Crane Form 50-171 Field Inventory

Direct answer for mineral owners

Record the current Form 50-171 URL, displayed identity, 04-17/3 revision, two-page count, five step headings, blank field and attachment categories, statutory reference, retrieval provenance, and source-control state. Keep the inventory blank. It does not select a form, determine ownership or applicability, review evidence, calculate timing, complete fields, sign, contact, submit, interpret law, provide tax guidance, or prove an outcome.

Key takeaways for mineral owners

Start with the current official Form 50-171 PDF and Texas Comptroller forms index, not a completed owner copy or third-party upload.
Record displayed labels and categories exactly as source-control facts, while keeping owner, property, proportion, instrument, agent, signature, and date values out of the public inventory.
Keep the printed recorded-instrument category separate from any actual title document or review of its sufficiency.
Use only source-recorded, not-displayed, source-conflict, or authorized-human-stop as document-control states.
The inventory does not decide applicability, ownership, interest proportion, authority, proof sufficiency, timing, form choice, filing destination, acceptance, or tax treatment.
Owner-specific interpretation or action requires an authorized human and, when appropriate, a qualified professional.

Blank-source boundary. This page inventories only the current official Texas Comptroller Form 50-171 source, its displayed identity, five printed step headings, blank field and attachment categories, official-source relationships, and retrieval provenance. It does not enter owner or property data, inspect a recorded instrument, decide whether the form applies, determine ownership or an interest proportion, select a form or filing destination, calculate timing, complete or sign the form, contact an office, submit anything, interpret law, provide tax guidance, or prove receipt, acceptance, qualification, separate taxation, or a tax result. MRX provides educational information and resources only and does not buy mineral rights.

A Form 50-171 Crane mineral interest field inventory should answer a narrow document-control question: which blank labels and source facts are displayed in the current official copy? The inventory records source identity and structure. It never becomes a completed request, an ownership worksheet, an evidence review, a filing checklist, or a recommendation to use this form.

Use only source-recorded, not-displayed, source-conflict, or authorized-human-stop. These labels describe the state of source-control work. They do not mean applicable, eligible, owned, sufficient, timely, complete, correct, authorized, signed, filed, received, accepted, qualified, separately listed, or effective.

Establish the controlled blank source

Open the current Texas Comptroller property-tax forms index and follow the official source path to the Form 50-171 PDF. Preserve both URLs. The index supplies statewide publisher context; the PDF is the blank evidence object whose displayed labels are being inventoried.

Create a source header before recording any field category:

Source-control field	Blank record
Inventory ID	Nonidentifying internal reference
Publisher	Organization displayed by the official source
Forms index URL	Exact statewide index URL
Document URL	Exact Form 50-171 PDF URL
Retrieved at	Date, time, and time zone
Displayed identity	Title and form number copied from the source
Displayed revision	Exact revision line, without interpreting its effect
Page count	Pages in the retrieved controlled copy
Controlled-copy reference	Authorized pointer, not a public owner document
Limitation	Blank-source field inventory only
State	One of the four allowed document-control labels

Do not begin with a completed form, owner file, recorded instrument, appraisal record, tax statement, email attachment, search snippet, third-party upload, or memory. A saved copy may be retained as a comparison source, but it does not silently replace the current official source. If the official copy cannot be retrieved or its identity cannot be confirmed, use authorized-human-stop.

Record the displayed document identity literally

The current official PDF identifies itself as Request for Separate Taxation of an Undivided Interest, displays form number 50-171, and shows revision line 04-17/3. The retrieved source contains two pages and displays General Instructions and Filing Instructions before its five numbered steps.

Those are source facts, not a determination that a particular Crane mineral interest is an undivided interest within the document’s scope. Likewise, a form title is not proof of ownership, eligibility, authority, qualification, or a tax treatment. Record the exact displayed identity and preserve its locator. Stop before applying it to an owner.

Inventory the five printed steps as blank categories

The current blank source displays these step headings:

Request of Information
Property Description and Required Documentation
Agent’s Name and Address
List Owner’s Names and Addresses
Read, Sign and Date

For every step, create one neutral provenance row. The public row can contain an exact displayed heading, a broad blank category, a page locator, a controlled-copy pointer, a source-control state, and a limitation. It cannot contain an owner value.

