Howerton Bradwell
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- Nov 28, 2013
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- All Treasure Hunting
Here's something that not only applies to gold, but any valuable ore, including silver.
Kentucky Land Patents
The state issues patents, or deeded right to land grants, to landowners. To receive a patent, a prospective owner has to receive permission from the governor’s office to survey the property, record his reservation of that area for survey, submit the survey for approval and receive a governor’s grant of approval. As of 2010, those patents must be reviewed during the title search process of a property purchase. Mineral rights on the property in question belong to the patent holder.
Kentucky’s Land Autonomy
Whereas most states must sublimate their land and mineral rights to federal law, Kentucky is what is known as a state-land state, which allows the state government to determine any sales and use of land within the state. Anyone can apply for a Kentucky land patent, on private or state land. It does not matter if the land is already deeded to someone else and/or occupied. The system restricts patents to no more than 200 acres at a time. If your patent application is successful, you are issued a deed to the property, but at any time, someone else could file for a patent on all or part of your 200-acre block.
What Does This Mean to a Kentucky Gold Prospector?
The good news is that your patent for Ohio River Valley land—which may or may not have gold deposits—gives you absolute rights to the earth beneath the surveyed surface. Neither the state nor federal government can impose any mineral rights on that land that supersedes your patent rights. The bad news is that if you find gold, and the word gets out, some other individual or conglomerate will likely file for a patent and challenge yours.
Read more : Kentucky's Gold Prospecting Laws | eHow
Kentucky Land Patents
The state issues patents, or deeded right to land grants, to landowners. To receive a patent, a prospective owner has to receive permission from the governor’s office to survey the property, record his reservation of that area for survey, submit the survey for approval and receive a governor’s grant of approval. As of 2010, those patents must be reviewed during the title search process of a property purchase. Mineral rights on the property in question belong to the patent holder.
Kentucky’s Land Autonomy
Whereas most states must sublimate their land and mineral rights to federal law, Kentucky is what is known as a state-land state, which allows the state government to determine any sales and use of land within the state. Anyone can apply for a Kentucky land patent, on private or state land. It does not matter if the land is already deeded to someone else and/or occupied. The system restricts patents to no more than 200 acres at a time. If your patent application is successful, you are issued a deed to the property, but at any time, someone else could file for a patent on all or part of your 200-acre block.
What Does This Mean to a Kentucky Gold Prospector?
The good news is that your patent for Ohio River Valley land—which may or may not have gold deposits—gives you absolute rights to the earth beneath the surveyed surface. Neither the state nor federal government can impose any mineral rights on that land that supersedes your patent rights. The bad news is that if you find gold, and the word gets out, some other individual or conglomerate will likely file for a patent and challenge yours.
Read more : Kentucky's Gold Prospecting Laws | eHow
