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We think the following information should already = be common=20 knowledge for everyone; yet we expect that many people never think about = or=20 study the matter enough to understand what Land really is and how it = relates to=20 them; therefore, to start this forum on Land Patents we are=20 presenting:

Land=20 101
A = short=20 foundational course on Title and Property Rights especially as they = relate to=20 Land:

When dealing with sales contracts in general, = a Title=20 to property is proven by its receipt or sales contract. When you buy a = bag of=20 oranges from a store, the cashier gives you a sales receipt. As the = value of the=20 property increases more secure forms of title are used to insure that = the seller=20 has the right to sell the property and that the buyer has lawfully = acquired the=20 property. For example, when you buy a new car from a car dealer, the = dealer uses=20 a sales contract; and when the agreement is complete and funded the = manufacturer=20 includes with their documentation a Manufacturers Statement of Origin = (MSO),=20 which is a document that references where the manufacturer acquired each = component of something they manufactured (thus providing evidence that = they had=20 the right to sell it). Your =E2=80=9CTitle=E2=80=9D to the bag of = oranges is your sales receipt.=20 The Title to a car is the completed and executed Contract for Sale = showing that=20 the contract is paid in full. Some people ignorantly have the opinion = that their=20 title to their car is the Certificate of Title, issued to them by the = corp.=20 state; it is not. The Certificate of Title is merely Title=20 Insurance.

Land Title was historically the most significantly = tracked=20 private property known. Up until the 1940=E2=80=99s, when you acquired a = parcel of Land=20 in The United States of America, you received the complete set of = transfer=20 documents from the Land Patent to the present, with the Land Patent on = the=20 bottom and every transfer document between its issuance to your present = Deed=20 signed and sealed on the top, wrapped in hide, velum or parchment to = secure that=20 such documents would endure. Today people know next to nothing about = Land or=20 land rights and trust their Real Estate Agent and Title Company (with = its=20 attorneys) did everything right when Escrow closes issuing their = Warranty Deed=20 and Title Insurance policy.

We know of one case this year the = funds were=20 paid in full at closing and the title company completed all of the = documents to=20 the satisfaction of all parties. The title company now needed to file = and record=20 the documents and they would be mailed to all parties. The bank that had = held a=20 mortgage with the Seller completed their documents and mailed them to = the Seller=20 and to the County Clerk and Recorder, but no documents were ever sent to = the=20 Buyer. After a couple of months the Buyer tried to contact the Title = Company to=20 find that they had gone out of business and the County Clerk and = Recorder had no=20 record of the transfer to the Buyer. They had record that the property = was free=20 and clear of all liens and encumbrances but it remained on their records = as the=20 property of the Seller. About a month later, the Title Company was = restored back=20 into business, but they had no record of the missing records. Luckily, = the=20 matter was ultimately resolved and proper records were generated and = recorded at=20 the County Clerk and Recorder=E2=80=99s Office, but it could have ended = very=20 differently. The problem, these people did not receive their original = documents=20 at closing.

100 years ago, people would have thought such trust = to be=20 pure insanity!

To understand what happened to proper land = transfers we=20 must learn a bit about history. Up until the Mayflower landed at = Plymouth Rock=20 there were no successful colonies founded in this new land. The fort at=20 Jamestown had been built but every year everybody that went there died. = Being=20 assigned here by the British or the French was rightfully considered a = death=20 sentence by the people. The King of Great Britain had to come up with a = way of=20 getting people to be willing to come here so he offered what the people = called=20 =E2=80=9CThe King=E2=80=99s Folly=E2=80=9D, which were Land Grants made = Patent. The people called it=20 that because if a King were to grant Land to a freeman was the same as = to=20 recognize the man=E2=80=99s equal sovereign rights to his own private = Kingdom! Such a=20 thing would be pure folly for a King and to come to this death sentence = to=20 secure such a right of Kings would be folly because you would die for = the honor.=20 But, a group of people, now called =E2=80=9CPuritans=E2=80=9D that fled = to Holland to avoid the=20 religious persecution of the King learned of this = =E2=80=9Cfolly=E2=80=9D and recognized it as=20 the only way they could live free and worship God as they chose. So, = they moved=20 back to England and for several years negotiated for this =E2=80=9CLand = Grant made=20 Patent=E2=80=9D with the full right of self-rule. The problem with their = negotiations=20 was that they had little funds and could not pay for their passage to = the new=20 land. In the end, they got everything they wanted, the Land Patents, = self-rule=20 and passage but they had to pay for the passage with 50% of their = production=20 from their land for seven years.

