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  type: guide
  id: va-m26-7-ch12-t37
  authority: VA Lenders Handbook (VA Pamphlet 26-7), Chapter 12, Topic 37 — Mineral,
    Oil, and Gas Reservations or Leases
  description: VA Lenders Handbook (VA Pamphlet 26-7), Chapter 12, Topic 37 — Mineral,
    Oil, and Gas Reservations or Leases.
  coverage_tier: operative
obligations:
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  canonical_id: va-m26-7-ch12-t37-full
  section: VA Lenders Handbook (VA Pamphlet 26-7), Chapter 12, Topic 37 — Mineral,
    Oil, and Gas Reservations or Leases
  type: do
  tags:
  - regulator-direct
  - va
  - va-handbook
  - corpus-expansion
  - tier-operative
  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: VA Lenders Handbook (VA Pamphlet 26-7), Chapter 12, Topic 37 — Mineral,
      Oil, and Gas Reservations or Leases
    source_class: va-handbook
    source_url: https://www.benefits.va.gov/warms/pam26_7.asp
    snapshot_id: 824171a914866a59
    fetched_at: '2026-05-23T01:53:53Z'
    content_hash: sha256:71efd8bb39bb5596ad194f1b13e6f979cfa1afbf5566e897e26836fc1ab0429e
    paragraph_quote: '37. Mineral, Oil, and Gas Reservations or Leases Change Date
      March 28, 2019 • This chapter has been revised in its entirety. a. Influence
      on Property The appraiser must analyze and report the degree to which residential
      benefits may be impaired or the property damaged by the exercise of the rights
      set forth in oil, gas, and mineral reservations or leases. b. Appraisal Considerations
      The appraiser should consider the following: • the infringement on the property
      rights of the fee owner caused by the rights granted by the reservation or lease,
      and • the hazards, nuisances, or damages to the subject property from exercise
      of reservation or lease privileges on neighboring properties. VA Pamphlet 26-7,
      Revised Chapter 12: Minimum Property Requirements 12-46'
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