ARCHIVE: Town Ownership and Transfer - Historical

A page to go over the complex town system for ECC that can be linked and hopefully make it easier for everyone to understand the various concepts of the system.

Overview
Difference in town ownership
Legal vs Official
Possible co-owner information + stress of agreements.

Official Ownership:
Official Ownership is when you rightfully own a town outright as its official owner.

• Official Ownership is obtained via a Town Transfer Application, a Town Claim Application or by applying for the town yourself via Town/Mayor Application, President Application or an Additional Town Application.
• The Official Owner will always be the "rightful owner" of a town and will always out-rank other owners on a town.
  • The exception to out-ranking other owners is in the event of a town sale contract being in place for the town, a contract existing between the official owner and the legal owner defining the details of each users ownership is required.
• The Official Owner may apply for any official town features for the town
• The Official Owner out-ranks any other owners on the town except as defined otherwise via a Contract
• The Official Owner may also claim the town back from a sale if it has been 30+ days since the sale contract was completed.

Legal Ownership:

• A user has Legal Ownership over a town they have purchased from another user but have not yet transferred to themselves.
  • Official Ownership can only be transferred through a Town Transfer Application, or Town Claim Application
  • Official Ownership cannot be transferred via a Contract, it must be done via the two applications mentioned above.
• Legal Ownership allows a user to own the town as their own, they may maintain the town, add and remove owners and members and make any changes to the town region that their agreement or contract permits.
• Legal Ownership does not grant the right to file for any official town features such as Warps, Heal Signs, PvP Areas etc.
  • The right to file for official town features cannot be granted via a Contract.
  • The only way for a Legal Owner to obtain the right to file official town features is to become Official Owner or have the current Official Owner apply for these features.
• Legal Owners may not remove the LWC's of the Official Owner of the town.
• Legal Owners may not remove an Official Owner from the town unless it is part of a contract.

• Legal Ownership only goes as far to represent a "legal holding" of the town.
  • The Official Owner may claim back the town from the Legal Owner anytime if it has been over 30 days since the contract of sale was completed.
  • To avoid losing your town it is best to transfer Official Ownership via a Town Transfer Application or a Town Claim Application

Difference between Town Transfers, Town Claims, and Town Sales
Rules regarding town reclaims

Onwership rules simplified.