U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 3
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Vaughn Robert C.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
3738 Oak Lawn Avenue Suite 101
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(Street)
Dallas Texas 75219
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
01/31/03
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Dorchester Minerals, L.P. (DMLP)
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[X] Director [_] 10% Owner
[_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)
Manager
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
N/A
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)
[X] Form Filed by One Reporting Person
[_] Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
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3. Ownership Form:
2. Amount of Securities Direct (D) or
1. Title of Security Beneficially Owned Indirect (I) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 4)
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Common Units 552,788 I (1)
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Common Units 122,115 I (2)
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Common Units 92,417 I (3)
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* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction
5(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
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FORM 3 (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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5. Owner-
3. Title and Amount of Securities ship
Underlying Derivative Security Form of
2. Date Exercisable (Instr. 4) Derivative
and Expiration Date --------------------------------- 4. Conver- Security:
(Month/Day/Year) Amount sion or Direct 6. Nature of
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Date Expira- Number Price of Indirect Beneficial
1. Title of Derivative Exer- tion of Derivative (I) Ownership
Security (Instr. 4) cisable Date Title Shares Security (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5)
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No Securities Owned
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Mr. Vaughn disclaims beneficial ownership of those common units owned by
Vaughn Petroleum, Ltd. in which he does not have a pecuniary interest. Mr.
Vaughn is a member of Vaughn VPL (GP)LLC, the general partner of Vaughn
Petroleum, Ltd.
(2) Mr. Vaughn disclaims beneficial ownership of those common units owned by
Vaughn Petroleum Royalty Partners, Ltd. in which he does not have a pecuniary
interest. Mr. Vaughn is a member of VPL (GP)LLC, the general partner of
Vaughn Petroleum, Ltd., the general partner of Vaughn Petroleum Royalty
Partners, Ltd.
(3) Mr. Vaughn disclaims beneficial ownership of those common units owned by
RRC NPI Holdings, LP in which he does not have a pecuniary interest. Mr.
Vaughn is a member of Vaughn VPL (GP)LLC, the general partner of Vaughn
Petroleum, Ltd., one of the general partners of RRC NPI Holdings, LP.
/s/ Robert C. Vaughn 01/31/03
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
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