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re: Big Ron squatters law in Florida first in the US outstanding .
Posted on 3/29/24 at 5:37 am to pankReb
Posted on 3/29/24 at 5:37 am to pankReb
The Florida Legislature just passed a new law, and DeSantis did sign it.
Bill Text:
LINK
Reporting: LINK . LINK
The bill was filed all the way back in November, and it has just now worked its way through the process.
if a property owner contends that someone is “squatting“ on his property, he can “fill out a form“ and have law enforcement officials remove the “squatter” immediately.
It does not seem to apply either to actual tenants or holdover tenants. It creates a misdemeanor offense if a person in possession of the property presents a falsified lease or related document.
it does not seem to allow the sheriff to leave the purported tenant in possession, even if the reported tenant provides a copy of a lease. Instead, it gives the purported tenant a civil action for wrongfully eviction.
in other words, so long as the property owner signs a complaint claiming that there is no lease, removal is basically automatic. The person in possession seems to have no option other than “after the fact” lawsuit to establish that he was indeed entitled to possession.
Bill Text:
LINK
Reporting: LINK . LINK
The bill was filed all the way back in November, and it has just now worked its way through the process.
if a property owner contends that someone is “squatting“ on his property, he can “fill out a form“ and have law enforcement officials remove the “squatter” immediately.
It does not seem to apply either to actual tenants or holdover tenants. It creates a misdemeanor offense if a person in possession of the property presents a falsified lease or related document.
it does not seem to allow the sheriff to leave the purported tenant in possession, even if the reported tenant provides a copy of a lease. Instead, it gives the purported tenant a civil action for wrongfully eviction.
in other words, so long as the property owner signs a complaint claiming that there is no lease, removal is basically automatic. The person in possession seems to have no option other than “after the fact” lawsuit to establish that he was indeed entitled to possession.
This post was edited on 3/29/24 at 6:13 am
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Posted on 3/29/24 at 10:33 am to MarquisHenri
quote:
in other words, so long as the property owner signs a complaint claiming that there is no lease, removal is basically automatic. The person in possession seems to have no option other than “after the fact” lawsuit to establish that he was indeed entitled to possession.
this is a problem and the law will be overturned by the courts.
i agree with the idea, but the wording gives tenants zero rights if a landlord just wants to throw them out even without cause.
all im saying is the owner should be required to show just cause for eviction, like unpaid rent or violation of the lease, not just him saying he wants them out.
many landlords are worse pieces of shite then used car salesmen, so i just want to see basic common sense allowing a legal tenant to have some basic rights to not be thrown out if they paid their rent
Posted on 3/29/24 at 12:26 pm to MarquisHenri
quote:
in other words, so long as the property owner signs a complaint claiming that there is no lease, removal is basically automatic. The person in possession seems to have no option other than “after the fact” lawsuit to establish that he was indeed entitled to possession.
To make it an even better law the police should be required to hit the squatter 5 times over the top of the head with a night stick and when they are on the ground use a tazer until the battery dies.
100% serious.
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