tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post2284442205451875535..comments2024-03-28T20:13:21.900-06:00Comments on The Blog Fodder: Updating Deeds and TitlesThe Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-10926230945968234782012-10-26T09:17:57.367-06:002012-10-26T09:17:57.367-06:00Initially when the collectives were reorganized, p...Initially when the collectives were reorganized, people who worked there or who had worked there were given title to X ha of land, no location or description. The bosses grabbed the best pieces and claimed them. I am not certain if the plots are all surveyed out and exact locations assigned or not; I know some are. Land can be owned and passed on generation to generation. It can be leased butThe Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-89297869461209085382012-10-26T08:43:32.184-06:002012-10-26T08:43:32.184-06:00Really good post, Al. I look forward to future c...Really good post, Al. I look forward to future comments about farm land ownership. This is a question I always ask too when I am in villages, and have yet to receive a satisfactory answer. Either the responder (through the translator) does not grasp the nature of my question, or the translator does not understand the answer! The language barrier is a tough one, as I am sure you appreciate.Mervnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-9494610042937680502012-10-26T03:42:05.595-06:002012-10-26T03:42:05.595-06:00Ol'Buzzard, those are the greatest land descri...Ol'Buzzard, those are the greatest land descriptions and I am sure that pre revolution that is what was used in Ukraine as there were a great many private farms though I am not sure of ownership title to land. There was also common land around villages and in many cases collectivized farming at the village level, though I need to learn more about that. Once the land was collectivized under The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-20707772553907269002012-10-25T12:00:53.201-06:002012-10-25T12:00:53.201-06:00Some of the old land deeds here in rural Maine con...Some of the old land deeds here in rural Maine contain language like: from the bend in the creek approximately 100 feet to the corner of the north fence, south to the large rock and west to the big elm, to be approximately thirty acres. The deed having been written some times in the late 1800's. Often on old farms the boundaries are what neighbors agree on.<br />the Ol'Buzzard<br /><Ol'Buzzardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-71569082228322366722012-10-25T09:32:43.974-06:002012-10-25T09:32:43.974-06:00Demeur, you have given me the subject for tonight&...Demeur, you have given me the subject for tonight's blog post. Thank you.<br /><br />Diane, Near as I can figure, the only place they have any codes is related to gas. Our house could blow up but can't burn down, so the gas codes are VERY strict and MUST be followed. <br /><br />It isn't so much a retroactive permit as simply registering what we have done to the house, so "The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-9836462233870525432012-10-25T09:22:14.841-06:002012-10-25T09:22:14.841-06:00Hmmm, I'm not sure I like the idea of that &qu...Hmmm, I'm not sure I like the idea of that "retroactive permit" system. Do they have building codes there? <br /><br />If we submitted revisions after the fact, we'd likely get an order to rip out what we'd done and return it to original condition.Diane Hendershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07563115165301223420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-72285913509864002962012-10-25T01:50:27.107-06:002012-10-25T01:50:27.107-06:00Don't feel bad. Some years after moving into m...Don't feel bad. Some years after moving into my place (and we bought this place brand new) I contacted the county about the architectural drawings they had on file only to be told they lost them. Fortunately we still have the original boundary markers from the builder's survey and I still have the original paperwork. Demeurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01935263659097273535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-823137043167090982012-10-24T18:24:54.270-06:002012-10-24T18:24:54.270-06:00I am hoping that this is the plan here too. There...I am hoping that this is the plan here too. There are a great many fabulous mansions that should have huge tax bills in a just world and a great many hovels that should have none. Tanya and I should be paying taxes on the value of our property. I would hope the taxes would go to local councils for roads and such but I know that is dreaming.<br />How the value would be set and if there would be The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-65305456061088581922012-10-24T17:56:36.735-06:002012-10-24T17:56:36.735-06:00When I worked in Laos in the 1990s there was a big...When I worked in Laos in the 1990s there was a big aid project underway which was providing the expertise and equipment to survey land so the Communist Government could begin drawing up official boundaries and issuing legal titles to traditional owners. Many Laotians were not happy about this, as they rightly suspected the next step would be that the Government would have available all the Chartreusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05919069110736697400noreply@blogger.com