Initially the King of Great = Britain=20 called this whole continent =E2=80=9CVirginia=E2=80=9D. But once the = Puritans landed, they=20 flourished and new cities sprang up all over the place. Seven years = after the=20 Mayflower landed, in =E2=80=9CHartford, Connecticut=E2=80=9D, the people = from three principle=20 cities, formed a Constitution to establish a Union they called, = =E2=80=9CUnited States=20 of America=E2=80=9D. From that time until the present, in The United = States of America,=20 Title to Land is passed by Land Patent.

That Union grew in trade=20 expanding to what became the thirteen original States whose people = eventually=20 formed =E2=80=9CThe United States of America=E2=80=9D under its = Constitution for the United=20 States of America. And since that time, whenever additional Territories = came to=20 The United States of America the respective Treaties recognized that the = Land=20 belonged to the people, of their own natural right. As those Territories = became=20 States in the Union of States of The United States of America, they and = the=20 people of that territory had to give up all right and title to the=20 unappropriated land (available non-private land) within that territory = to the=20 dispossession of the United States. In other words, the States could not = own=20 land unless it was thereafter directly granted to it by the United = States=20 Government or unless they privately acquired it by contract from its = private=20 landowners. Once the United States had control of such Land Congress = passed Acts=20 that showed how the people could lawfully secure their Land by claim and = then=20 issued Land Patents to the people as their claims accordingly came=20 in.

Again, to this very day, in The United States of America, = Title to=20 Land is passed only by Land Patent, which secures the Land to the named = party=20 and to his/her/their heirs and assigns forever. Deeds to land then prove = the=20 assignment of the Land Patent passes to new heirs and assigns of the = original=20 Land Patent holder. An Abstract of Title (like the MSO) proves the = unbroken=20 chain of assignment from Patent to present Deed, but a =E2=80=9CPerfect = Title=E2=80=9D consists=20 of the actual Land Patent and chain of Deeds (or certified copies of the = same)=20 from the patent to the present. Therefore, Land Rights in the United = States of=20 America are always secured by Land Patent, which Title is proven by its = Perfect=20 Title or Certified Abstract of Title to the present.

The federal = courts=20 have made it quite clear, =E2=80=9CThe patent alone passes land from the = United States=20 to the grantee and nothing passes a perfect title to public lands but a = patent.=E2=80=9D=20 Wilcox v. Jackson, 10 L.Ed. 264. The United States Supreme Court has = also ruled,=20 =E2=80=9CState statutes that give less authoritative ownership of title = than the patent=20 can not even be brought into federal court=E2=80=9D Langdon v. Sherwood, = 124 U.S. 74, 81=20 (1887). Which ruling followed a long chain of case law with rulings like = this,=20

The Supreme Court at Hooper et. al. v. Scheimer, 64 U.S. = 235 (1859)=20 wrote:I affirm that a patent is unimpeachable at law, except, = perhaps,=20 when it appears on its own face to be void; and the authorities on = this point=20 are so uniform and unbroken in the courts, federal and state, that = little else=20 will be necessary beyond a reference to them. =E2=80=A6 Once perfect = on its face [a=20 patent] is not to be avoided, in a trial at law, by anything save an = elder=20 patent. It is not to be affected by evidence or circumstances which = might show=20 that the impeaching party might prevail in a court of equity. A patent = is=20 evidence, in a court of law, of the regularity of all previous steps = to it,=20 and no facts behind it can be investigated. A patent cannot be = collaterally=20 avoided at law, even for fraud. A patent, being superior title, must = of=20 course, prevail over colors of title; nor is it proper for any state=20 legislation to give such titles, which are only equitable in nature = with a=20 recognized legal status in equity courts, precedence over the legal = title in a=20 court of law.

