# Sell Mineral Rights in Tulare County, CA | Berlin Royalties > Sell Tulare County, CA mineral rights: Deer Creek field stripper oil between Porterville and Terra Bella. Free valuation, work shown. Source: https://www.berlinroyalties.com/california/tulare-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 · Tulare County ## Sell your Tulare County mineral rights. Visalia, Porterville, Terra Bella: we buy minerals and royalties throughout Tulare County, the Deer Creek field on the far eastern edge of the San Joaquin Basin. [Get a Free Valuation](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/free-valuation/) or call or text [918-984-1645](tel:9189841645) Tulare County is orchards, dairies and one skinny oil field. Deer Creek, between Porterville and Terra Bella, has pumped small amounts of shallow oil for decades from wells that produce a few barrels a day each, and the rest of the county's mineral estate is the kind nobody has leased in living memory. Owners here are mostly families who kept the minerals when the farm sold. **What produces here.** CalGEM's 2023 annual report, the latest county table it has published, put Tulare County at 28,509 barrels of oil and no gas for the year. CalGEM's WellSTAR records as of November 2026 show 66 active wells in the county against 670 plugged, 65 of the active wells in the Deer Creek field, operated by Petro-Lud (42 wells), Modus (10), Pentarch Petroleum (9) and a few one-well companies. No new wells show a 2024 or later spud date in the county's records, so what you own here is legacy stripper oil or non-producing acreage. 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 ### Deer Creek field A narrow shallow oil field along Deer Creek between Porterville and Terra Bella, the county's only producing field, worked by Petro-Lud, Modus and Pentarch Petroleum from about 65 active wells. ### Everything else: farmland minerals The rest of Tulare County has had wells drilled and abandoned for a century with little to show for it; most minerals here are non-producing and pass down with the orchards. Counties ## Communities we see in Tulare County title Visalia Porterville Terra Bella Tulare Lindsay Earlimart Wherever your tract sits in Tulare 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 Tulare County owners What are mineral rights worth in Tulare County? Tulare County has one small producing field, so value here is about whether your tract is inside Deer Creek and under an active lease, and if not, it is leasing value only, which in a county with no new drilling is modest. County averages are meaningless at this scale. We will tell you plainly what it is worth and whether holding beats selling, free. Can I lose California minerals by not doing anything with them? Yes, and it is the one California rule every absentee owner should know. Under Civil Code 883.210 to 883.270 a surface owner can go to court to terminate a severed mineral right that has been dormant for 20 years, meaning no production, no lease, no recorded instrument and no taxes paid on it. The cure is cheap: record a notice of intent to preserve the mineral interest in the county, which restarts the clock. If you inherited non-producing California minerals and nobody has recorded anything since the 1990s, do that first and then call us. 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. 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 Tulare 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 Tulare 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.