At the core of a Sonoma County couple’s lawsuit against county recorder Deva Proto is the concept of the land patent, a once-common form of property title that has slipped into obscurity. What is a ...

Believers in the theory that federal land patents defeat property taxes have been dealt a blow by this decision by the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. It is a rather interesting theory. The idea is that ...

1960s era regulations could impact the development of the U-Med District Access Road, also known as the Bragaw Extension. The planned $20 million, two-lane road would cut through University of ...

Boy Scouts from around the Baltimore area gathered in Annapolis last week to witness a historic event involving the state’s transfer of ownership to part of the Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation ...

A homeowner who wanted to sell his house in north Casper this year ran into a paper wall because of a family dispute fought with a document called a land patent.

A total of 311 land patents were issued to at least 119 recipients on Wednesday at Robinsons Place in San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte. The distribution is part of the ongoing implementation of the ...