[meteorite-list] Roadside Hunting and Ownership

[Ed Deckert]

I may be wrong, but only the owner of the cemetery could claim ownership. 
Families of the deceased who were buried there would not (AFAIK) have any 
claim to a meteorite landing on a family member's grave.  They do not own 
the plot they "purchased" to bury their deceased.  "Buying" the plot 
essentially gives them the limited property rights to use the land as a 
final resting place for their deceased.  There can be variations on that, I 
suppose.

Laws and rules will vary for Private, Public, Church and Military 
Cemeteries, etc.as they will have different ownership situations.  There is 
a lot to be considered there.

Someone visiting a cemetery and finds a meteorite on the ground would not 
likely be considered the rightful owner.

Ed


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thunder Stone" <stanleygregr at hotmail.com>
To: "Brian Burrer" <brimane at gmail.com>; 
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Roadside Hunting and Ownership


> What about cemeteries? Who would claim ownership there?
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: Brian Burrer
> Sent: 3 Oct 2012 12:52:31 GMT
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Roadside Hunting and Ownership
>
> Greetings List,
>
> I have been following with interest the recent chatter concerning BLM
> regulations; questions arise in my mind concerning roadside
> recoveries.
> I would guess that ownership of the find could vary widely depending
> on what roadside it was found on.
> Rural county roads in Texas are typically privately owned; the land
> under the road is owned by individuals who pay taxes on it just like
> the rest of their land.  The road is public but the bar-ditch is
> private; ownership clearly falls to the landowner.
> But what about state and federal highway margins; this is not
> typically (maybe ever) BLM land so what rules apply?
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