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This account of selling
Virginia land conservation
tax credits started at least as long ago as June 7,1977.
That’s the day my wife Barb and I placed the second easement in Rappahannock County on our piece of the family property here; my aunt was right behind us with an easement on her part of the farm.
The easement my wife and I granted allowed one division of our 90 acres; we figured we’d never do a division, but needed an escape hatch in case of disaster.
In 1980, we bought 50 acres of my brother’s ownership; it was easement-protected, and could not be divided. In short, we owned two parcels that could potentially become three.
The year 2004 clarified what will likely happen to our 140 acres when Barb and I
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