How to find the owner?

[andrew96]

I was fishing by the train tracks the other day, and I stumbled upon a old farm in the woods. It is a wooded area of an old high class area by the river.

 

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[alpha105]

Well if theres an address, which im assuming there is not, you would do a White Pages reverse lookup. Also the same said if theres a house nearby that could have ownership.

Otherwise Town Hall....ask around there they should be able to point you in the right direction. If its way out in the middle of the woods and u see nothing around.....Do as you see fit *wink*

 

[auferret]

If its way out in the middle of the woods and u see nothing around.....Do as you see fit *wink*

Your advice was looking good up to this point. We never condone trespassing. Maybe if the poster would tell us where he is, we may be able to help him find a resource he can use.

 

[NHBandit]

Well if theres an address, which im assuming there is not, you would do a White Pages reverse lookup. Also the same said if theres a house nearby that could have ownership.

Otherwise Town Hall....ask around there they should be able to point you in the right direction. If its way out in the middle of the woods and u see nothing around.....Do as you see fit *wink*

Unbelievable.... Would you give the same advice if the guy was walking through a parking lot and spotted a car with the keys left in the ignition ? It's dark, there's nobody around... Did it ever occur to you that he shouldn't even be in those woods if he dosn't know who owns them ? Some of you people amaze me. The guy asked how to do it the right way. Good for him. Shame on you.

 

[alpha105]

Sorry i havnt gotten back to this post sooner.....the wink was to say that i was joking. All the information is findable if you go through county lines. Sorry for any confusion.

 

[bugbitingme]

If you can get the address, you can get online for the county taxes and find the owners name. Find the mailman for that area, he would probably know something useful. A real estate agent could find out for you. The deed office will have plat books with the information.

It sounds like a good place to hunt and worth the effort of finding the owner. Good luck.

 

[Siegfried Schlagrule]

Go to the reference desk at the local library and ask to see the plat book.
All farm boundaries will be shown and the owner named - sometimes with phone number. If the property has sold the old owner will know the name of the new owner. siegfried schlagrule

 

[Felinepeachy]

First check on line. Type in "your county" GIS. If your county has mapping information on line (many do) you'll be able to locate the parcel and property owner. If they don't have GIS on line then you can call the county assessors office. It helps to have a legal description of the location. Just look at any map with Section, Township and Range and map it out yourself. It doesn't have to be exact, just map it to the house. If that doesn't work you can go to the nearest old man. Usually they will know everything about who owns it, the names of every dog they owned, who they were married to and when they died. Old people are a wealth of information. This is what I'm finding out here in Kentucky.

 

[andrew96]

Close to the train tracks? Could be RR property.

It's not, I can see they are doing some sort of work on the small guest houses on the land.

 

[boogeyman]

If there's work being done on some of the buildings, why not leave a note thumbtacked to one of the buildings or on/in the mailbox? "Please contact me regarding this property (your name & number).

As far as trespassing goes, "Research is cheaper than having a load of buckshot removed from your bum"

 

[BigWaveDave]

he prolly thought of that...5 years ago

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

And he hasn't been active since August 26, 2010

For future reference - visit your county's website and see if they have a link to the GIS system. Some do, and some are free and some are not. Aerial photographs overlaid with tax map info (including owner).

 

[boogeyman]

he prolly thought of that...5 years ago

OK Dave. Got any coffee to spare? Apparently I need a gallon or two more