[meteorite-list] Landowner Lookup Question
I am hoping that some of you experienced meteorite hunters can answer a question: What is the simplest/easiest way to lookup private landowner information? More specifically, if I want to find information that will allow me to contact a private landowner of a very remote area here in the Pacific Northwest. Thanks in advance! Mike Bandli www.Astro-Artifacts.com IMCA #5756 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Landowner Lookup Question
I have to look up landowners almost daily when I am out in the field for my job. I always go to the county assessor first. Many now have GIS maps of the area you are looking at that are available on-line. None will give you phone numbers, so you will need to do a reverse address lookup on a site like whitepages.com. Good luck Matt Morgan -- Matt Morgan Mile High Meteorites http://www.mhmeteorites.com P.O. Box 151293 Lakewood, CO 80215 USA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Bandli) Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:31:20 To:meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Landowner Lookup Question I am hoping that some of you experienced meteorite hunters can answer a question: What is the simplest/easiest way to lookup private landowner information? More specifically, if I want to find information that will allow me to contact a private landowner of a very remote area here in the Pacific Northwest. Thanks in advance! Mike Bandli www.Astro-Artifacts.com IMCA #5756 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Landowner Lookup Question
You'll have a problem. The CAD (county appraisal district) will only have the property info and the mailing addy of the person in question. Often that mailing addy is a PO box, so no crisscross phone # for you. You'll have to send a letter. Courthouse records including a plat map or the local title company may have a title plant which will also help you find the owner, but by far the CAD is the easiest and free way to go, as it is often online. My normal method, is I have to go to location anyway for recon so I simply stop at nearby ranches/farms and show up on doorsteps with a map in my hand. The map is important, as it disarms any distrust from folks, as everyone want to help the lost guy. Then I simply say I don't THINK I'm lost, but... and go on to ask about local history, info, who knows the area, and who owns that farm over yonder. -mt Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Bandli) Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 12:34 PM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Landowner Lookup Question I am hoping that some of you experienced meteorite hunters can answer a question: What is the simplest/easiest way to lookup private landowner information? More specifically, if I want to find information that will allow me to contact a private landowner of a very remote area here in the Pacific Northwest. Thanks in advance! Mike Bandli www.Astro-Artifacts.com IMCA #5756 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Landowner Lookup Question
Mike, The easiest way is to go the the county court house and visit the county clerk and county land tax people. There are public records of all landowners. You will need to know the location in Township, Range, and Section (or part section, for example R54W, T12, 1/2 NE SEC 13. Best of luck. If that is convenient, stop and ask some locals in the area, at your own risk. Some landowners might not be keen on you checking with the County tax records as they might perceive it as spying on them. Best Regards, Dirk...Tokyo --- On Fri, 6/27/08, Mike Bandli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Mike Bandli [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [meteorite-list] Landowner Lookup Question To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Friday, June 27, 2008, 2:31 AM I am hoping that some of you experienced meteorite hunters can answer a question: What is the simplest/easiest way to lookup private landowner information? More specifically, if I want to find information that will allow me to contact a private landowner of a very remote area here in the Pacific Northwest. Thanks in advance! Mike Bandli www.Astro-Artifacts.com IMCA #5756 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Landowner Lookup Question
I am a GIS person and handle most data for a lot of places. Its now amazing what is online as far as county records in the US. Vertualy all states now have a GIS database with landowner data bases. Texas is a good example. You can usually just do a search on something like delaware property tax records and it will come up for most States. There is almost a national mandate to gather all the Data into GIS data and the 2010 census will use that data to complete the census. While you will not have access to census data the GIS information gathered is public information. If you check around even most other countries are going to GIS systems and recording the same type of information. A search of GIS DATA for the location will give you tons of info. Not sure how many of you are using google earth but there is also www.esri.com and then look ArcGIS Explorer. In a lot of areas especially the west the resolution and data is far more extensive than google. Using either one to mark your finds by lat and long is a great tool to map with. As more tools come out for GIS its going to be a great help to any of us who are looking around. Unfortunately I live in Delaware USA so not a lot of good hunting around here but have a