squatters

[Bob Orts]

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Originally posted by bystander

This makes me think all those lots owned by Japanese nationals and other absentee owners could be legally squatted on. Imagine if you owned a lot for over twenty years and you lived far away and didn't know squatters were living there all that time. They could claim your land under this law.

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And some entrepreneurial sole will figure out a way to open a side business of checking absentee owner properties once a year and report back anything that needs attention. Of course a small additional fee is charged to posting No Trespassing signs, or leaving a written demand to vacate property because they are illegally trespassing, or anything else that will kill an adverse possession claim. Humm, 500 properties at a yearly $25 fee equals $12,500 pocket change.