Today, when=20 people learn about Land Patents and the power secured within them to = preserve=20 Land and property rights, they want to get a Land Patent thinking it is=20 something they have to acquire separately from the conventional Deeds. = However,=20 in almost every case the Land Patent for the land they want already = exists; and=20 was likely issued over a hundred years ago. Back in the late = 1940=E2=80=99s people=20 started to see a thing called Title Insurance (more on that later) and = regularly=20 thereafter if people did not insist of having a Perfect Title of a = Certified=20 Abstract of Title, they got Title Insurance with their Warranty Deed. By = 1970,=20 Abstracts and Perfect Titles were becoming rare and today they are at = times hard=20 to get if not impossible.

You may remember from the Supreme Court = case=20 last cited above, the state legislatures cannot even pass statutes that = regulate=20 or control Land transfers or land ownership. But, the property = appurtenant to=20 land is definitely a different matter. Such property can be bought sold = and=20 traded at will and such transactions can be set in commerce, which can = be=20 statutorily controlled. Such transactions are called, =E2=80=9CReal = Estate=20 Transactions=E2=80=9D. Real Estate statutes are completely different = from Land Law,=20 which is why Real Estate Agents, Real Estate Attorneys and Title company = agents=20 are not typically educated in Land Law. To so educate such Real Estate=20 professionals would be counter productive to the banking industry and = mortgage=20 providers and their requirement for Title Insurance protection in all = such=20 transactions.

To understand the difference between Real Estate = and Land=20 we note, by definition:

Peter Butt, Land Law 9 (2nd ed. 1988) = wrote:=E2=80=99Land=E2=80=99 is not=20 restricted to the earth=E2=80=99s surface, but extends below and above = the surface.=20 Nor is it confined to solids, but may encompass within its bounds such = things=20 as gases and liquids. A definition of =E2=80=98land=E2=80=99 along the = lines of =E2=80=98a mass of=20 physical matter occupying a space=E2=80=99 also is not sufficient, for = an owner of=20 land may remove part or all of that physical matter, as by digging it = up and=20 carrying away the soil, but would nevertheless retain as part of his = =E2=80=98land=E2=80=99=20 the space that remains. Ultimately, as a juristic concept, = =E2=80=98land=E2=80=99 is simply an=20 area of three-dimensional space, its position being defined by natural = or=20 imaginary points located by reference to the earth=E2=80=99s surface. = =E2=80=98Land=E2=80=99 is not=20 the fixed contents of that space, although, as we shall see, the owner = of that=20 space may well own those fixed contents. Land is immoveable, as = distinct from=20 chattels, which are moveable; it is also, in its legal significance,=20 indestructible. The contents of the space may be physically severed, = destroyed=20 or consumed, but the space itself, and so the =E2=80=98land=E2=80=99, = remains=20 immutable.

Land = Patents secure=20 two separate kinds of property rights: appurtenant rights and hereditary = rights;=20 which two types of rights also include two separate kinds of property: = tangible=20 property (Real Estate) and intangible property (Land).

In = Kingdoms, like=20 England, it is well recognized that all of the Land is owned by the King = and=20 Queen; when they recognize private ownership of the property appurtenant = to the=20 Land, such ownership is known as, held in =E2=80=9Cfeudal = tenure=E2=80=9D. So is the nature of=20 any land and property ownership when the land and property are held by = separate=20 owners. When all right and title to land and property are held by the = same=20 person, beholding to no one, such ownership is known to be held = =E2=80=9Cin fee simple=20 absolute=E2=80=9D, or =E2=80=9Cin fee simple=E2=80=9D, or simply = =E2=80=9Cin fee=E2=80=9D; such ownership is also known=20 as an allodial title. Please note in all of the above the word = =E2=80=9Cfee=E2=80=9D has nothing=20 to do with a price, rather it is derived from =E2=80=9Cfeudal=E2=80=9D = and means simple fealty=20 or the Land and property are held by the same = owner.

