How deep into the earth do property owners own?

[Mucho]

In Canada you never really own your land you are more or less leasing it from the government. So if any minerals or artifacts are found it belongs to the government.

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: artikk

Originally posted by: fLum0x
i wonder how deep people have actually dug into the earth before

8-10 miles.

That's how deep you have to bury lawyers.


Ausm

 

[NuclearNed]

Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212
i've heard many dumb questions posted here but, well, this one's got me. What made you think of this one? Cool question!

Dumb questions are my specialty.

 

[Adul]

in signapore, they consider the land you own down to the center of the earth.

 

[sourceninja]

Originally posted by: ArchCenturion
In a related question, Can you own the air and space above your home? It would become infinitely larger as you move upward in to space, but once in space, you would constantly be moving with the earths rotation, and revolutions. This could also mean that every once in awhile you would own part of the moon, or sun for a time.

So we own timeshares?

Seriously though, I guess I own deep enough to get water, which isn't really all that deep.

 

[chambersc]

Originally posted by: Mucho
In Canada you never really own your land you are more or less leasing it from the government. So if any minerals or artifacts are found it belongs to the government.

Yet another reason why USA > Canada.

Originally posted by: sourceninja

Originally posted by: ArchCenturion
In a related question, Can you own the air and space above your home? It would become infinitely larger as you move upward in to space, but once in space, you would constantly be moving with the earths rotation, and revolutions. This could also mean that every once in awhile you would own part of the moon, or sun for a time.

So we own timeshares?

Seriously though, I guess I own deep enough to get water, which isn't really all that deep.

Yes, you own 1/xx a timeshare. Where's the problem?

 

[Vampirrella]

haha

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: AbsolutDealage

Originally posted by: ArchCenturion
In a related question, Can you own the air and space above your home? It would become infinitely larger as you move upward in to space, but once in space, you would constantly be moving with the earths rotation, and revolutions. This could also mean that every once in awhile you would own part of the moon, or sun for a time.

You only own the airspace above your property that you may reasonably use in connection with your enjoyment of the underlying land (U.S. v. Causby, 1946)

Wooohoooo!!!! I've always wanted to enjoy flying some surface to air missiles... I didn't expect it to be legal!

 

[DrPizza]

Okay, related question: Can I go to the exact opposite side of the earth and claim mineral rights all the way to the surface on the opposite side of the earth? Then, I'd own my mineral rights again. (I recently sold my mineral rights to a company that's planning on removing natural gas... 12.5% is apparently standard, that's what I get, plus a couple hundred or something like that. Plus, if they drill close enough, I'll be able to have free natural gas.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Mucho
In Canada you never really own your land you are more or less leasing it from the government. So if any minerals or artifacts are found it belongs to the government.

with recent Supreme Court ruling said pretty much the same thing.

 

[Scarpozzi]

Originally posted by: Adul
in signapore, they consider the land you own down to the center of the earth.

In Soviet Russia, land pwns j00!!!

 

[AdamK47]

Originally posted by: lozina
Only to the center of the earth? damn that'll put a damper on my plans for a tunnel straight to China...

You could buy the same size property on the other side of the Earth. But I suppose that won't work either. Everyone on the planet owns the one atom that is right in the center of the Earth. Plus it would be hard to squeeze past it if you did own it.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Unfortunatley in the US Immenant Domain rules supreme. If a company tell the gov it wants land, and the gov will make more in taxes off of the company owning the land, then you are screwed.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
Unfortunatley in the US Immenant Domain rules supreme. If a company tell the gov it wants land, and the gov will make more in taxes off of the company owning the land, then you are screwed.

unless you are lucky enough to live in a state that has laws against it. we do in IL but they can still get around it by condemning the property.

 

[hellokeith]

In Texas, you own the right to use your land as you see fit, within the boundaries of code enforcement by the city/county, and the neighborhood housing authority if you live in one of those neighborhoods.

You must specifically own mineral rights in order to claim anything found in the ground. However, you can dig if you like, for example to build a basement. You should call DigTest and/or the natural gas company before digging, so they can mark out gas lines.

 

[rgwalt]

Originally posted by: Mucho
In Canada you never really own your land you are more or less leasing it from the government. So if any minerals or artifacts are found it belongs to the government.

The same is true for the US in any state that assess a personal property tax. You don't own something if that something can be taken from you if you fail to pay a bill.

R