If a person owns a piece of land do they own it all the way down to the core of the earth?

Answer 1

YES, unless the land is sold with specific oil, mineral, water and/or archaeological restrictions, all rights are negotiable from the owner as absolute proprietor.

Answer 2

Cuius est solum, eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos (in English, for whomsoever owns the soil, it is theirs up to the sky and down to the depths). This is subject to the Crown being the true owner of land per se, and also to the Treasure Act, the Civial Aviation Act and plenty of other such restrictions. I could go on all day about the restrictions and covenants that may exist over this rule.

Answer 3

No. Some contracts specify exactly how far down the ownership exists because of mineral and water rights needed for the community or country.

Answer 4

Only if they have the mineral rights, they were given with a lot of the first property. but in the last few years of land rush the government with held them also the old owners have with held a lot of them just in case their was oil, coal, or other minerals.

Answer 5

As far down as you can dig. If you own mineral rights. Some people sell their mineral rights to large corporations, but I wouldn't advise it.

Answer 6

Yeah, it's called mineral rights. They can be sold separately from the property.

Answer 7

Not necessarily.
I think that legally they are kept seperate

Answer 8

yep all the way down

Answer 9

Sure, start digging.

Answer 10

that's a good question...my guess would be yes!