re: Question for attorneys or other knowledgeable people regarding squatters

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Is there a process to get a warrant for someone in your house that shouldn’t be, if said person claims they have a lease?

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Theoretically, but this likely will never make it past the responding LEO, let alone getting a detective involved who would write up the warrant. Also, even if they got the lease, the detective is in no way capable of properly assessing the validity of the lease. That is a civil determination for a judge.

Hence why cops (who are following the law) will tell you this is a civil matter.

Same thing when parents are having issues with a parent "kidnapping" a child when there is no custody order in place. "This is a civil matter" will be the LEO response.