Land Patents
Understanding how they work
http://www.teamlaw.org/LandPatents.htm

There’s been much talked about in relation to Land Patents lately.  As
far as most of that talk goes I’m glad people are talking about them. 
It’s about time.  The problem with patents is—ignorance

Some say, "The only bad news is no news.".

It seems that most of the people in our nation today either have no
idea what a Land Patent is, or they think it’s a good way to swindle,
or otherwise avoid paying, a bank or tax collector some amount of
funds.  The simple truth is that a land patent does not eliminate your
ability to otherwise contract and secure the property that sits upon
the land to others as collateral against your promise to pay.  People
also think they own their land because they paid for it and they have a
Warranty Deed—However, often that is not enough.

Though it’s true, "Land, protected by Land Patent, can’t lawfully be
seized for debt or taxes."  Therefore, no mortgage or tax liability can
stand against a Land Patent.  It’s still wrong to make an agreement or
obligation and then hide from that agreement or obligation by any
means.  An honorable person just plain won’t do it.

Furthermore, hiding from nearly any kind of situation is likely not the
best way to go and Team Law can likely help you discover far better
ways to solve any legal problem equitably — call us.

Historically, we live in a nation that hasn’t had elections in its
central government since before 1944.  The States individually stopped
electing government officials at least by 1968.  The main cause of that
was electors were either ignorant of their responsibilities or part of
the national takeover.  The main cause of that was the people forgot
about their abstracts and Land Patents and accepted Title Insurance
instead.  (An abstract is a document that contains all of the transfer
documents used to assign Title to Land from the Patent to the present.)

Some ignorant people will tell you, "land patents don’t work."  What
that means is they don’t know how land ownership works.  They speak
from their ignorance.

For those who have tried land patents unsuccessfully, the cause of
their lack of success is — ignorance.  It’s time to put that ignorance
to rest.

Think about it.

      Where did the land within the United States of America come from?
      It came from: England, France, Spain, Mexico, Russia, Hawaii, and
from the Native American Indians.

      How did the United States acquire the land?
      By purchase like with Manhattan Island, the Louisiana Purchase,
and Alaska;
      By war power like with, Hawaii and much of the Native American
Indian lands;
      By Treaty like, The Northwest Territories Treaty, The Guadeloupe
Hidalgo Treaty; and
      By treaty as the end result of war like the Revolutionary War for
independence from England.

The end result — regardless of how the land was acquired — a Treaty was
ultimately designed whereby the land was resolved and reserved for the
proper possession and individual ownership of the people of the United
States of America.  Security in land rights was, and is, found within
the Treaty.

Once land was acquired in the nation it was held by the United States
until someone proved their claim to it.  Once the land was properly
claimed and filed, the General Land Office certified that the surveys
were paid for.  According to the various land acts of Congress, the
land was then made patent under the signature and seal of the President
of the United States of America.

When a State enters the Union of the United States of America, an
Enabling Act is agreed to.  The Enabling Act requires that all of the
unappropriated (unpatented) lands be forever granted to the Union for
its disposition.  For example, here is an "irrevocable ordinance" from
Colorado’s Enabling Act:

"That the people inhabiting said territory do agree and declare that
they forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated public
lands lying within said territory, and that the same shall be and
remain at the sole and entire disposition of the United States".

Without such transfer of control over the right and title to the land,
there would be no effective authority in
a land patent sealed under the signature of the President.  For
example, with few exceptions, U. S. of A. land patents have no
authority in the Republic of Texas because Texas never ceded its lands
to the United States.  Once the land is placed in trust under the sole
disposition of the United States government it stands there until
someone makes a proper claim for it and because the Constitution
forbids the United States from owning it, they must grant it to the
person that proves their proper claim to it; that is when the land is
granted to the proper claimant and that grant is made patent under the
hand and seal of the President.

