Ugh! That makes just about everyone vulnerable. Sounds like the laws need to be changed...in favor of the property owners. ~Virginia << In VA, what is considered a "complete" title search, only goes back 60 years.....for older properties...they stayed within one family for that length of time & rather than going back "as far as possible" with written/recorded info, they simply go on the word of the title search. If no one speaks up...they win. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 3:27 PM Subject: Re: [VAHANOVE] Cemetery possession > I guess the key word here is "if". Somehow, the counties are getting around > those plats/documents, not only in VA, but also in KY. Would be interesting > to learn how the counties/developers are doing that... > > ~Virginia > > > [email protected] wrote: > > << If the cemetery is noted as such on tax plats/documents, then > > no taxes are paid on that portion of the property. >>

The laws are already in favor of the property owners. It's just entirely too easy for someone to "become" a property owner. I would rather see the laws changed back to being in favor of the family myself. As it stands right now, the property owner has all rights & if they decide they don't like to look at headstones...well...so be it and down they go. Does the family have the right to visit the site? As it stands right now....NO. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 3:55 PM Subject: Re: [VAHANOVE] Cemetery possession > Ugh! That makes just about everyone vulnerable. Sounds like the laws need > to be changed...in favor of the property owners. > > ~Virginia > > << In VA, what is considered a "complete" title search, only goes back 60 > > years.....for older properties...they stayed within one family for that > > length of time & rather than going back "as far as possible" with > > written/recorded info, they simply go on the word of the title search. > > If no one speaks up...they win. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 3:27 PM > > Subject: Re: [VAHANOVE] Cemetery possession > > > > > I guess the key word here is "if". Somehow, the counties are getting > > around > > > those plats/documents, not only in VA, but also in KY. Would be > > interesting > > > to learn how the counties/developers are doing that... > > > > > > ~Virginia > > > > > > > > > [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > << If the cemetery is noted as such on tax plats/documents, then > > > > > > no taxes are paid on that portion of the property. >> > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >