In a message dated 8/31/2005 7:03:59 PM Central Standard Time, ScotStout@aol.com writes: > the public valuation office says nobody owns > the land. it is also not located in a town. I realize I'm not familiar with Kentucky customs, traditions, and laws being from Indiana....but I just don't see how there can be land that 'nobody' owns. I thought all of the US had been claimed, oh....over 100 years ago. Now, maybe no one is paying taxes on it....but someone has to own it, don't they? Kyle D. Conrad

California law states that all land in the state is owned. It is privately owned or publicly owned. That is why the Govt Code Sec 182 provided legislatively that where title to property fails it reverts to the public. That would, of course, be the natural regression of things since all land was in the public domain, except those lands confirmed under agreements with other governments. ----- Original Message ----- From: KidClerk@aol.com To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 3:29 AM Subject: Re: [INPCRP] preservation In a message dated 8/31/2005 7:03:59 PM Central Standard Time, ScotStout@aol.com writes: > the public valuation office says nobody owns > the land. it is also not located in a town. I realize I'm not familiar with Kentucky customs, traditions, and laws being from Indiana....but I just don't see how there can be land that 'nobody' owns. I thought all of the US had been claimed, oh....over 100 years ago. Now, maybe no one is paying taxes on it....but someone has to own it, don't they? Kyle D. Conrad ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== Blessed are the Elderly, for they remember what we will never know.

kyle, that's what i thought, too. then i found out that it was owned by a church that closed in 1868. the church was not sold, and eventually it collapsed and someone (maybe farmers?) cleared the rubble. the courthouse says that there is no deed to the land, no record of ownership, and no taxes paid on it. i would think the land would automatically revert to either the state or county, but every state is different. i'm still trying to find out if that's true for kentucky or not. -----Original Message----- From: KidClerk@aol.com To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 06:29:54 EDT Subject: Re: [INPCRP] preservation In a message dated 8/31/2005 7:03:59 PM Central Standard Time, ScotStout@aol.com writes: > the public valuation office says nobody owns > the land. it is also not located in a town. I realize I'm not familiar with Kentucky customs, traditions, and laws being from Indiana....but I just don't see how there can be land that 'nobody' owns. I thought all of the US had been claimed, oh....over 100 years ago. Now, maybe no one is paying taxes on it....but someone has to own it, don't they? Kyle D. Conrad ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== Blessed are the Elderly, for they remember what we will never know.