At the core of a Sonoma County couple’s lawsuit against county recorder Deva Proto is the concept of the land patent, a once-common form of property title that has slipped into obscurity. What is a ...

Three times, Matthew Dakin and his wife, Ashley Ryles, took the document to the Sonoma County Recorder’s Office, to be entered into the public record. Three times, county ...

A total of 311 land patents were issued to at least 119 recipients on Wednesday at Robinsons Place in San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte. The distribution is part of the ongoing implementation of the ...