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I don't understand how this can possibly work. If someone can break into your house, occupy it, and gain the right to stay, can't you just do the same? Then you

I don't understand how this can possibly work. If someone can break into your house, occupy it, and gain the right to stay, can't you just do the same? Then you have two occupants in the house. What the heck kind of law or arbitration gets to determine who is allowed to occupy the beds in the house and use the kitchen?

knodi123 5y ago
They can't stay if you catch them fast enough. If you want to pull the same scam to get it back, you need to convince them to be gone long enough for you to live there a couple days, unnoticed.
- onlyrealcuzzo 5y ago
  Also - you can't deny them entry if they leave, and you have to keep your house in livable condition (as if you're a charity landlord).
- avidiax 5y ago
  Can't you just break in, post a selfie to twitter saying "the squatters have left :)", leave, then break in 48h later and keep the place? I really highly doubt that the original squatters continuously inhabited the place, as though they were clinging to a new Kia in a radio contest.
- cmmeur01 5y ago
  So when the cops show up how is it not a he said she said situation? If I “break in” to my house, they call the cops on me as a “burglar” how does the cop know how long either party has been present?
  - dzhiurgis 5y ago
    I assume cops don't care and leave it to the court systems
  - LanceH 5y ago
    One tactic is for them to have a "deed of sale" on hand. They show it to the cops and the cops tell you to get out, and settle it in court. Never mind that real property isn't transferred quite like that, or that you have state id that matches the address. The cops just take the "deed" at face value and kick you out.
    - akomtu 5y ago
      So you also pull a "deed of sale" from your backpocket and tell the cop that those guys are fraudster because you also have matching state id, while they do not.
- leshenka 5y ago
  But two days is insanely short amount of time.
gnopgnip 5y ago
It doesn't work for you to break in because these are criminals and operate outside the legal system. They will attack you if you break in.
- gowld 5y ago
  The police will respond to that.
  - avereveard 5y ago
    Not fast enough tho
fy20 5y ago
On the other hand, as a burglar if you are caught, couldn't you simply claim you have been there over 48 hours and are a legal squatter. Most residential properties won't have CCTV, so it's your word vs theirs.

knodi123 5y ago

They can't stay if you catch them fast enough. If you want to pull the same scam to get it back, you need to convince them to be gone long enough for you to live there a couple days, unnoticed.

onlyrealcuzzo 5y ago
Also - you can't deny them entry if they leave, and you have to keep your house in livable condition (as if you're a charity landlord).
avidiax 5y ago
Can't you just break in, post a selfie to twitter saying "the squatters have left :)", leave, then break in 48h later and keep the place? I really highly doubt that the original squatters continuously inhabited the place, as though they were clinging to a new Kia in a radio contest.
cmmeur01 5y ago
So when the cops show up how is it not a he said she said situation? If I “break in” to my house, they call the cops on me as a “burglar” how does the cop know how long either party has been present?
- dzhiurgis 5y ago
  I assume cops don't care and leave it to the court systems
- LanceH 5y ago
  One tactic is for them to have a "deed of sale" on hand. They show it to the cops and the cops tell you to get out, and settle it in court. Never mind that real property isn't transferred quite like that, or that you have state id that matches the address. The cops just take the "deed" at face value and kick you out.
  - akomtu 5y ago
    So you also pull a "deed of sale" from your backpocket and tell the cop that those guys are fraudster because you also have matching state id, while they do not.
leshenka 5y ago
But two days is insanely short amount of time.

gnopgnip 5y ago

It doesn't work for you to break in because these are criminals and operate outside the legal system. They will attack you if you break in.

gowld 5y ago
The police will respond to that.
- avereveard 5y ago
  Not fast enough tho

fy20 5y ago

On the other hand, as a burglar if you are caught, couldn't you simply claim you have been there over 48 hours and are a legal squatter. Most residential properties won't have CCTV, so it's your word vs theirs.