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" <[email protected]>
To: "Brian Burrer" <[email protected]>;
<[email protected]>
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: [email protected]
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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