=E2=80=98Land=E2=80=99 is described=20 by its two dimensional boundary with extents that go from the center of = the=20 earth to the heavens above, such a two dimensional boundary is described = in a=20 Land Patent, which secures a specific parcel of Land and its contents as = =E2=80=9Chereditaments=E2=80=9D. =E2=80=9CAppurtenances=E2=80=9D may = also be inheritable and are separately=20 secured in the Land Patent and are defined as =E2=80=98that which = pertains to the land;=20 including anything that fills that space defined by the Land = description; for=20 example things like: air, dirt, chemical deposits, minerals, shrubs, = trees,=20 buildings, water, fish, livestock, wild animals and private property = sitting on=20 the land, etc.=E2=80=99 The Land Patent expressly = =E2=80=9Cgrants=E2=80=9D these patent secured rights=20 to the named patent recipient and to their heirs and assigns, forever. = That=20 means that the property (Real Estate) sitting within the borders of the = Land is=20 land patent secured to the lawful patent holder. That means that if one = receives=20 assignment to such land through an Abstracted Deed they already own it = from the=20 time the Land Patent was initially made and granted. That is why land, = in this=20 country, cannot be bought sold or traded. An =E2=80=98Abstracted = Deed=E2=80=99 is one attached=20 to all of the land assignment documents (Deeds, etc.) from land patent = to=20 present. It can be created by securing a competent abstract of title and = attaching it to a competent current deed.

So, what is it that one = pays=20 for when one acquires land via purchase?
One pays for the = appurtenances to=20 the land. You see, even though the property appurtenant to the land is = also=20 mentioned in the Land Patent, it is removable from the land and = therefore has a=20 specific value separate from the land; therefore it is separately = marketable for=20 a price (contractible).

At this point, we must interject a bit on = contracts to be certain that you understand what contracts are and how = they=20 function. A Contract is defined by four elements:=20

a giver;
a receiver;
valuable consideration over time; and ,
acceptance.

That means, anytime these four elements = exist in any=20 situation, a contract exists. Contracts may be written or not. A written = contract may exist even though a party, bound by it, has never seen or = reviewed=20 it, if they knew or should have known of its existence and its binding = nature=20 and they act upon it. Property, in and of itself cannot enter into a = contract=20 because it cannot by itself consider or accept an agreement.

A = land=20 patent does not limit your ability to contract. Wherefore, one can = contract to=20 subdivide their land and separately grant it to others, or sell off any = part or=20 the whole of it at will while keeping the remainder, or use any part of = the=20 related appurtenant property as collateral for debts like: property = taxes,=20 mortgage secured loans, credit cards, etcetera, even though there is no=20 conveyance of the property from the Land unless or until a default to = the=20 contracted payment plan occurs. Even though a subdivision may so occur, = the=20 original Land Patent still applies to the whole parcel of land granted = in the=20 assignment and secures each subdivided part with equal power as if that = part had=20 been granted separately by the Land Patent to the respectively assigned=20 landowners.

Mortgages are purely contractual. With most real = estate=20 mortgages, a person agrees to secure the property located on their land = as=20 collateral to the debt described in the mortgage contract. The land is = not=20 related to the mortgage because it was forever granted freely, in the = Land=20 Patent to all of the heirs and assigns of the original landowner named = on the=20 patent, with no dollar value; therefore it cannot be bargained or sold. = Even so,=20 the person making the contract is bound to the contract and must = accordingly=20 meet its terms. If a person in such a mortgage contract fails to meet = its=20 conditions, they agree to the default terms described in the contract. = If they=20 fail to meet those terms by sidestepping to their Land Patent secured = rights,=20 they can be held accountable to fraud. All of this being accurate, the = mortgage=20 has absolutely nothing to do with the Land Patent or with securing = it.

It=20 is true =E2=80=94 when a Land Patent is first issued to its named party = there can be no=20 mortgage or other limiting contract that would limit the absolute fee = simple=20 nature of the land or its appurtenances. However, once the Land is = secured by=20 Land Patent subsequent mortgages related to the real estate located on = that Land=20 are not relevant to the Land Patent or its assignment. In fact, you may = notice,=20 the process of getting a real estate loan requires that you must already = own the=20 Land and its relevant appurtenances or the bank will not loan the funds. = That is=20 why, today, when people make real estate purchases using bank loans they = must go=20 through a title company=E2=80=99s escrow.

