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According to the notarial deed, she is the owner of the star “as there has not been knowledge of any owner in 5,000 years”

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The notary bursted out laughing. The woman opposite him had intended for him to attest to the fact that she declared herself owner of the sun, of the king of stars, of the axis of the solar system. The man recomposed himself and listened. “I am the owner of the Sun, a star of spectral type G2, located in the center of the solar system, at an average distance from Earth of around 93 million miles,” read the voluntary affidavit the notary drew up.

She is from Vigo, her name is Ángeles Durán and she lives in Salvaterra de Miño. “An international agreement exists by which no country can own the planets”, explains the new landowner. But such agreement does not mention people. “And there’s an American that registered to own almost all the planets and the moon; but not the sun,” she said. So she saw a clear chance and decided to become its owner and lady.
She did it thanks to a very appropriated method to the circumstances: «The acquisition of the above-mentioned ownership constitutes an electromagnetic and radioactive apprehension, as there has not been existence or knowledge of any owner in the last five thousand million years.” reads the document, which also declares her owner “by usurpation, having kept good-faith to the use of the sun, peacefully, for more than 31 years.”

She said that she has reunited with the Minister of Industry –who expressed identical astonishment- to explain what the thing is. She even assured that she could tax everyone who uses solar energy. As she is the owner: “If rivers are paid for, why not this?” Be it true or not, she assured that she would give 50% of the income to the national budget, 20% to minimum wages, 10% to research and public health and another 10% to eradicate hunger. She would keep 10% for herself. She had to go to the land registry to register herself as owner of the sun, but certainly the Spanish registry does not have powers over the solar system.

The notary who had laughed had to consult with his professional supervisor. He did and recorded the minutes. The most curious about the matter is that his office is in O Porriño, in a housing complex that, even if it seems a joke, is called The Sun.

Source: http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/portada/2010/11/25/0003_8870636.htm

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