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How To Find Out Who Owns Some Land


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There are a few areas near me that have no caches anywhere near them and look like they would be a good spot to place a cache. It makes me wonder why. I'd like to go out and place a cache, but the only problem is, I have no idea who owns the land. If it's public land, private land or what. There aren't any obvious houses, businesses or signs that indicate one way or another. What's the best way to determine who is the owner of a given piece of land?

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There are a few areas near me that have no caches anywhere near them and look like they would be a good spot to place a cache. It makes me wonder why. I'd like to go out and place a cache, but the only problem is, I have no idea who owns the land. If it's public land, private land or what. There aren't any obvious houses, businesses or signs that indicate one way or another. What's the best way to determine who is the owner of a given piece of land?

I would start with the County Plat Maps at your tax assessors office, or possibly your local library.

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Locally, my greatest resource has been the Property Appraiser's Office for whatever county the property is in. The 3 counties I cache most in, (Orange, Volusia, Seminole), all have Internet databases where you can search a map, clicking on the property in question to see who owns it. Kudos for trying to find out the rightful owner! :P

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I just did this for a cache I want to place. A bit of work since I had to use a map to find the parcel number and then search that parcel number for the tax information and that may only lead to a name or mailing address...

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