Follow the process: =
=E2=80=A2 First = =E2=80=94 The seller wants to=20 sell and the buyer wants to buy.
=E2=80=A2 Second = =E2=80=94 This presupposes=20 that the seller has the right to sell and the buyer has the funds to = buy.=20 <div align=3D"center">For the seller to have the right to sell he = must have=20 =E2=80=9CTitle=E2=80=9D. </div> In most cases today the seller = does not know if he has=20 Title or not because all he ever received was his Deed and a Title = Insurance=20 Policy (which means a title insurance company secures that the last = purchase of=20 that particular real estate had no problems with the sale or conveyance = to the=20 party the buyer is securing the property from and if the title is not = good the=20 insurance company will pay the bank back the funds they loaned). Title = to the=20 Land starts with the relevant Land Patent and moves through a chain of=20 assignment from transfer document to transfer document to the current = owner=E2=80=94each=20 document from the Land Patent to the present are part of the chain of = title with=20 the Land Patent being the actual Title and your Deed being you right of=20 assignment to that Title. A Certified Abstract may stand as evidence of = your=20 Title and may be acceptable by a Court, but a proper complete Title will = include=20 either the original documents or certified copies of the same from Land = Patent=20 to present.

You may notice at this point that if all we are = dealing with=20 here is the sale of Real Estate the Land may not be included. The = landowner=20 could effectively sell the Real Estate, reserve the Land and even begin = charging=20 =E2=80=9Cground rent=E2=80=9D, which you would have to pay or you could = be evicted from the=20 Land.

For a buyer to meet the conditions of assignment he must = have the=20 funds necessary to meet the seller=E2=80=99s conditions. If the buyer = does not have=20 sufficient funds, he may use bank funds but the bank will require him to = secure=20 the loan with the Real Estate. In order to do that the bank will = authorize such=20 paperwork as to guarantee that if the buyer can secure the transaction = the bank=20 will provide the funds. With that escrow opens:
=E2=80=A2 Third = =E2=80=94 The Title Company=E2=80=99s=20 Escrow opens:

To open escrow:
1. The buyer and seller provide the Title company with their = contractual=20 agreement;
2. The seller provides his title to the land, which includes either = his=20 abstract (uncommon today) or his Warranty Deed and his Title = Insurance=20 Policy;
3. The buyer provides his personal information and the banks = guarantee of=20 funding.
the seller=E2=80=99s agreement requires that he will grant the = Land to the buyer=20 if the buyer can pay his price for the appurtenances to the land (Real = Estate), which is proven with the banks performance agreement so the = seller=20 grants title to the Land to the buyer;
the buyer now has the right to the Land and the Real Estate; and,
the Title Company sells the seller a new Title Insurance Policy = for the=20 buyer and the bank
the Title Company provides the bank with proof of the Title = Insurance=20 Policy and assurance that the buyer owns the respective Land;
the bank provides the loaned funds to the seller for the buyer;
according to contract the Title Company generates a respective = Trust Deed=20 related to the Real Estate to secure the mortgage to the bank with the = appurtenant property (not the Land)

=E2=80=A2 Fourth = =E2=80=94 escrow closes on=20 completion of all of its contractually required elements:

the seller is given certified bank funds;=20
a Trustee for the bank is given its Trust Deed to secure the = mortgage;
the bank is given its copy of the new Title Insurance Policy and = its copy=20 of the Trust Deed;
the buyer is given the Land with control of the property (Real = Estate,=20 i.e. property, i.e. appurtenances), the Title Insurance Policy and his = copy of=20 the Mortgage and the respective Trust Deed;
the Title Company records all of the appropriate documents with = the County=20 Clerk and Recorder; and,
the County Clerk and Recorder returns the document to the parties = as per=20 the instructions from the Title Company.

So the real question = is, =E2=80=98does=20 the Land Patent have anything to do with a mortgage?=E2=80=99 And, the = answer is=E2=80=94=E2=80=98No.=E2=80=99=20 That also means that whether or not you have or have ever had a mortgage = related=20 to your property ownership, such a mortgage has no relation to your = having=20 received that grant or assignment secured by the Land Patent.

The = other=20 property ownership limitation people generally concern themselves with = is=20 property taxes. In fact, property taxes are purely contractual. They are = not=20 constitutionally controlled, that is to say, they do not have to be = uniform,=20 apportioned or excise in their nature, because they are contractual. = They are=20 related to the Voter=E2=80=99s Registration contract. To understand = property taxes, it=20 is helpful to understand that the STATE OF =E2=80=98X=E2=80=99 (where = =E2=80=9CX=E2=80=9D is related to a common=20 State name) is a private corporation. Signing up as a registered voter = is a=20 voluntary choice. Once a person is a registered voter they become a = participant=20 in collaterally securing any property tax issue passed by the voters to = any=20 property they have in that state. This is why those in positions of = governance=20 always call this country a Democracy=E2=80=94because if 50%+ of the = registered voters=20 vote for a bond issue, all of the registered voters are subject to=20 it.