Inventory field	Permitted blank entry
Printed step heading	Exact displayed heading
Displayed category	Neutral category only
Source locator	Page and source reference
State	`source-recorded`, `not-displayed`, `source-conflict`, or `authorized-human-stop`
Controlled-copy link	Authorized pointer only
Limitation	What the recorded category does not establish

This structure deliberately separates a printed label from the private value that might later be entered by an authorized person. A blank label can be public source evidence. An owner name, mailing address, property description, interest proportion, recorded instrument, agent identity, signature, or date is not part of this reusable public inventory.

Step 1: request information without owner values

Step 1 displays blank categories for the property owner’s identity and contact information, together with a category for the proportion of the undivided interest. Record only that those categories appear and where they appear. Do not enter a name, phone number, mailing address, percentage, fraction, decimal, or example value.

A displayed proportion field does not establish how an interest should be calculated or expressed. This page does not derive net mineral acres, interpret a deed, resolve a decimal, allocate ownership, or verify the numerator and denominator of any claimed interest. If an actual proportion must be determined, the blank-source inventory ends.

Step 2: property and attachment categories without evidence review

Step 2 displays a property-description category and a required-documentation subject. The blank source also identifies an attachment category involving a duly executed and recorded instrument of title. Inventory the category and exact source locator. Do not attach, read, summarize, validate, or publish an actual instrument.

That separation matters. The presence of an attachment label does not prove that a retained document is recorded, executed, current, complete, sufficient, authentic, or connected to the person or property at issue. The inventory does not search county records, trace title, resolve legal descriptions, compare grantor and grantee names, calculate interests, or decide what evidence meets a requirement.

A safe public row says only that an attachment category is displayed in the retrieved blank source. Any instrument review is a separate controlled process requiring an authorized purpose, approved access, minimum-necessary handling, and qualified review where appropriate.

Step 3: agent categories without an authority conclusion

Step 3 displays blank categories for an agent’s name and address. Record the categories, page locator, and source state. Do not identify an agent, infer that an agency relationship exists, create authority, judge supporting documentation, or decide who may complete, sign, contact, or submit.

A blank agent field is not evidence of appointment, consent, representation, or signing authority. If an owner-specific workflow requires an agent decision, use authorized-human-stop before any name or contact information is entered.

Step 4: other-owner categories without building an owner list

Step 4 displays categories for owners’ names and addresses. Record only the category and source locator. Do not populate an owner list, create a fictional example, copy public appraisal data into the template, infer co-ownership, reconcile spelling, determine who should be included, or disclose a mailing address.

Even when a value can be found in a public record, this inventory does not republish it. A later authorized process must define its purpose, lawful basis, recipient, approved system, and minimum-necessary data before private or owner-specific information is handled.

Step 5: signature categories without execution

Step 5 displays read, sign, and date subjects and a blank execution area. Record the printed category and locator. Do not decide who must read or sign, evaluate a statement, reproduce a signature, enter a date, authenticate identity, witness, notarize, complete, or submit anything.

The presence of a signature area proves no authority, assent, truth, completion, delivery, receipt, acceptance, or legal effect. Execution is outside the field-inventory workflow.

Keep source facts, private values, and evidence in separate lanes

A reliable inventory distinguishes four evidence objects:

Official blank source: the retrieved Form 50-171 PDF with its URL and controlled-copy reference.
Public field inventory: the displayed identity, headings, blank categories, locators, provenance, limitations, and source-control states recorded on this page.
Owner-controlled working copy: any owner, agent, property, proportion, signature, or date values entered by an authorized person for an approved purpose.
Evidence packet: any recorded instrument, authority document, submission record, receipt, or official result retained through a separate authorized process.

Do not backfill the public inventory with data from the other lanes. Do not infer that a working copy was completed because the blank source exists. Do not infer that evidence is sufficient because the form prints an attachment category. Do not infer that a request was submitted, accepted, or effective because a field was entered.

Treat the instruction blocks as displayed subjects

The General Instructions and Filing Instructions contain the source’s stated subject matter and reference Texas Tax Code Section 25.11(b). They also display concepts related to an undivided interest, a written request, a chief appraiser, supporting title material, and timing.

