[meteorite-list] Roadside Hunting and Ownership

From: Brian Burrer <brimane_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 07:52:26 -0500
Message-ID: <CA+VWDOJ6qCLgPZ9UxjFeOTH=odmh1YW_YXAFnUS4mWVNQj_Uig_at_mail.gmail.com>

Greetings List,

I have been following with interest the recent chatter concerning BLM
regulations; questions arise in my mind concerning roadside
recoveries.
I would guess that ownership of the find could vary widely depending
on what roadside it was found on.
Rural county roads in Texas are typically privately owned; the land
under the road is owned by individuals who pay taxes on it just like
the rest of their land. The road is public but the bar-ditch is
private; ownership clearly falls to the landowner.
But what about state and federal highway margins; this is not
typically (maybe ever) BLM land so what rules apply?
Received on Wed 03 Oct 2012 08:52:26 AM PDT