[trooper2ls]

It depends on where your land is located and if it was originally granted or conqured. Each property has unique challenges as I understand it. My property is in New York and was easier than most due to the fact it was (and still is) a Holland Land Company lot. This land was purchased from the Seneca tribe back in 1789 and has clear title all the way back to that point.

First I visited the microfilm archives located in Fredonia, New York to reaseach and obtain a copy of the original patent and allodial title based on the information on my title search provided by the title insurance company. I was fortunate that a copy of those records were so close.. the originals are in Amsterdam. From that point it took a year of letter writing and personal visits to the state treasury department to finally reveal the dollar amount attached.

I encountered resistance (or ignorance?) at every turn in dealing with the state treasury. After about 6 months of getting nowhere I finally broke down and had my attorney (Feldman, Kramer & Monaco .. same guys as Trump uses) send a request on my behalf ... and lo and behold I finally started to make headway.

Once I was able to determine the amount and who to pay I had to go to a coin broker and purchase the proper amount of "Lawful Money" and make an appointment at the treasury in Albany, New York to make the payment and have the title passed to me. I'm still in the process of the perfected patent but should have it within the next month or two according to what they have told me.

It is not easy and they don't want it to be because it reduces the collateral for the national debt each time someone pulls their property out of hock.

The town assessor owns the property right next to me and she is going to have a cow once I file my affidavit with the county to update the status of my property.

..J