Three times. Three times during the New California State constitutional rewrite last year, I asked the same thing: We must enshrine allodial title in the constitution itself. Three times it was pushed back.
Three times the answer was the same: “We can handle that later with a bill.”
Three times the answer was the same: “We can handle that later with a bill.”
Friends, that answer is not caution.
That answer is the same quiet deception that has kept Americans as tenants on their own land for more than a century. This is not a small policy detail.
This is one of the biggest deceptions in the entire American story — and if NCS repeats it, we will simply build a new house on the same feudal foundation we claim to be escaping.
That answer is the same quiet deception that has kept Americans as tenants on their own land for more than a century. This is not a small policy detail.
This is one of the biggest deceptions in the entire American story — and if NCS repeats it, we will simply build a new house on the same feudal foundation we claim to be escaping.
What Allodial Title Really Is?
Allodial title is absolute, unqualified ownership of land.
The owner owes no superior landlord — not the king, not the state, not any government entity.
No perpetual property tax (which is really a feudal rent paid to the state for “permission” to keep using your own land).
The land is truly yours to steward, to pass to your children, to develop or leave wild as you see fit. This was the original American ideal after the Revolution.
The owner owes no superior landlord — not the king, not the state, not any government entity.
No perpetual property tax (which is really a feudal rent paid to the state for “permission” to keep using your own land).
The land is truly yours to steward, to pass to your children, to develop or leave wild as you see fit. This was the original American ideal after the Revolution.
The Founders rejected European feudal land tenure.
They wanted free men to own land outright. Yet quietly, over time, courts and governments shifted us back into a fee-simple system — a modern version of feudalism where the state always retains the superior claim through taxes, zoning, eminent domain, and regulations. You do not truly own your land in America today.
You are a tenant with a very expensive lease.
You are a tenant with a very expensive lease.
Why It Must Be in the Constitution — Not a Bill
A bill can be repealed by a simple majority vote when the political winds shift.
A constitutional provision cannot. Putting allodial title in the constitution sends the message that this is a permanent, non-negotiable foundation of the new state.
It protects the principle from being chipped away by special interests, future legislatures, activist courts, or the next financial “emergency.” Leaving it for a later bill is exactly what they did with corporate personhood in Essay #15.
That is how giants are born — by kicking the hard foundational questions down the road and saying “the judges can sort it out later.” We cannot afford to make that mistake twice in the same constitution.
A constitutional provision cannot. Putting allodial title in the constitution sends the message that this is a permanent, non-negotiable foundation of the new state.
It protects the principle from being chipped away by special interests, future legislatures, activist courts, or the next financial “emergency.” Leaving it for a later bill is exactly what they did with corporate personhood in Essay #15.
That is how giants are born — by kicking the hard foundational questions down the road and saying “the judges can sort it out later.” We cannot afford to make that mistake twice in the same constitution.
Proposed Language for the NCS Constitution
Add this directly into Article I (Bill of Rights) or as a new Section on Property Rights:
Section X. Allodial Title and Private Property
All land and real property within the jurisdiction of New California State shall be held in allodial title by natural persons. The State shall have no superior claim, feudal interest, or landlord interest in any privately held land. No property tax, rent, or perpetual obligation shall be imposed upon allodial land as a condition of ownership.
The power of eminent domain shall be exercised only for genuine public use, with full just compensation based on the owner’s valuation, and only after strict due process and approval by a supermajority of the affected property owners.
No statute, regulation, or court ruling shall diminish or convert allodial title into any lesser form of ownership. Allodial title is the default and permanent form of land tenure in New California State.
All land and real property within the jurisdiction of New California State shall be held in allodial title by natural persons. The State shall have no superior claim, feudal interest, or landlord interest in any privately held land. No property tax, rent, or perpetual obligation shall be imposed upon allodial land as a condition of ownership.
The power of eminent domain shall be exercised only for genuine public use, with full just compensation based on the owner’s valuation, and only after strict due process and approval by a supermajority of the affected property owners.
No statute, regulation, or court ruling shall diminish or convert allodial title into any lesser form of ownership. Allodial title is the default and permanent form of land tenure in New California State.
This language is clear, self-executing, and extremely difficult for future courts to reinterpret away.
The Kingdom on Earth Builders Model
Scripture is clear: “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it” (Psalm 24:1).
God gave mankind dominion and stewardship over the land — not the state as landlord. When government claims superior title through perpetual taxation and regulation, it places itself in the position of God.
That is idolatry dressed up as modern governance.
God gave mankind dominion and stewardship over the land — not the state as landlord. When government claims superior title through perpetual taxation and regulation, it places itself in the position of God.
That is idolatry dressed up as modern governance.
Allodial title is not anti-government.
It is anti-tyranny.
It is the legal way of saying: “The land belongs to the people, not to the institutions.”
It is the legal way of saying: “The land belongs to the people, not to the institutions.”
This pairs perfectly with Essay #15’s definition of “We the People.”
Together they close the two biggest loopholes that let institutions become gods over real human beings.
Together they close the two biggest loopholes that let institutions become gods over real human beings.
Iron Sharpens Iron Challenge to NCS
To every delegate, every lawyer, every judge, and every Kingdom-minded builder in New California State:
Stop kicking this down the road. I brought the question of allodial title before the body three times.
The answer cannot be “later.”
The answer cannot be “later.”
Write it into the constitution now — boldly, unmistakably, and permanently. Do not hand tomorrow’s giants the same legal crowbar the old giants used. This is not just about property law.
This is about whether we are truly building a new state on the principles of liberty and stewardship — or simply recreating a softer version of the same feudal system we left behind. We the (natural, living, image-bearing) People have the chance to get this right at the very beginning. Let us not waste it.
This is about whether we are truly building a new state on the principles of liberty and stewardship — or simply recreating a softer version of the same feudal system we left behind. We the (natural, living, image-bearing) People have the chance to get this right at the very beginning. Let us not waste it.
Iron sharpens iron. Let the discussion begin.— Essay #16 in the Iron Sharpens Iron series
For the builders. For the Kingdom. For the land.
For the builders. For the Kingdom. For the land.