Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Pruett Steven H
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
01/11/2007		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
LEGACY RESERVES L P [LGCY]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
303 W. WALL STREET, SUITE 1600		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
President, CFO and Secretary
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

MIDLAND, TX 79701		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Units representing limited partner interests 296,935
I
See Footnote (1)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Unit Options (right to buy)   (2) 07/17/2011 Units 20,000 $ 17 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Pruett Steven H
303 W. WALL STREET
SUITE 1600
MIDLAND, TX 79701		       President, CFO and Secretary  

Signatures

Steven H. Pruett 01/11/2007
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Mr. Pruett indirectly beneficially owns 296,935 units through his indirect interest in MBN Properties LP, which holds 3,162,483 units. This assumes that the 3,162,483 units held by MBN Properties LP will be distributed to the partners of MBN Properties LP, including 191,704 units to SHP Capital LP and 1,447,157 units to Newstone Group Partners. This also assumes that the 1,447,157 units beneficially owned by Newstone Group Partners will be distributed to the members of Newstone Group Partners, including 105,231 units to SHP Capital LP. Mr. Pruett is deemed to beneficially own the units held by SHP Capital LP.
(2) 20,000 options were granted on July 17, 2006. According to the terms of the award, the unit options granted vest annually in equal increments over a three-year period beginning March 15, 2007.
 
Remarks:
President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Legacy Reserves GP, LLC, the general partner of Legacy Reserves LP.

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