re: BLM now taking land from TX rancher....but he owns his land - UPDATED

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I don't get why he loses his land if they change the borders to Ok.

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TX can't deed OK land...Your neighbor can't sell your land to Cptbengal.

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IF the border's change then wouldn't OK have to recognize his ownership of that land previously under Texas and just file paperwork to give him a deed for the Ok portion? Then he would pay property tax to Oklahoma?

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They could, but the property owner that was deeded land by OK up to the state boundary might object...or in this case if the FED had land rights prior to OK being a state that ran up and to the state boundary with TX that ownership would be superior.

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I don't get why he has to lose his land just because a state border changes. What if say the Colorado splitting into 2 states were to happen? Would all of those property owners in the new state have to give their land to the BLM since the Colorado deed would no longer be valid?

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You're confusing the issue. First, here, the state border isn't changing - it has never been settled. If CO split into two states the prior land deeds would still be valid in both states - you're making an apples to oranges comparison. And the BLM isn't the driver taking land...the border resolution between the two states will be "taking" the land and the BLM (like other OK landowners) may be a beneficiary of that border settlement.