how do you find out who is buried on the land you just purchased?
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- You dont want to worry about them unless you have not bought the Burial Ground.\n- Be fearless\n--------------
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Contact a good realtor in the area, they have software databases that can pull up any address and tell you who has listed it within the past few years.
413659
You have to look up the Property Tax Authority or County assessor & look up the owners name.  Once you have that look up the county recorder's office to see if you can do an online document search for an recorded deed of trusts for example.  It will show all liens against a person & the document will show show the parcel or operty address its tied too on the document.  Some Counties hold this info private & you may have a hard time getting this (if your in some parts of CA).
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you can try asking the neighbors first for some general information (e.g. who lived there before, what jobs did they have, etc.).  from there, you can try to look for more information in your local library (old newspapers and records).  you can also try your city hall first and ask which lother local government offices would have information on home owners.  you can also try to find out the architect of the home is (or was if that person is already dead).  if you bought your house through a real estate broker, try asking him or her for extra information.
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Go to the register of deeds for that county and ask him.  It's public record who owns real property.  In my county it can be looked up on the internet, but most counties don't have this yet.  You should also be able to find out the price they paid and when and also how much the property taxes are.  Good luck!
999581
Where is the land and do you own it outright????
407498
Take the property address and got the county recorder's office to do the research.  You should be able to find out there if it is in fact private property.  Just because something is open to the public doesn't make it public property.  Besides, trying to gather signatures on at a cemetery were people have come to grieve and bury their dead is rude and disrespectful.
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Contact the county clerk. He/She will be able to tell you the situation with the property. They will also be able to tell you the zoning of the property.
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If you find the Cemetery listed on the net ( search Google, using cemetery and, city and state) most sites will list who is buried there.
814755
Many cemeteries have been abandoned over the years for lack of funds. Check with the county to see if in deed is was case,If it was then your friends do own it, and other then cleaning it up there isn't any thing that can be done with the land. States have laws  specific to cemeteries and disinterring bodies,weather the grave site was abandoned or not.
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Call your county assessor.  All property owners and tax assessments are a matter of public record.  I know in my county we can look at GIS maps online, click on a particular property address and see the owner's name & address (if different from the property address).
195515
Things to consider. Sometimes the land maybe behind other land(owned by someone else)you need to make sure you also get access to your land. How close is power lines to your land (the power company might charge you the cost if the main is far away and they have to do extra. What about water, do you need to drill a well? sometimes water back East can be real rusty,orhave a bad sulphur smell Or if you are Out West does water rights come with the land or do you have buy them. Does the land have good drainage? Are the taxes paid up (if you buy it you become responsable for any back taxes).
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In Texas and in many other states you take the physical address to the County Appraisal District. Some states use the Tax Assessors Office. There you can cross reference the address to the land. When you do this you will find a book and page number which you can take to the Clerk of Courts or County Clerks office and look up the actual deed to the property. The Deed will show you the actual owners. Sometimes the owners are deceased and the heirs are not aware or do not care about the property. In that case you will have to research the owners names elsewhere. (Another class) Pleae note that you may get a name and address at the taxing authority also, the address where the tax bill is sent to the owner may not be same address as the land you are interested in. This is the case in all rental property.
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It depends upon how the property was owned by your mother and step-dad.  If their names were listed as John Doe and Jane Doe, joint tenants, then your step-father became the sole owner once your mother died.  If that happened, once your step-father died, the land passed down according to his will or to his heirs if he died without a will.  As a stepchild, you are not considered one of his heir if he died without a will.\n\nYou really need to go to the county courthouse to see how the land was titled when your mother was still alive. Once you have that information, post a new question on her stating exactly how the official records showed the way the land was owned, leaving out the actual names of course.
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The most reliable information will come from local authorities.\n\nHave them contact the local sheriff office and ask if the cemetery can do this.\n\nTen to one they are NOT allowed to do this by state law and the sheriff would be very happy to know that this may be happening.\n\nNasty cemetery, maybe a good idea not to use it again.\n\nGood Luck!\n\nAdded at 4:15 pm PST: \nHave them look at their contract as well and made sure this nasty bit wasn't in there. I am fairly certain that most states have laws against disturbing a burial ground.\n\nThe comment above about contacting the Attorney General was also a good one. Crazy practices like this happen all over the country, it's not isolated. \n\nRead the story at the link below for what happened in Carlsbad, NM - same situation, cemetery owner dug up remains for non-payment.
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Check land records at the gov. building in the area
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do a title search.\nit is worth paying the title company to do this.\ndoing yourself is difficult.\nif the county has public access to recordslook up the current owner. the document will show a recording date and a cross reference #. trace theat # and it will tell you the seller.look up that seller in general ref if you  have to but usually the recording # will tell you what you need to know. keep doing this until you get to the time period you want..\nwhen the owners name you want appears, then you have to do a geneological trace to0 find family who may or may not have pictures, and may or may not share them with you.\nstewart and american are both natiowide as i remember\nwhen you call them area code 555 1212 for info, ask for customer service.