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re: Why do “squatter’s rights” exist? It’s beyond messed up.

Posted on 8/21/19 at 2:47 pm to
Posted by shel311
McKinney, Texas
Member since Aug 2004
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Posted on 8/21/19 at 2:47 pm to
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Maybe that no one on a jury would convict someone in that circumstance

Maybe...but he still wouldn't get all cozy back into his house ASAP like he thinks he would.
Posted by shel311
McKinney, Texas
Member since Aug 2004
110888 posts
Posted on 8/21/19 at 2:47 pm to
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I didn't shoot squatters. I shot people who broke in while I was there.

Dead men tell no tales.
Or they shot you, either way.
Posted by shel311
McKinney, Texas
Member since Aug 2004
110888 posts
Posted on 8/21/19 at 2:48 pm to
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So he wins
He wins? He could get his house back in a few months, now he'll get his house back in 10 years. He wins?

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Wtf happens to the people's stuff when a squatter moves in?

Don't know.
Posted by TheCaterpillar
Member since Jan 2004
76774 posts
Posted on 8/21/19 at 2:49 pm to
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This might just be the dumbest and most infuriating law in existence.



What if I told you a city cop could pull you over for no reason, take all your shite for no reason including your cash and vehicle, not arrest you or charge you with any crime, and you'll never get your property back?

Posted by TigerstuckinMS
Member since Nov 2005
33687 posts
Posted on 8/21/19 at 2:49 pm to
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Or they shot you, either way.

That's why you shoot the adults first and save the children for last. Kids likely aren't going to be much of a problem after the first round goes off.
Posted by Hammertime
Will trade dowsing rod for titties
Member since Jan 2012
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Posted on 8/21/19 at 2:54 pm to
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He wins?
Squatters won't be there anymore, so yes, he wins.

He'd actually be doing society a favor, because all you do by legally evicting them is allow them to move on to the next house and do the same thing. I'd give him a standing ovation in court. As far as 99% of the population is concerned, they are forcibly taking his stuff. He's not obligated to let people rob him
Posted by dcrews
Houston, TX
Member since Feb 2011
30194 posts
Posted on 8/21/19 at 2:56 pm to
So how is occupied defined?

If I'm clearly living there but go on a week long vacation, can they legally enter the home and make it their own?

Or does this only apply to vacant rental properties and vacation homes that are not currently in use?
Posted by shel311
McKinney, Texas
Member since Aug 2004
110888 posts
Posted on 8/21/19 at 2:57 pm to
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What if I told you a city cop could pull you over for no reason, take all your shite for no reason including your cash and vehicle, not arrest you or charge you with any crime, and you'll never get your property back?

The OT would apparently tell you they'd shoot the cop, bury the body, and get away with it just like that.
Posted by shel311
McKinney, Texas
Member since Aug 2004
110888 posts
Posted on 8/21/19 at 2:59 pm to
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Squatters won't be there anymore, so yes, he wins.
He would not be in his house for years, instead of months. He wins?

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He'd actually be doing society a favor, because all you do by legally evicting them is allow them to move on to the next house and do the same thing. I'd give him a standing ovation in court.
Completely agree

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As far as 99% of the population is concerned, they are forcibly taking his stuff. He's not obligated to let people rob him
Not sure what you mean by this.
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
124288 posts
Posted on 8/21/19 at 3:00 pm to
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So this is only in certain states right? Something like that happens only because the homeowner allows it to happen. I bet they leave at gunpoint.



We could just wheel you in and have you start droning off one of your inane stories. They’ll leave a cloud of dust trying to get away
Posted by jchamil
Member since Nov 2009
16511 posts
Posted on 8/21/19 at 3:01 pm to
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If I'm clearly living there but go on a week long vacation, can they legally enter the home and make it their own? Or does this only apply to vacant rental properties and vacation homes that are not currently in use?


I would bet there is no realistic scenario where they can get away with this in your actual home. I'm sure a law school professor could come up with a good hypo for an exam, but in real life I doubt it
This post was edited on 8/21/19 at 3:03 pm
Posted by TigerstuckinMS
Member since Nov 2005
33687 posts
Posted on 8/21/19 at 3:02 pm to
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We could just wheel you in and have you start droning off one of your inane stories. They’ll leave a cloud of dust trying to get away

Yeah, but then what do you bring in to get rid of the OweO?
Posted by SeeeeK
some where
Member since Sep 2012
28066 posts
Posted on 8/21/19 at 3:03 pm to
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How do these laws exist?


California is super, pro squatter/derelict tenant.

Posted by Indefatigable
Member since Jan 2019
26434 posts
Posted on 8/21/19 at 3:03 pm to
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I’m pretty sure that would be burglary in Louisiana. And I’m pretty sure they would not have any squatter’s rights if they’d been there less than a year.


Yea these short term squatter situations are not a problem in Louisiana.
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
Land of the Free
Member since Nov 2012
59673 posts
Posted on 8/21/19 at 3:07 pm to
I guarantee they wouldnt stay when I returned. I would be banging pots and pans in their ears 24/7 until the left
Posted by Hammertime
Will trade dowsing rod for titties
Member since Jan 2012
43030 posts
Posted on 8/21/19 at 3:20 pm to
I believe it was happening in New Orleans for a while, but I haven't heard anything in a few years
Posted by SoulGlo
Shinin' Through
Member since Dec 2011
17248 posts
Posted on 8/21/19 at 3:25 pm to
Liberals.
Posted by RLDSC FAN
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Member since Nov 2008
51631 posts
Posted on 8/21/19 at 3:27 pm to
Getting them out isn't as easy as some of you are making it out to be. Once they're in, they have rights. You can't just break in and shoot them

Posted by Indefatigable
Member since Jan 2019
26434 posts
Posted on 8/21/19 at 3:27 pm to
Perhaps under a forgery in deed/title, or just general apathy/incompetence on the part of the municipality’s law enforcement.

But generally speaking Louisiana property law is unique to us and does not work this way. Sleeping in someone’s house for a couple months without their consent or knowledge gets you nothing at all in the way of rights.
Posted by Indefatigable
Member since Jan 2019
26434 posts
Posted on 8/21/19 at 3:30 pm to
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Once they're in, they have rights.


Not everywhere. Louisiana gives zero credence to squatters rights unless they possess the property uninterrupted for ten years (and that’s in good faith, which clearly squatters do not have). Bad faith takes 30 years

A proper owner in Louisiana may simply show title and that’s the ball game for squatters. Call the cops, they will be evicted.
This post was edited on 8/21/19 at 3:34 pm
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