A couple years ago I payed my tax accessor a visit to check on a property tax program in my state. The assessment and reduction is directly related to one's income and age. After clearing up the concern I started complaining about local school and property taxes. After some 'agreement' by the accessor I stated that I thought we didn't have to pay yearly on the aforementioned school and property taxes.
I went through about 6 or 8 commonly owned item someone might have and asked the local accessor if he payed yearly 'tax' on them. His answer was no to all of them.
I might add that while he was talking to me he was typing away on his computer and not even looking in my direction.
All of a sudden he pushed himself away from the desk and walked over to me and said: "I know where you're going with this. All the property in the US is owned by the Royal Family and we're just paying rent'
I was floored by his statement, not because of the nature of it but because of his 'admission'.
So what I did was go to the county offices and looked up my deed for the property. It was only a copy and when I asked the county employee where the ORIGINAL was he said he didn't know and said he was never asked that question.
I saw that the son of the lawyer that handled my legal details (he was also a Judge) possessed my ORIGINAL DEED. His title was a British Title of Nobility, ESQUIRE.
Evidently as soon as they pass the BAR Exame THEY GET THAT TITLE.