No, you cannot pay with a credit card but here is a list of other payment options.
Miscellaneous easements (ME’s) cannot be paid online. If you are trying to pay for a coastal easement (CE), coastal lease (CL) or a cabin permit (PC) then you contact our coastal division at permitting.assistance@glo.texas.gov or you can contact your nearest coastal field office.
No, easements are a grant to another person, entity, or business the right to access or use someone else’s property for a specific purpose. For your company to have the access right to the land they would need to obtain their own easement from the State.
We typically do not do multiple pipelines in one easement. Each pipeline will be required to have a separate easement.
If the pipeline or electric line is one line and part of one system, then the crossings can all be included in one easement. If any part of the line can somehow be separated and sold, then they would need to be individual easements.
Signing the agreement and sending payment does not authorize use of the land. You must wait until you receive an executed easement from the GLO before you can begin construction.
The Texas General Land Office only maintains information on land owned by the State and nothing on privately-owned property. Information for pipelines can be obtained through the Texas Railroad Commission website GIS viewer and this is available to the public to use.
No, the General Land Office typically does not grant easements to landowners to cross State-owned land to access their property. Access to property should be part of the due diligence process prior to purchasing any property and is the responsibility of the purchaser.
Applications for easement are processed as they are received and there is no process or payment method for expediting them.
Your easement will provide for some temporary workspace along the easement route, however, any needs for an overly large workspace or materials storage will require a surface lease.