track of the owner, the money is treated as abandoned after three years and sent to the State Controller's unclaimed property program, where it waits under the owner's name. Search it under every family spelling, then look at whether the field is still producing; often both the suspense money and the ongoing interest are worth recovering, and we help with both at no charge. 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 Sutter 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 Sutter 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.