Comments on: Squatters Rights: A Frightening Case Study

By: tom sickles

tom sickles — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:40:16 +0000

i live in a military rv park that belong to MWR moral,welfare, and recreation. technally you would have to leave two weeks and come back a month later, i have lived there 10 years i also paid monthly i have never signed any lease or agreement i just go down and pay for the next month, now it appears they are up to some bad stuff, getting rid of me. what rights do i have if any.

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 05:55:47 +0000

My 31 yr old daughter lives in NY with her two children ages 14 and 10, both diagnosed with ADHD and on daily medications. My daughter, single, trying to make it on her own, was just served a notice to appear in court in a few days for eviction.I do not know how backed up she is with her rent, some of it is subsidised by NYS. She is being told she will need to move within three days of the court hearing, given the judge orders such. Her children’s case worker mentioned squatter’s rights. I can’t see how that might pertain to her case..? She has nowhere to go. Do you believe she and the children will be thrown onto the street? Does she have any rights? I certainly wish I could take them in, but I can’t. Any options?

By: D

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 22:55:52 +0000

Squaters rights in texas don’t exist anymore. You can however give them a written notice (make sure to certified mail this) an eviction. I’ve been doing some research becuase of some issues polar opposite to this.

By: D

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 22:52:05 +0000

It was wrong for them to move in without them knowing. Sure, the eviction thing makes sence but give then 10 days. My mother in law is scared witless of what hers may do. I already got the go ahead to protect her land if given the chance though.

By: D

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 22:49:48 +0000

I’ve heard stories like this so many times. When I lived in the Hill’s it was everyone’s nightmare to have some cultist, druggie, or hippie set up shop in their summer cabbins, back yards, and caves. My inlaws have a long history of tings like this too. As for the dogs. They had that happen to all their animals by a neighbor who wanted their land and hated them for being non-mormon. Go figure. My wife even saw her horse shot with a slingshot which caused it to panic and kill itself on a fence. Then teir is the current fiasco…

By: D

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 22:43:24 +0000

My parents-in-laws are having a similar issue in Texas. Daughter comes back with a crap ton of debts, a supossed warant or her arrest, pregnant, and with the father of her daughter and new to come baby to stay for “6 months.” That woulda have been enough for the squaters rights Unfortunatly the now husband is crazy. I gave him the benefit of a doubt but when it is obvious somone you respect is scared (her husband works out of state and is thus helpless) and abandons her responsibilities (again thats alot and she isn’t known to be easy to scare or irresponsible) to drive across town to spend a few hours. That may not seem like alot but this woman NEVER leaves the house more then 2 hours becuase of her disabled kid’s medicine/feeding schedule. This is a horrible thin to get caught up in. I’m trying to drive them off as I type here, temporarilly staying. One of those 2 was bad enough. The second is even worse.

By: Nae

Nae — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:09:18 +0000

I live in Ak I bought land w/a squatter on it He promised to move in Feb did not He moved propertylines had me arrested I held deed Court gave him 1/3 of my land Then he axed his door said we did it had us arrested again After all my courts were over he put a restraining order on me I filed to dissolve as I hadnt been near them had no clue why Im @court Judge had me go 1st defend myself w/o knowing what i did Then he told Judge Stephen King story how I chase him w/axes etc Also told court he studied murder ml knows I can get awat w/2-3 Judge gave him protection denied my 14th Ammendment made it impossible to go home even tho its a long going battle evictions go back 3 yrs Him his gf beat me up cut my hair gave me 24hrs to get off my land plus killed 7 of my dogs I went back to court ml refiled Judge said I had my chance As a result I went fr paid off to homeless @54yro Lost land $35g most of what I owned my lifes in danger Can I sue judge or hv any legal recourse? This same judge heard 18 dif stories still took squatters side What can I do? Freezing in Ak homeless

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 23:14:09 +0000

well i do have to disagree with the way you split this article up and i do believe the persons have legal right to stay in that garage until evicted. they may not of had a rental agreement but that was their home they lived there and you expect them to up and move out overnight? where are they gonna go? hell they may have been paying rent to the actual tennant b4 he went to jail. you can just force a person into homelessness over night and the cops did act justly they told the land owner that it had to be settled in the courts because that was her primary residence she had no where else to go except maybe under a bridge.

so therefor by leaving the law to the court and not drasticly enforcing things they didnt understand or were aware of they made sure the right actions were taken…

also the tenants left you said maybe they just needed time to find another place to go. in that case i dont blame them for refusing to leave when asked as the land owner had no paperwork of where they tried to previously evict these tennants

By: mel

mel — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:31:12 +0000

Ugh!! We did actually close. All the papers were signed at the title company and then I was given my first mortgage payment coupon in case I didn’t receive one in the mail before it was due. It was three days later when we learned it didn’t fund due to a title issue! Dang! I’m wondering why we got all the way through closing before they decided there was a problem! Shouldn’t that have been caught well before that point? Just very frustrated……….

By: Christy

Christy — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 20:46:14 +0000

Mel, unfortunately you had the locks changed, utilities turned on prematurely. UNfortuntely until the loan part of purchasing the property closes you are out of luck. Had soemone told you prior to this that the house belonged to you? A contract and an estimated close date is just that, estimated until final.

By: mel

mel — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:55:28 +0000

I am in TX. Found a foreclosure (owned by Fannie Mae), made a bid, had bid accepted and after several delays did in fact close on the property. All utilities were turned on by me – a couple weeks in advance of closing as well as all homeowners, wind & flood insurance.

(Closing was on a Tuesday) One requirement of Fannie Mae is to change all locks once closing happens. Fees for this requirement were included in my closing costs. I met the locksmith at the property – was handed the new keys when he finished. That evening purchased new stove & refrigerator & set delivery up for following day (Wed). Movers were scheduled to put furniture in property on Thursday of that week. Everything was fine until Friday when I learned that apparently it had NOT fully closed (as in the funding did not happen) so I was technically not the proud new owner.

We are now six weeks out since that “closing” and still it has not finalized. All my stuff is there and I am & have been paying all utilities etc. Anyone have any thoughts or comments on this? I am apparently some form of “squatter” as of now even though I did close and have all the paperwork to show proof!

By: Stephen Surgener

Stephen Surgener — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:41:38 +0000

I am familiar with California landlord tenant law much more than Nevada, but a few basics seem to be true for both. In the case stated in the article, if their was no lease agreement between Peggy and her son stating that Davis would not have any other tenants reside with him, then he has the legal right to have whoever he wants move in. When this happens, those individuals are by law considered tenants with residency rights no different than Davis and an eviction process must be followed. On the surface, this may seem harsh for property owners but it is also a very critical law to keep tenants from being abruptly cast onto the street. The simple solution for landlords is to ALWAYS have an agreement stating the conditions under which other individuals may move onto the property. The agreement will not necessarily eliminate the need for having to go through eviction processes if individuals refuse to leave but it will add weight to claims of trespassing which helps protect landlords in areas of liability.