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Gulf County to request legal review after resident raises claim over access road to Dead Lakes
Summary
A Gulf County resident urged the commission to investigate century-old conveyances and a claimed reversionary interest in a road leading to the Dead Lakes. County attorneys told commissioners title and deed disputes are private matters but said staff can research whether the county holds a public-access interest and report back.
Jean Hanlon told the Gulf County Board of County Commissioners that a piece of land and an adjoining roadway his family once used to reach the Dead Lakes has been sold multiple times and now has a septic tank and a camper on it. "And it has specific statement in there what would take place and how my granddad would want that piece of property done and treated in the event that it ever was abandoned... it specifically states that that road or that piece of property reverts back to the family," Hanlon said during public comment.
County Attorney Jeremy Novak told commissioners that title transfers…
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