Some people participate in property taxes already attached to = a=20 property by a previous owner when they acquire the property from the = previous=20 owner. They do this by accepting the obligation to pay the property = taxes for=20 the remainder of the year.

That is why most of the STATE OF = =E2=80=98X=E2=80=99 entities=20 charge their property taxes in arrears because so doing means the years = taxes=20 are not due and payable until after the year is over=E2=80=94if you = close your purchase=20 at some time that is not at the year=E2=80=99s end the taxes that were = already=20 contracted to by the previous owner would not have been paid so the = seller=20 agrees with you that you will pay them as a condition of the sale. When = you pay=20 those taxes, you become the contracted party to pay them as time goes=20 on.

The final way people contract to pay property taxes is the = Corp.=20 State sends out an assessment even though they have no existing contract = for=20 payment and the property owner pays the assessment, which payment stands = as a=20 signature act on the contract to pay the property taxes from that day = forward.=20 In any of these conditions, the obligation to pay according to the = voter=E2=80=99s=20 registration contract is secured, regardless of whether the payer is a=20 registered voter or not.

Zoning and Building Codes are a direct = result of=20 property taxes. When you put your property up as collateral to secure = your=20 payment of your contractually obligated property taxes, the Corp. State=20 receives, from you, the authority to secure the value of your property = with=20 appropriate zoning regulations and building codes. This related element = of=20 control should be self-explanatory. To eliminate the Corp. = State=E2=80=99s authority to=20 control your property through such statutory controls one would first = have to=20 eliminate any related obligation to property taxes.

The key to=20 eliminating property taxes is, eliminate the contract.

To dispel = the myth=20 that property taxes cannot be eliminated, first remember, = =E2=80=9CPeople make=20 contracts, property cannot.=E2=80=9D That means the obligation to pay = property taxes is=20 bound to the person so obligated and not to the property. People = eliminate their=20 obligation to the property taxing contract everyday by selling the=20 property.

The best way to eliminate the contract is never to = enter into=20 it to begin with. When we acquire Land, and its respective property, we = always=20 pay with real money (gold or silver coin) for the purchase of the = appurtenances=20 to the Land; and we make sure we get the full assignment to the Land = with a true=20 Title to the Land (a Certified Abstract not simply the alleged assurance = of=20 Title Insurance); we also, make sure the Land and its appurtenances are = free and=20 clear of all encumbrances before closing.

If you entered into a = property=20 tax agreement, either as a registered voter or by accepting it from a = previous=20 contractor (or assessment) then one would need to eliminate the contract = after=20 the fact. The best way to do that is to prove the other party violated = their=20 fiduciary accountability to the contract thus breaching the contract. = The=20 easiest way is to eliminate the contract is, simply pay it off. At Team = Law, we=20 have helped people learn how to properly perform these and other = proprietary=20 methods of handling such matters (some of which are very = simple).

With=20 this informational foundation laid, we can now show you how to secure = your Land=20 Patent secured rights.

Securing a Land Patent is a bit more = complex than=20 simply having it properly assigned to you. Think about it: =E2=80=98if = someone gives you=20 a gift and you choose not to accept it, who does it belong = to?=E2=80=99
It still=20 belongs to the giver.

That is the problem inherent with Land = Patents.=20 They are grants; and, should you not accept the gift (grant) it still = belongs to=20 the giver. The biggest difficulty most people have today is that they = did not=20 get a Certified Abstract when they acquired their property so they do = not even=20 know if they have any Land rights and they have never seen or read the = Land=20 Patent itself and are often unaware that it exists. How could they have = possibly=20 accepted a gift they know nothing about? If a contest was raised = challenging=20 their title to the Land, they would not even know how to fight it, let = alone=20 know how their title was secured. We use copyrighted documents to secure = that=20 acceptance. Our documents have been the base of successful Land Right = reviews=20 for over 60 years.

