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Florida bill aims to close squatting loophole after homeowner terrorized for 34 days, $40,000 in damages
foxnews.com ^ | December 27, 2023 | Andrew Mark Miller

Posted on 12/28/2023 5:52:17 AM PST by V_TWIN

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To: Jim Noble

“Steele’s bill would allow for the immediate removal of squatters by law enforcement if they can’t produce a notarized lease from a landowner or proof they are paying rent”

Apparently the loophole is right now documents showing right to occupy the house need no validation e.g. notorization therefore the issue must go through civil court.

It’s unbelievable that state legislators ll over the country haven’t addressed it.

I can assure you if THEIR properties were impacted they’d get off their lazy asses and fix it.


21 posted on 12/28/2023 7:27:30 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

The cops will let them back in even if the cops have to batter the door down for them , if you don’t do a formal eviction. and they may fight you the whole way. If you do a formal eviction the losers may fly into a rage, attack you when you present the papers, or at minimum will stall and destroy to the very last minute.


22 posted on 12/28/2023 7:30:20 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: GOPJ
Create bills that allow a black mark on a person’s credit record/FICO score for 8 years Also suspend all government programs for the person (other than food stamps) - for 18 months - and the problem will be solved.

I disagree. Do you really think that someone who is going to break into a house then trash and destroy it cares about their credit record/FICO score? Half of them probably don't know what a FICO score is.
Why continue to give them food stamps? If they are able-bodied enough to break into a house they are able bodied enough to work. Work=paycheck=groceries.

If someone chooses to be a "squatter" they should go to jail. Coddling of criminal behavior is a large part of the problem.

23 posted on 12/28/2023 7:33:37 AM PST by Oorang (Politicians:-a feeble band of lowly reptiles who shun the light and who lurk in their own dens. )
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To: DesertRhino

I remember reading a story earlier this year about a guy that did just about that although instead of a confrontation he staked out the property and waited. When the squatters left he broke in (isn’t that a shame having to break in to your own property) and threw their crap out and changed the locks, all before they returned.
So essentially what he did was what they did to him in reverse.

Brilliant but a real shame he had to go through all that just to regain control of his own rightfully property.


24 posted on 12/28/2023 7:34:48 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: Oorang

It’s hard getting an apartment in most cities. Even activists lowlifes know that...you do this in addition to evicting them. In addition to arresting them.

Then cities with these problems apply for grants so home owners don’t have to pay to evict each criminal - each lowlife.but

Commies behind this ‘squatters’ ploy are attacking land owners - capitalists. This is another intentional destabilization act.


25 posted on 12/28/2023 7:49:07 AM PST by GOPJ (Surgery/makeup doesn't make a man a woman anymore than wearing gorilla costumes turns a man into ape)
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To: V_TWIN

A model for other squatter-friendly states.


26 posted on 12/28/2023 7:55:03 AM PST by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: Jim Noble
It’s a serious question. Why is this not what happens? Seems completely straightforward.

There is no money in it for the cops. Until they find a way to make it profitable, they aren't going to help you.

27 posted on 12/28/2023 8:00:19 AM PST by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: V_TWIN

Would Mossad call the police?
Neither would I.


28 posted on 12/28/2023 8:22:18 AM PST by Fireone (Who killed Obama's chef?)
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To: VicVanleeuwenhoek

It’s a Civil Issue, they say.


29 posted on 12/28/2023 8:28:28 AM PST by Scrambler Bob
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To: Oorang

Then the squatter can refuse to leave his cell.


30 posted on 12/28/2023 8:30:57 AM PST by Scrambler Bob
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Never should have been a loop hole. Move them to the elite and congresscritter estates.


31 posted on 12/28/2023 8:37:56 AM PST by bgill
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To: piasa

If you don’t call the cops the cops won’t get involved. The owners always make the mistake of calling the cops.


32 posted on 12/28/2023 9:16:26 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

It’s a state issue. Nothing in the Constitution gives the federal government the power to do anything about it.


33 posted on 12/28/2023 9:18:29 AM PST by StrictConstructionist
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To: 4Runner

wow. why don’t you relax.


34 posted on 12/28/2023 10:57:07 AM PST by ronniesgal (The bidens are actually more white trashy than the Clintons, and that's sayin' something)
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To: V_TWIN

Perp should have ankle monitor attached and not removed until the debt is poid.


35 posted on 12/28/2023 11:47:22 AM PST by RideForever (Damn, another dangling par .....)
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To: V_TWIN

Many many many years ago, some bikers and I were paid $50 each and many cases of beer to REMOVE some squatters from a property. We went in at 8:00 PM while they were there and literally threw them and all their stuff out of the house and destroyed most of it while we were doing it.

The squatters were warned that their lives would be forfeit if they returned or tried to challenge it. The bikers were very scary. I was basically homeless at the time and need money for food.


36 posted on 12/28/2023 2:24:24 PM PST by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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To: Mouton

I like your Dad’s style. See my post further down on my adventures many years ago.


37 posted on 12/28/2023 2:25:24 PM PST by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Bingo, once you involve the police, they will tell you that you are the problem and the costs of eviction go to you.

Give some bikers some beer and have at it.


38 posted on 12/28/2023 2:27:53 PM PST by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

It’s a Florida state law. Not federal law

“The bill, filed in November, would abolish squatters’ rights in Florida, a state that has become one of the most susceptible to the problem in recent years.”


39 posted on 12/28/2023 2:43:25 PM PST by Justa (If where you came from is so great then why aren't Floridians moving there?)
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To: Jim Noble

anarcho-tyranny


40 posted on 12/28/2023 3:04:03 PM PST by kiryandil (The Biden: "Zelensky, we need to sit down and have a talk.")
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