The field inventory may record that those subjects appear. It must not convert them into personalized directions about:

whether a particular Crane mineral interest falls within the form’s scope;
who owns an interest or what proportion is correct;
whether a person may act for an owner;
whether an instrument is executed, recorded, authentic, or sufficient;
which form, appraisal district, office, person, address, or channel should be used;
when any period begins, ends, renews, or changes;
whether a request is complete or timely;
whether an interest will be listed, appraised, or taxed separately; or
what legal, appraisal, or tax consequence follows.

Those questions require current official sources, owner-specific facts, authorized handling, and qualified review. A blank-source inventory cannot resolve them.

Preserve the statutory reference without interpreting it

The official blank form references Section 25.11(b). The current Texas Tax Code Chapter 25 is the official statutory source for that reference. Record the relationship without paraphrasing the statute into an owner-specific rule.

Relationship	What may be recorded	What must not be concluded
Form to statute	The form displays a Section 25.11(b) reference	The section applies to a particular owner or interest
Statute source	Official Chapter 25 URL and retrieval provenance	A legal interpretation, ownership decision, or deadline
Printed category	The blank source contains ownership, property, proportion, instrument, agent, owner-list, signature, and date categories	Proof sufficiency, qualification, filing effect, appraisal treatment, or tax treatment

If the current statute, form text, retained copy, and owner facts must be reconciled, mark authorized-human-stop. Do not decide which source controls or what result follows.

Separate statewide, local, and destination context

The Crane CAD Forms page supplies current local publisher context and links to statewide property-tax resources. The Texas Comptroller Crane County directory identifies the official appraisal-district website and distinguishes local property-tax offices.

Preserve those sources as separate evidence objects. Neither source authorizes this page to choose a recipient, mailing address, official, portal, channel, or procedure for an owner-specific request. The inventory does not initiate contact, open credentials, draft a message, upload an attachment, or send a form.

The statewide forms index, official blank PDF, statute page, local forms surface, and county directory each have a limited source role. A link between them is provenance, not a filing instruction.

Use the four document-control states literally

Source-recorded

Source-recorded means an exact displayed identity, heading, blank category, URL, revision, page count, statutory reference, or source relationship was captured with a locator. It says nothing about owner-specific applicability, truth, sufficiency, completion, or result.

Not-displayed

Not-displayed means a defined item was not found in the specific retrieved source during the recorded review. It does not prove that the item never existed, should appear, controls another source, or has legal significance.

Source-conflict

Source-conflict means retained official sources display different form numbers, revision lines, page counts, headings, field labels, attachment categories, URLs, or other defined source facts. Preserve both source references, retrieval times, hashes or controlled-copy pointers, and exact observations. Do not merge versions, transfer values, or select which copy controls.

Authorized-human-stop

Use authorized-human-stop before private-data entry, ownership or proportion determination, recorded-instrument review, agent-authority review, applicability or qualification decisions, form selection, completion, signature, contact, upload, filing, submission, payment, timing calculation, legal interpretation, tax guidance, appraisal judgment, valuation, representation, or strategy.

The public workflow ends at the stop. It does not calculate a date, fill a field, choose an office, attach proof, open credentials, or transmit anything.

Handle revision or field conflicts without merging

Source-control drift can appear as a changed revision line, title, page count, instruction heading, step heading, field label, attachment label, or URL. When a retained official copy differs from the current source:

preserve both exact URLs or controlled-copy references;
record retrieval date, time, and time zone for each;
record the exact difference without normalizing it;
attach a hash or authorized pointer where policy permits;
mark source-conflict; and
stop before copying private values or choosing a version.

A newer retrieval timestamp does not authorize this page to declare legal priority. A matching title does not prove that every field is unchanged. A different filename does not prove that the underlying document differs. Preserve evidence and route the question to an authorized human.

Prepare a controlled review handoff

A neutral handoff packet may contain the inventory ID, official source URLs, retrieval timestamp, displayed form identity and revision line, page count, five-step heading index, blank field-category index, attachment-category locator, statutory-reference locator, controlled-copy reference, exact conflict note, source limitation, one document-control state, and one unresolved question.

