by CaverMC » Aug 7, 2009 9:24 pm
I guess I was thinking about federal land, not state, local, or private property. Teresa mentioned national parks, state parks, and forests. In this case, with the exception of state parks, it seems to me, with the passing of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1979, that a homestead claimant would have to prove that they possessed and developed the land before 1979. I'm saying, someone can't go on BLM, National Forest, or National Park Service land these days and set up a homestead claim. In the case of private property, I've heard that if someone didn't pay their property tax for a certain amount of years, someone could go in and pay the taxes and claim the property. I think I actually heard of someone loosing their land this way.