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West Virginia Real Property Lawyers

Real Estate

The attorneys of McNeer, Highland, McMunn and Varner are highly skilled in all aspects of real property law, including financing, deeds, landlord and tenant relations, the transfer of interests in real property, and mortgages.  We are specialists in the federal and state laws governing purchases, sales, and leases, as well as oil and gas issues.   Our practice includes representation for:

Commercial Real Estate

Commercial real estate includes any income generating property such as offices, shopping malls, restaurants, industrial parks, retail stores, and factories.  Commercial real estate transactions are regulated by both federal and state laws.  We represent clients in all aspects of commercial real estate, including, leases, sales, land use and zoning, environmental issues, and all aspects of landlord-tenant matters. 

Residential Real Estate

Residential real estate deals with buyers and sellers of real property interest. A buyer and seller will sign a contract to buy or sell a home.  A title search is conducted, and once financing is secured, the transaction proceeds to closing. At closing, a deed passes ownership from the seller to the buyer in exchange for the purchase price.  We represent all aspects of residential real estate sales for our clients.

Oil and Gas

Drilling for oil and natural gas raises a number of environmental and financial concerns. Our attorneys are skilled at reviewing contract terms and conditions, liability issues, and environmental concerns in order to protect our client's rights and interests in these matters.  When necessary, our office consults environmental experts, accountants, surveyors, and otCher professionals to address important matters that could impact costs and legal liability surrounding the extraction of oil and gas. Issues that we have handled include:

  • Assignment of royalties / royalty disputes
  • Environmental clean-up
  • Soil contamination
  • Gas and oil lease agreements
  • Insurance coverage
  • Duty to market
  • Mineral rights
  • Water rights
  • Seismic surveys
  • Pooled agreements
  • Surface agreements
  • Duty to protect against drainage

 

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