A safe unresolved question is: Which current official source or qualified review is required before an authorized person makes the owner-specific decision?

Before any disclosure or action, an authorized person should verify role, purpose, minimum-necessary data, recipient, approved system and channel, current official requirements, and whether qualified legal, tax, or appraisal review is needed. Keep the reusable public inventory blank.

The adjacent Form 50-172 instruction source map illustrates the same source-control separation for a different document and a different job. It is not a comparison or form-selection guide. Never infer from the two pages which document an owner should use.

Final verification checklist

Before closing the field inventory, confirm that:

the current official forms index and exact Form 50-171 PDF URLs were preserved;
the displayed title, form number, 04-17/3 revision line, and two-page count were recorded;
General Instructions, Filing Instructions, and all five printed step headings were checked against the retrieved source;
every blank field and attachment category has a source locator and limitation;
the Section 25.11(b) reference points to the current official statute source without interpretation;
statewide, local, directory, document, and statute sources retain separate roles;
every public entry is a source fact or neutral category, never an owner value;
no owner, agent, address, phone, property description, interest proportion, instrument, signature, date, account detail, or taxable value appears in the public record;
no recorded instrument or authority document was opened, judged, or summarized;
source differences remain source-conflict without merging versions;
no applicability, ownership, proportion, authority, proof-sufficiency, timing, form-choice, filing-destination, receipt, acceptance, legal-effect, appraisal-treatment, or tax-treatment conclusion was made;
no form was completed, signed, contacted, uploaded, filed, or submitted; and
owner-specific interpretation or action ends at authorized-human-stop.

Forms, links, instructions, statutes, and local procedures can change. Re-check current official sources whenever the inventory is used.

Frequently asked questions

Does source-recorded mean Form 50-171 applies to my mineral interest?

No. It means only that an identified blank-source fact was captured with provenance. It does not decide applicability, ownership, eligibility, qualification, timing, completion, filing, acceptance, or tax treatment.

Can this inventory tell me whether my deed or other instrument is sufficient?

No. It records only that the blank source displays an attachment category. It does not inspect an instrument, confirm execution or recording, trace title, decide sufficiency, or identify what a particular owner must provide.

Can the public inventory contain a property description or ownership proportion?

No. Keep owner, agent, property, proportion, instrument, signature, and date values in an authorized controlled system. The reusable public inventory stays blank.

What if two official copies display different fields or revision lines?

Preserve both sources and mark source-conflict. Do not merge them, transfer values, select the controlling version, or continue to completion or submission.

Does this page prove separate taxation was requested or granted?

No. It proves no form selection, completion, signature, filing, receipt, acceptance, qualification, separate listing, appraisal treatment, or tax result.

Sources reviewed for this article

This field inventory is educational and administrative. It is not a form, title review, filing service, applicability or qualification decision, ownership or proportion determination, deadline calculation, legal or tax opinion, appraisal, valuation, representation service, or outcome promise. Use current official sources and qualified professionals for owner-specific decisions.

Frequently asked questions

Does source-recorded mean Form 50-171 applies to my mineral interest?

No. Source-recorded means only that a displayed source fact was captured with provenance. It does not decide applicability, eligibility, ownership, interest proportion, authority, proof sufficiency, timing, completion, filing, acceptance, or tax treatment.

Can this inventory tell me what ownership document is sufficient?

No. It may record the blank form’s attachment category, but it does not inspect an instrument, confirm recording, trace title, decide sufficiency, or identify what a particular owner must provide.

Should owner names, property descriptions, proportions, or signatures appear in the public inventory?

No. The reusable public inventory stays blank. Any owner-specific working record belongs in an authorized controlled system and must be handled only for an approved purpose and recipient.

What if the revision line or a printed field differs from a retained official copy?

Preserve both source references, mark source-conflict, and stop. Do not merge versions, transfer owner values, select the controlling copy, or continue to completion or submission.

Does this article prove that a request was filed or separate taxation occurred?

No. A blank-field inventory proves no selection, completion, signature, submission, receipt, acceptance, qualification, separate listing, appraisal treatment, or tax result.

Form 50-171 Separate-Taxation Request Field Inventory for Crane Mineral Interests