Notice of Intent to Declare Oil and Gas Lease Forfeited (Pursuant to Ohio Rev. Code § 5301.332)
This Notice of Forfeiture under Ohio Rev. Code § 5301.332 is hereby given to The Jefferson Oil & Gas Co. (the "Lessee"), and its successors and/or assigns, with regard to that certain Oil and Gas Lease dated February 17, 1920, and recorded in Volume 38, Page 184, of the Lease Records of Franklin County, Ohio (the "Lease").
DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND COVERED BY THE LEASE
All that certain tract of land situated in the Township of Jefferson, County of Franklin, and State of Ohio, bounded and described as follows, to-wit: On the North by lands of B & O R.R. Town. of Black Lick Atwood & Comell, On the East by lands of Comell & Richards, On the South by land of Richards G. Miller Etta Horris, On the West by lands of Adam Renner Fahey, containing 144 acres, more or less.
CAUSE OF FORFEITURE
The Lease has expired pursuant to its own terms because (i) the fifteen (15) year primary term has lapsed, (ii) operations for oil and/or gas are not being conducted on the leased premises, (iii) Lessee has failed to produce oil and/or gas in paying quantities, and (iv) no royalties or delay rentals have been paid under the Lease.
INTENT OF THE LESSOR
Please be advised that Columbus Corporate Center, Inc., the current Lessor under the Lease described above, intends to file for record an Affidavit of Forfeiture with the Franklin County Recorder if Lessee, or their successors and/or assigns, do not have the Lease released of record within thirty (30) days from the date of this publication.
Ryan Stewart, Oliva Gibbs PLLC, 580 North Fourth Street, Suite 260, Columbus, Ohio 43215
November 19 2025
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