You have no legal grounds to evict squatters in Florida says the State

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NoStateofMind

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Old news that was resolved (see post #3) although the squatting law remains.
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Ass backward world we live in where breaking and entering is "legal" and the rightful home owner is BARRED from evicting them. The State has no respect for your property, it just takes another step at flaunting it in your face.

Outrage as a pair of ex-convict squatters take over Florida home of Afghan war veteran and refuse to leave

According the solider and his wife, the strangers had broken into their home, changed the locks and are refusing to leave.
To add insult to injury, officials at the Pasco County Sheriff's department have informed the couple that they have no legal grounds to evict the man and woman.
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Another example of how legality doesn't address right and wrong and therefore can't encourage justice within the system.

The title has been changed as your was inaccurate. Do not change it again.
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Thats incorrect. I gave you an explanation as to why I used the word State. State is added back once more. Go find something to do with your life besides worrying about a fucking thread title.

Our "authoritah" here is based on more than font size. That warm feeling you think you're experiencing from your ill-considered outburst is actually the flames you just went down in.

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Victorian Gray

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From what I read, it was only because they were stealing electricity that they were arrested and evicted. The bigger issue, the fact that squatting laws even exist, is still out there.
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Hope he dropped his friend who was supposedly looking after the house while he 's been stationed in Hawaii. Sounds like a real screw-up.

I found this which explains why it was treated as a civil matter

"Lisa Pettus, who is Sharkey's friend, told 8 On Your Side there was no agreement with Ortiz . She says she met Ortiz through a friend and he agreed to help her fix up Sharkey's home while he was away in the military. She says she supplied all of the supplies and Ortiz and his girlfriend were never left alone in the house.

About two months after the work was done, though, Pettus says she drove by to check on the house and found the pair living there.
"I couldn't believe it," Pettus said. "And now they're using my name to justify this. It's wrong."

Getting Ortiz and his girlfriend out of the house is proving to be difficult. Sharkey's wife flew home from Hawaii on News Year's Eve and went to the house with a sheriff's deputy. But when the deputy heard Ortiz' story about the verbal agreement, he said it was civil matter."

http://www.wfla.com/story/25297909/soldier-says-strangers-broke-into-his-home-and-wont-leave
 
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piasabird

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When it comes to business, being nice is not an idea. Get it in writing. Go about this another way if they performed work on a house without a contracters license/permit charge them with that. If he is paying for the water and electricity shut it off.
 
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What is with the thread title? How does local police telling you it is a civil issue translate in to "You have no legal grounds to evict squatters in Florida says the State "
 
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PokerGuy

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CPA said:
From what I read, it was only because they were stealing electricity that they were arrested and evicted. The bigger issue, the fact that squatting laws even exist, is still out there.
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Exactly, getting them out of there on a technicality is good for this particular case, but there should be no such absurd situations at all. The entire concept of squatter's rights is absurd. Hopefully lawmakers in FL take a look at this matter and get rid of some of the stupid laws.
 
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This is FL, couldn't he have 'come home to find robbers/attackers in his house' and yelled 'they're coming right for me!' and shot them dead?
 
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NoStateofMind said:
Old news that was resolved (see post #3) although the squatting law remains.
admin allisolm

Ass backward world we live in where breaking and entering is "legal" and the rightful home owner is BARRED from evicting them. The State has no respect for your property, it just takes another step at flaunting it in your face.

Outrage as a pair of ex-convict squatters take over Florida home of Afghan war veteran and refuse to leave



Another example of how legality doesn't address right and wrong and therefore can't encourage justice within the system.
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Aren't you an anarchist?
 
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Genx87

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This guy claimed the friend of the soldier allowed them to stay in the house while working on it. The friend admits to having them work on the house. This is a civil matter. The sheriff wont evict somebody without an eviction notice.

The obscure law this article talks about is adverse possession. And it doesn't apply in this case. Typically it takes 6+ years in most states to take possession legally.
 
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Genx87 said:
This guy claimed the friend of the soldier allowed them to stay in the house while working on it. The friend admits to having them work on the house. This is a civil matter. The sheriff wont evict somebody without an eviction notice.

The obscure law this article talks about is adverse possession. And it doesn't apply in this case. Typically it takes 6+ years in most states to take possession legally.
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Adverse possession also requires the owner to make no effort to evict the individual, which wouldn't apply here.
 
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Genx87

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eskimospy said:
Adverse possession also requires the owner to make no effort to evict the individual, which wouldn't apply here.
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Yup, which is why it is so unnecessary for the article to even mention it.
 
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Genx87 said:
This guy claimed the friend of the soldier allowed them to stay in the house while working on it. The friend admits to having them work on the house. This is a civil matter. The sheriff wont evict somebody without an eviction notice.

The obscure law this article talks about is adverse possession. And it doesn't apply in this case. Typically it takes 6+ years in most states to take possession legally.
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The friend never admitted to allowing them to stay in the house. Once they were out of the house the sheriff was able to arrest them when they tried to return. It isn't what you claim it is.
 
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Thats incorrect. I gave you an explanation as to why I used the word State. State is added back once more. Go find something to do with your life besides worrying about a fucking thread title.
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lol you mad as fuck
 
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