Posted on 06/23/2007 9:46:54 AM PDT by CAWats
Escalating tensions in a Wildomar property dispute have spurred a Riverside County official to seek changes to an obscure state law that allows squatters to take land from unsuspecting owners.
"If someone is squatting on a piece of your land or someone is in your house, you usually can call the sheriff and the government comes to help you out," Treasurer-Tax Collector Paul McDonnell said.
That's not always the case with adverse possession, a law rooted in Anglo-Saxon history that McDonnell said has created "a cottage industry of people who are attempting to capitalize on the weakness of others."
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Scary stuff. The Downtains should be sued to the hilt.
That being said, I can forsee one day when illegals squatting on someone’s property will have more rights than the actual owners. And they won’t have to pay the property taxes either. All the will have to do is produce fake documentation that their ancestors occupied the land.
Scary stuff. The Downtains should be sued to the hilt
nonsense they should be shot.
In New Jersey, adverse possession only requires that the use be continuous, open and hostile (without permission). I believe that the statute says after 20 years of such use the squatter can file a claim for ownership.
Check your outlying properties for the unauthorized trailers or shacks and either tell them to leave (in writing, documenting it with a complaint form to the sheriff) or give them written permission to stay (filing a copy with the county offices).
Your mileage may vary; check your local laws before listening to me.
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