Below, you will find a list of commonly used abbreviations.

These are the abbreviations landmen will enter in Tracts to maintain common naming conventions, and a better organized Common Document Library.

Book Type and Subtype abbreviations should always be entered in ALL CAPS.

This list is always growing. Feel free to suggest additional abbreviations that you come across by emailing [email protected]!

 

 

Book Types

  • Abstract of Judgment – AJ
  • Affidavit – AFF
  • Bill of Sale – BOS
  • Deed Record – DR
  • Deed of Trust – DT
  • Federal Tax Lien – FTL
  • Hospital Lien – HL
  • Lis Pendens – LP
  • Mechanics Lien – MML
  • Miscellaneous – MISC
  • Official Public Record – OPR
  • Oil Gas Lease Record – OGL
  • Probate Minutes – PROB
  • Release of Lien – REL
  • District Court Minutes – DCM
  • Field Notes – FN
  • State Tax Lien – STL
  • Plat – PLAT
  • Well Card – WC

Subtypes:

  • ABOS- Assignment and Bill of Sale
  • ADMIN DEED- Administrator’s Deed
  • AFFT HEIR- Affidavit of Heirship
  • AFFT SUCCESSOR TRST- Affidavit of Successor Trustee
  • AFFT- Affidavit
  • AGREE- Agreement
  • AMEND- Amendment (AMEND AOGL, AMEND DT, AMEND OGL, etc.)
  • AOGL- Assignment of Oil and Gas Lease
  • AOGML- Assignment of Oil, Gas, and Mineral Lease
  • AORRI- Assignment of Overriding Royalty Interest
  • APP- Application
  • APPT CO-TRUSTEE- Appointment of Co-Trustee
  • ASSIGN DT- Assignment of Deed of Trust
  • ASSIGN- Assignment
  • BLM ASSIGN- Bureau of Land Management Assignment of Record Title
  • BLM TRANSFER- Bureau of Land Management Transfer of Operating Rights
  • BOS- Bill of Sale
  • CONV- Conveyance
  • CORR- Correction (CORR OGL, CORR WD, CORR QCD, etc.)
  • DECL- Declaration
  • DEED- Deed
  • DIST DEED- Distribution Deed
  • DT- Deed of Trust
  • EAS- Easement
  • EXEC DEED- Executor’s Deed
  • EXT- Extension
  • FIELD NOTES- Field Notes
  • GIFT DEED- Gift Deed
  • GWD- General Warranty Deed
  • HOMESTEAD- Homestead Designation
  • INV- Inventory
  • JUDG- Judgment
  • LP- Lis pendens; Lawsuit Pending
  • LWT- Last Will and Testament
  • MD- Mineral Deed
  • MEMO OGL- Memorandum of Oil and Gas Lease
  • MEMO OGML- Memorandum of Oil, Gas, and Mineral Lease
  • MML- Mechanics and Materialmen’s Lien
  • MTG- Mortgage
  • OGL- Oil and Gas Lease
  • OGML- Oil, Gas, and Mineral Lease
  • ORDER- Order
  • PART AOGL- Partial Assignment of Oil and Gas Lease
  • PART AOGML- Partial Assignment of Oil, Gas, and Mineral Lease
  • PART ASSIGN- Partial Assignment
  • PART DEED- Partition Deed
  • PAT- Patent
  • POA- Power of Attorney
  • PR DEED- Personal Representative’s Deed
  • PROBATE- Certified Copy of Probate Proceedings
  • QCD- Quit Claim Deed
  • RAT- Ratification
  • RD- Royalty Deed
  • RDO- Rental Division Order
  • REL- Release
  • RESOL- Resolution
  • ROW DEED- Right of Way Deed
  • ROW/EAS- Right of Way/Easement
  • SHRF DEED- Sheriff’s Deed
  • STIP- Stipulation
  • SUB- Subordination
  • SUCCESSOR TRST DEED- Successor Trustee’s Deed
  • SWD- Special Warranty Deed
  • TOD- Transfer of Death
  • TRST DEED- Trustee’s Deed
  • TRUST AGREE- Trust Agreement
  • WD- Warranty Deed
  • WDVL- Warranty Deed with Vendor’s Lien

Other Abbreviations:

  • ARTI- All rights, title, and interest
  • Cnty– County
  • Dec’d– Deceased
  • Desc– Description   
  • Et al.– And others
  • Et ux.– And wife
  • Et vir.– And husband
  • NMR- No minerals reserved
  • NST- Not subject tract
  • Re:– Regarding
  • Ref:– Reference(s)
  • RTI- Right, Title, and Interest
  • [sic]– Used to indicate that something is incorrectly written and intentionally left as it was in the original.
  • ST- Subject Tract