But when regulatory capture raises its ugly head...
Like BLM night in Chicongo without the noise and crowds.
South Africa? Why post this?
Go git it.
The old South Africa power of attorney trick.
You would think 248 years after our founding that our government would actually do something about property rights and ensure that all real property transactions are legitimate, free and clear.
After my parents died in the mid 1990’s I became the sole owner of a lake cottage near Detroit Lakes, MN. My family and I summered there for a month or so each year and rented the cottage out for three seasons.
We paid the property taxes shortly after receiving the statements from the county. A couple of months before the statements were to be sent out, I checked the county records to see how much we owed. Surprise! it showed a zero balance. Someone paid the taxes for us. I immediately contacted the treasurer for Becker county and informed him that we had not authorized anyone to pay our taxes. We paid them and never heard from anyone after that. I am sure someone was trying to pull a fast one.
I’m surprised the police are involved. Usually with a squatter situation, they’ll say it’s a “civil matter” turn tail and run. This is basically a high end squatting situation although the builders were scammed so it seems.
https://www.pushoutsquatters.org
Sorry - I should have spent more time reading the piece before criticizing it... my bad.
Lesson here. If you own something, go check on it once in a while. Not to justify theft, but there is a reason that adverse possession kicks in after 14 years or so. You can’t just wait forever and do nothing in a world of schemers.
Where is the Title Company involved here ?
They should be sued for millions l
Would having title insurance prevent that sort of fraud? Does anyone know?
Whether the builders remove the structure or not, it seems to me that the true title holder owns the building.
It’s possible we will see it happen more often. Artificial intelligence can make false identities all the easier as the lines blur between real and fake. That’s why we’re seeing the rise of fraud alerts in land transactions. Traditional title insurance doesn’t protect against identity fraud.
My first instinct was hire a wrecking ball and know it down pronto.
Someone Built a House on His Land W/o His Permission from www.lehtoslaw.com