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[Bill Jones <billj AT harborside.com>]

Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:

> Look into zoning laws, but far more important is deed restrictions.  The 
> restrictions might not be specifically listed on your deed nor any of its 
> predecessors to be valid.  That's where the deed search and the attorney come in.
When we bought this place we hired a title company. Was that enough? I'm 
certain that a search for liens against the property is harder than one 
for deed restrictions, which are all recorded in one easy place, right?

>  
> Things like not living in a camper on the land or not living there until there is 
> a developed water source sound more like deed restrictions than zoning.
>  
Maybe I'm just being too pessimistic. Maybe we can just have a cistern, 
a camper, and a solarium/shed. But, even though we seem to live in the 
age of RVing, if you go to Arizona, one doesn't often hear of people 
traveling semi-annually between two pieces of undeveloped land, even 
though our ancestors followed this lifestyle for millenia. Insurance 
companies aren't helping; I hear there's usually a clause that voids 
your fire insurance if you're gone for more than 30 days.

I shouldn't rule out California, even if Crescent City isn't known for 
its olives, but rather the endless gloom. I don't vaccinate the lambs 
and calves that we raise seasonally now, because I never have any 
problems just in one summer, but these sheep would be long-term breeding 
sheep, and they would be vaccinated. I wonder if there's any other 
catch, in California or in general, with bringing animals across a state 
line.

Bill
S. Oregon coast