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

Question

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

Answer 1

A Very Interesting Question.

It would depend on the "Law of the Land".

ownership rights always come with some exception, till it is defined otherwise.

thnks

Answer 2

Not if the water or mineral rights in the ground are owned by someone else!

I don't think they would own that land all the way to the core in any event.

Answer 3

There are two types of land ownership. Surface rights and mineral rights. In some cases the surface land owner has mineral rights, more commonly though the mineral rights belong to the government or to someone who purchased a mineral lease from the government.

Answer 4

No you dont own anything below the surface. If there is oil/water/uranium underneath the government will either try to buy you out for that land or if you refuse they will just mine from adjacent land and if your land/house collapses in it is not their problem.

Answer 5

yeah really. How can one person own land anyway and who owned it from the very beginning and why did they have the power to sell it when they paid nothing for it?

Answer 6

No. Only up to the foundation. If they have a secret underground laboratory, it looks like they own that too! Muahaha