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This is great for the public, but extremely bad for individual privacy. In this case, the need of the few rightly outweighs the desire of many.
by Annatar 8y ago
This is great for the public, but extremely bad for individual privacy. In this case, the need of the few rightly outweighs the desire of many.
- walshemj 8y agoIt also seems to be a pitch to pay the government money :-)
- OldHand2018 8y agoIn the United States, about half of states allow for the Illinois (style) Land Trust. Property is registered as normal with the local recorder of deeds but the owner is a trust with the trustee typically being an attorney. Property tax bills are addressed to "Owner of Record", etc. If there is a need to discover the true owners, you go to court and describe your need to a judge. If the judge agrees, a legally-enforceable order is issued which you take to the trustee and they then reveal the ownership/beneficiary structure. The trustee is publicly registered, so you can accomplish most of the "I need to know the owner" tasks without knowing the owner. For example, I need a zoning change and must send notice to all property owners within 1 mile, or a tree on your property fell onto my property and destroyed my shed and you owe me money, etc. Send your letter to the trustee: they have a duty to deal with it.