ranch in Texas that I hope someday I will have a chance to take some time and look over it is pretty big so that is a retirement project. Have fun researching David O Henderson Information Technology Director City of Rehoboth Beach 229 Rehoboth Ave Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971 302-227-6181 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of drtanuki Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 4:33 PM To: Mike Bandli; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Landowner Lookup Question Mike, The easiest way is to go the the county court house and visit the county clerk and county land tax people. There are public records of all landowners. You will need to know the location in Township, Range, and Section (or part section, for example R54W, T12, 1/2 NE SEC 13. Best of luck. If that is convenient, stop and ask some locals in the area, at your own risk. Some landowners might not be keen on you checking with the County tax records as they might perceive it as spying on them. Best Regards, Dirk...Tokyo --- On Fri, 6/27/08, Mike Bandli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Mike Bandli [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [meteorite-list] Landowner Lookup Question To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Friday, June 27, 2008, 2:31 AM I am hoping that some of you experienced meteorite hunters can answer a question: What is the simplest/easiest way to lookup private landowner information? More specifically, if I want to find information that will allow me to contact a private landowner of a very remote area here in the Pacific Northwest. Thanks in advance! Mike Bandli www.Astro-Artifacts.com IMCA #5756 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Landowner Lookup Question
One huge difference between Google Earth and all the other GIS software packages I've seen so far (except a few) is the fact that I don't have to fork out 5,000+ dollars to use it... Google Earth only costs me 20 bucks a year. Don't get me wrong because I'd love to use the high end GIS software (especially since I use high end CAD software at work), but that's a very steep price to pay just to plot out coordinates of my finds. Del --- On Thu, 6/26/08, David O Henderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: David O Henderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Landowner Lookup Question To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], 'Mike Bandli' [EMAIL PROTECTED], meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Thursday, June 26, 2008, 1:50 PM I am a GIS person and handle most data for a lot of places. Its now amazing what is online as far as county records in the US. Vertualy all states now have a GIS database with landowner data bases. Texas is a good example. You can usually just do a search on something like delaware property tax records and it will come up for most States. There is almost a national mandate to gather all the Data into GIS data and the 2010 census will use that data to complete the census. While you will not have access to census data the GIS information gathered is public information. If you check around even most other countries are going to GIS systems and recording the same type of information. A search of GIS DATA for the location will give you tons of info. Not sure how many of you are using google earth but there is also www.esri.com and then look ArcGIS Explorer. In a lot of areas especially the west the resolution and data is far more extensive than google. Using either one to mark your finds by lat and long is a great tool to map with. As more tools come out for GIS its going to be a great help to any of us who are looking around. Unfortunately I live in Delaware USA so not a lot of good hunting around here but have a ranch in Texas that I hope someday I will have a chance to take some time and look over it is pretty big so that is a retirement project. Have fun researching David O Henderson Information Technology Director City of Rehoboth Beach 229 Rehoboth Ave Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971 302-227-6181 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of drtanuki Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 4:33 PM To: Mike Bandli; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Landowner Lookup Question Mike, The easiest way is to go the the county court house and visit the county clerk and county land tax people. There are public records of all landowners. You will need to know the location in Township, Range, and Section (or part section, for example R54W, T12, 1/2 NE SEC 13. Best of luck. If that is convenient, stop and ask some locals in the area, at your own risk. Some landowners might not be keen on you checking with the County tax records as they might perceive it as spying on them. Best Regards, Dirk...Tokyo --- On Fri, 6/27/08, Mike Bandli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Mike Bandli [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [meteorite-list] Landowner Lookup Question To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Friday, June 27, 2008, 2:31 AM I am hoping that some of you experienced meteorite hunters can answer a question: What is the simplest/easiest way to lookup private landowner information? More specifically, if I want to find information that will allow me to contact a private landowner of a very remote area here in the Pacific Northwest. Thanks in advance! Mike Bandli www.Astro-Artifacts.com IMCA #5756 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