Notice the net effect of these Enabling Acts in relation to state taxes
and state statutes:

‘After exclusive jurisdiction over lands within a State have been ceded
to the United States, private property located thereon is not subject
to taxation by the State, nor can state statutes enacted subsequent to
the transfer have any operation therein.’ Surplus Trading Company v.
Cook, 281 U.S. 647; Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Chiles, 214 U.S.
274; Arlington Hotel v. Fant, 278 U.S. 439; Pacific Coast Dairy v.
Department of Agriculture, 318 U.S. 285

Every State within the Union of States (with the exception of the
Republic of Texas) granted their unappropriated lands to the United
States as a condition of statehood.  Then as people acquired land,
under various acts of Congress the President signed the patents
securing the patented rights to the patent holders and their heirs and
assigns forever.

There are many more cases where the United States Supreme Court has
supported the fact that the Land Patent certifies absolute and supreme
title to land.  There are no cases where the courts ever ruled against
the properly obtained Land Patent.

Summa Corp. v California, 466 US 198, is not listed above, yet it is
one of the best cases describing how land patents work.  In that 1980’s
case the court noted that they had ruled and ruled and ruled and they
were not going to rule again, the Land Patent is supreme title to land.
 The case was one where California was granted the tidewater lands in
the California Republic Constitution and therefore California went
after a family’s land, which land was secured under patent on an old
Spanish Land Grant.  Interestingly, the case doesn’t talk much about
land patents; it talks about the Guadeloupe Hidalgo Treaty.  Imagine
that, a land patent case that speaks mostly about the supremacy clause
of the Constitution, which clause states that Treaties are supreme law
even over a State's foundational Constitution.

Don’t you get it? Here’s how land patents work:

   1. The Land was originally acquired within the United States of
America by some Treaty.
   2. Your Land Patent secures the rights of the Treaty upon which the
land was originally acquired within the territories of the United
States from the Treaty to the individual person named on the patent.
   3. The patent specifically grants the described lands to the party
named on the patent and to their heirs and their assigns forever.
   4. The party named on the patent then passes the inheritance,
grants, or assigns the patented lands to someone else, which heir or
assignee is now named on the patent by that assignment.  The documents
that demonstrate such an assignment are often called, "Deeds".
   5. Because the granter can not compel you to accept the assignment
it is necessary for you to take some action to signify your acceptance
of the assignment.  For this reason we use Team Law's copyrighted
"Declaration of Land Patent".
   6. Once you have accepted the proper assignment of the Land Patent
with proper documentation, you are named on the physical Land Patent
where it says, "and to his heir and assigns forever". 

It doesn’t matter how many times the land is reassigned.  The patent by
its own creation lasts "forever" and belongs to the named party "and to
their heirs and assigns forever".

So what do you do now to secure your Land Patent?
Follow the instructions presented on the following, "Steps to secure a
Land Patent".

The most important use of your Land Patent

Our opinion is: "In America today, the most important reason to secure
your land patent in your name is to secure your status as an Elector. 
An Elector is a land owning freeman.  Only electors can vote for State
Senators, Governors and Presidents of the United States of America. 
When the Government vacated its responsibility to dispensation of the
land by not maintaining elected Presidents and Governors the elector’s
responsibility to reelect those officials becomes critical.  Do to the
nature of land ownership in America, such elections can only be caused
by electors.  If we don’t reseat our state and national governments we
will loose our nation to IMF’s New World Order.  If we do reseat our
governments we will have a chance to save our nation and our
Constitution.  This year Governor’s Elections are taking place in: New
Jersey, Virginia.   If you elect an original jurisdiction State
Governor this year, they can reseat their national Senators and those
original jurisdiction Senators will have the authority to reseat our
nation’s original jurisdiction President.  The entire world is watching
us; and, most of the world wants Liberty.

We're working to take our nation back!   To learn more visit the 
Governor's Corner

More reading:     Excerpt's from Do you own your land?

Listen to Senator Madsen on Land Patents on Real Audio.