rachael simpson wrote:
you may choose to 'take care of' such things yourself, but we don't. the
man we got it from wanted it this way, we were getting a deal, we went
along.

Oh, honey. I gotta tell ya, I'm with Sheldon on this. Title transfers
*can* just happen as the result of a quit claim, but only if your name
is on the deed to start with or the deed is given over to you
specifically. You would know if this had happened. You would get the tax
bill. Ask the county for a copy of your deed.

Don't get the tax bill? Wow, you really did get a deal, didn't you!



do you ever believe anything anyway? i said *have*, not owned, because
that's the way i talk, i type like i talk. I have kids, i don't own
them. I have a van, my hubby and i have a home, we have another van
together, and he *has* 2 trucks. should i name the tractors and
equipment we *have* also? if i was talking to you face to face, i would
have said it the same way that i typed it, if you would even let me get
a word in edgewise. the horses and cows have a shelter (more than one)
too by the way, didn't think that was an important fact to state in my
question. also, if you read the thread, then you will notice that i
stated there is a ROW in place, for the electric company to care for
lines. i don't know about where you are, but here when the state wants
to do some form of work to a ditch, they do it. sometimes we get
notices, sometimes we don't...depends on what type work, and if it's
fenced in.

oh, and you don't know what the price of the rent each quarter was. it
justifies our *ownership*. besides, the man is a millionaire, a founding
father of our area and county. his kids didn't want the place, they have
lives elsewhere, and he is *nice*. something you obviously know nothing
about.

At the end of all of this, it matters little what you *have*. What will
matter is what you can *prove*. The amount of rent you paid means squat
if you can't prove it was applied toward the purchase of the land, and
there is no ownership if you don't have the deed in your name. And
though the millionaire founding father may be the nicest man in town,
it's always wise to do a survey and title search. Don't take anybody's
word for things, no matter what the local lore is.