If you did not secure a Complete Title of = original=20 records or a Certified Abstract of Title to your Land, you cannot prove = your=20 actual ownership of it if that ever becomes necessary. If you have title = insurance, it will not protect any rights you may have to the land or to = the=20 property appurtenant to the Land. In a title battle title insurance will = only=20 cover the cost of the property when you purchased it (it will not cover = its=20 current value) and then only if the title insurance applies. Many title=20 insurance policies exclude land patents. The only way you can prove = ownership in=20 a title battle is with proof that you have full title to the Land, which = is only=20 secured by the land patent and the chain of title from the land patent = to the=20 present. To secure your acceptance of the Land Patent(s) granted with = your Land=20 you must have the actual documents or certified copies of them. To = secure your=20 acceptance of the Land Patent(s) related to your Land you can follow=20 these:

Steps to secure your = Land=20 Patent:

First =E2=80=94 You must have a true right to the land, i.e.: = Warranty Deed, a=20 well supported Quitclaim Deed, documented Assignment, Inheritance, = etc.
Second =E2=80=94 Find the land description on your right to the = land and get it=20 into land patent format. Land descriptions on Land Patents are almost = all=20 recorded in either Section, Township and Range format (hereafter = =E2=80=9CSTRf=E2=80=9D) or in=20 =E2=80=9Cmeets and bounds=E2=80=9D (hereinafter = =E2=80=9CM&B=E2=80=9D, a geographical description that=20 starts at a known point and follows with a description of angles and=20 measurements around the perimeter of the land). If the legal = description of=20 your land on your right to the land documents (hereafter = =E2=80=9CWarranty Deed=E2=80=9D) is=20 not in STRf, then you need to get it into that format for your Land = Patent=20 Claim documents (unless the land patent is in M&B). To do that you = need to=20 trace the legal description on your Warranty Deed back to STRf. For = example,=20 if your Deed says, =E2=80=9CLot 3 of the Titillandus Subdivision as = recorded in the=20 Gryffindor County Land Records=E2=80=9D, then you go to the Gryffindor = County Clerk=20 and Recorder=E2=80=99s office and find the Titillandus = Subdivision=E2=80=99s plat map. Find=20 Lot 3 and locate the Section, Township and Range that include that = Lot. Get a=20 copy of the County=E2=80=99s original plat map of that subdivision = (not a computer=20 generated composite); you will especially need the part that legally = describes=20 the land; it is usually on the first page. That part is called: = =E2=80=9Cthe legal=E2=80=9D;=20 and, it usually lists the Land description in STRf. While = you=E2=80=99re there it=20 won=E2=80=99t hurt to get a couple certified copies of your Warranty = Deed from their=20 records.
Third =E2=80=94 With the description of your Land in STRf or = M&B, you=E2=80=99re ready=20 to go acquire a copy of the appropriate Land Patent for your Land. = This is=20 done by taking the legal description of your Land, in STRf, to the = Bureau of=20 Land Management (BLM) and asking them (in their Land Patent records = office)=20 for a Certified copy of the Land Patent for the land represented by = your Land=20 description including, Section, Township, and Range. It=E2=80=99s a = good idea to get=20 at least two certified copies of the appropriate Patent and a copy of = the=20 =E2=80=9CPatent Plat map=E2=80=9D for the particular Township your = land is in.
Fourth =E2=80=94 Now that you have certified copies of your Land = Patent and=20 certified copies and or originals of your Warranty Deed you=E2=80=99re = ready to send=20 those certified copies to us for our completion of your Land Patent = Acceptance=20 documents.

This is where you start if you have said Complete = Title or=20 Certified Abstract of Title, either way, for us to do the work we do in=20 preparing proper acceptance documents, we must be able to track both you = and the=20 land in question from the present to the Land Patent. We do not = generally verify=20 the entire abstract, that is up to you, we do use the Land Patent itself = and=20 your right to the Land documents (Warranty Deed) with the plat maps = necessary to=20 show that your land is within the Land Patent description; therefore, we = need=20 all necessary certified documents to do that.

Please be aware = that=20 because of the critical nature of legal documents and the responsibility = required for their use Team Law documents are available to Team Law=20 Beneficiaries only (except as noted below).

