⚰️ Escheat & Succession

In design · priority

⚙ Runs on the Notary engine — proof-of-life / dead-man's-switch, :8899.

What happens to your cell when you die or leave — designed humanely, up front, so no family is ever left in limbo.

The question every commons must answer

If a member dies or walks away, what happens to their place? Get this wrong and you either let the commons get speculated apart, or you treat grieving families coldly. We design it before it ever happens, and we write it plainly.

Land reverts; your home and equity don't vanish

The land always stays in the trust — a cell can never be sold out from under the commons. But your capped equity and your log home are real property. On death or departure they follow a fair path: an heir who joins the co-op can inherit the cell (occupancy, inheritable), or the equity is bought out at its capped value and the cell re-offered to the waitlist. Your labour is never confiscated.

A gentle trigger, not a trap

The Soteria Notary engine already runs a proof-of-life / dead-man's-switch. Tied in carefully, it means succession is handled with dignity and on the member's own terms — disclosure and hand-off happen the way they set out, not by a scramble. Every step is recorded in the dual-basis ledger.

Connected systems

• 🏛️ Governance — One member, one vote — with consent-based rules for anything that touches the commons, so a bare majority can't carve up the reserve.
• 🗺️ Land & Lots — How 2,560 acres becomes 500 surveyed 3-acre cells and a vast permanent commons — cut by buildable envelope, not by ruler.

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