Owner Relations
Address Change Requirements
We’re here to help make sure your information stays up to date! If your mailing address has changed, please let EBOS know as soon as possible so we can ensure important correspondence and payments reach you without delay.
For your protection, EBOS does not accept address changes by telephone. Please complete and submit the applicable form below to update your mailing address, and our team will take care of the rest.
Name Change
If your legal name has changed due to marriage, divorce, etc., please provide EBOS with the appropriate documentation so we can keep your owner records up to date.
For individual owners, please provide:
- A copy of your marriage certificate, divorce decree, or other legal document supporting the name change.
For companies or corporations, please provide:
- A copy of the Certificate of Name Change or Certificate of Merger.
Direct Deposit
Change of Ownership of a Deceased Owner
When an owner passes away, ownership of real property is transferred through one of two processes: testate succession or intestate succession.
Testate succession applies when the deceased owner had a Last Will and Testament that has been properly probated. Intestate succession applies when there is no Will. If there is no Will, or if the Will has not been probated, ownership of the real property is determined according to the Laws of Descent and Distribution of the state where the wells are located, rather than the state where the deceased owner resided.
The documentation required will vary depending on the circumstances. Please provide the appropriate documentation outlined below:
Testate (probated Will)
Copy of PROBATED Last Will and Testament, with Certificate of Filing containing Probate File number from Probate Court
Death Certificate
Letters Testamentary naming the Executor
Determination of Heirship, Judgment of Possession or other probate documents (if appropriate)
Final Decree of Distribution (if appropriate)
Provide proof that debts and inheritance taxes have been paid
Recorded deed (if appropriate) to beneficiaries
Furnish Addresses and Social
Security/Tax ID numbers for each party inheriting
Record a certified copy of the Will & Probate in the County/Parish where the wells are located OR provide documentation of ancillary probate proceedings in the state where well is located
Intestate (without a Will / or Will not probated)
Death Certificate
Heirship Affidavit
Provide affidavit from an individual acquainted with, but not related to the deceased.
Note: We CANNOT accept Heirship Affidavits completed by direct family members (those with a beneficial interest) to the deceased owner. The form can be completed by a friend, acquaintance, neighbor, minister, etc. who knew the deceased and had familiar knowledge of their family history.Signature of affiants must be notarized.
Affidavits MUST be recorded in the County/Parish where the wells / property are located
Furnish Addresses and Social Security/Tax ID numbers for each party listed as a surviving heir of decease