We do this because we = want=20 people to have support in using our documents. We don't want people to = use our=20 documents in error and then go into a court case and loose due to their=20 ignorance, then get appellate decisions set that cause us to have to = reinvent=20 the wheel if we have to fight a case in court. This type of thing has = happened=20 several times, literally costing millions in litigation = expenses.

Team=20 Law Beneficiaries have our support so any documentation we can provide = is=20 provided to them at no cost. Some samples of our documents are available = in=20 training albums that can be purchased. Our copyrighted Land Patent = securing=20 documents as they have been successfully used in court for over 70 years = are=20 available in our Do it Yourself Land Patents training album the retail = price of=20 that album is $295.00 plus $7.00 shipping. The Team Law Beneficiary = price (cost)=20 is $81.50 (including shipping), and the WARN newsletter=20 subscriber price (wholesale) is $191.50 (including shipping).

We = provide=20 improved versions of those documents to Team Law Beneficiaries at no = cost only=20 in their completed form with all of their personal information properly = compiled=20 by our staff and properly included in a "Land Patent sandwich", which = (for=20 educational purposes) is assembled by our staff. All services provided = to Team=20 Law Beneficiaries are free of charge.

The only ways you can = lawfully=20 receive our copyrighted forms is by either becoming a Team Law = Beneficiary, by=20 purchasing the Do it Yourself Land Patents album (which provides samples = of our=20 older forms; the album is not recommended for use without Team = Law=E2=80=99s support) or=20 we do help those that just want us to properly compile the completed = forms for=20 them with no other support for $200.00 (that means you do all of the leg = work=20 and get all of the appropriate documents in accord with the instructions = above=20 (we can guide you through that) and we use the latest version of our = copyrighted=20 forms, fill them out properly [as if we were doing it for ourselves] = with the=20 information from your documents and compile two copies of your Land = Patent=20 Sandwich and return them to you [we keep a sample copy, all rights = reserved for=20 publication]. People most often use the training album along with our=20 documentation service for better understanding of land patents and how = they=20 work.

For us to compile the Land Patent Sandwich you have to send = us the=20 documents, so once you have completed the four steps above, send us the=20 documents along with any necessary processing fees. You will find our = mailing=20 location near the top of our Order Form and on the = back of=20 the WARN=20 newsletter volume 1 issue 1.

If=20 the documents you send are complete and ready to go when they arrive, = they are=20 usually processed in about two days and returned by United States Postal = Service=20 by Priority Mail.

To help you understand Team Law better, please=20 understand Team Law has no membership; therefore, it is impossible to = =E2=80=9Cjoin=E2=80=9D=20 Team Law.

When people recognize what Team Law has already done to = secure=20 our Land, Liberty, Property, and to reseat our nation's original = jurisdiction=20 government, etc., they find Team Law worthy of their support and make = donations=20 to support Team Law. When those donations are, $695.00 or more Team Law = deems=20 such donations =E2=80=9Cbeneficial donations=E2=80=9D and grants the = donator the privilege of=20 nominating the next Team Law Beneficiary [a living man, woman or child = other=20 than self]. We then grant a lifetime Team Law Beneficiary Endowment to = the=20 nominee. We also grant a WARN subscription to the named beneficiary. Most = Team Law=20 supporters make their donations at $695.00 or more. We also grant family = endowments when the donation is $945.00 or more. Family Team Law = Beneficiary=20 Endowments cover a Husband and/or a Wife and their under eighteen year = old=20 children. Donations are made without recourse to support Team = Law=E2=80=99s past efforts=20 in the hope that we will be able to continue with = perpetuity.

Team Law=20 Beneficiaries can buy single copies of any of Team Law's materials at = our cost=20 prices. Team Law Beneficiaries can also use any of the paralegal = educational=20 services, etc. Team Law can provide at no cost. Donations are made to = support us=20 for what we have already done not to get the services Team Law can = provide.=20 Those services are just icing on the cake.

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The one thing the founding fathers missed in = setting up our=20 government was they did not provide a way to insure their = children=E2=80=99s children=E2=80=99s=20 children would understand what the founding fathers already knew. = Perhaps they=20 could see no way to do it without force and they were very much against=20 compulsory education. With Team Law, we have a way. It will continue to = expand=20 by design. It is designed to be perpetual and to be completely self = sufficient=20 (without donations) in time.

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