[cicero2k]

Why do I think that the State of California is about to jump in a claim ownership of these rocks?

Besides, who owns the mineral rights from what falls from the sky?

[Procyon]

In most countries mineral rights (including meteorites) belong to the state. In the U.S.A, meteorites are the property of the land owner.

Now if they don't see you reach down to pick up something you dropped, who's to say where you found it?

[Political Junkie Too]

I was just going to say that.

It's already illegal to use rainwater for personal use in many states.

If rain falling from the sky is already claimed by someone else, then can rocks falling from the sky be far behind?

-PJ