CHAT A Possible Way to Be Proactive in Protecting Our Property from Squatters?

[Squid]

I have been struggling to get a firm understanding about (logistically speaking) how squatters can wrestle legal protections away from legal homeowners and into their own, thieving hands.

My reason for trying to get a firm handle on how they are doing this is to, ultimately, figure out how to protect my own home from illegal squatters.

After all, I live in Memphis, where thievery and violence are part of everyday life.

First of all, I am NOT a lawyer, nor a LEO, nor a real estate professional.

I am just a US citizen, and an honest, bona fide property owner.


But I got to thinking: right now, you can file Power of Attorney documents with your county, if you so choose, so that they will be on the record in the future, if future situations might find that useful. Ifound that out when - because of my wife’s cancer - we decided to file such legal papers now, while she is still alive and in full control of her faculties.

What about if you hired a lawyer to draw up formal papers saying that you are the legal owner of the resident identified in the document, and that you have NO PLANS to lease any portion of that land, and will not do so without formally voiding this legal document.

And then file the formal declaration of current property ownership and refusal to authorize any kind of renting of all or part of the asaid property with the county court ahead of time.

The person can carry notarized copies of this document in each car, as well as multiple places in and outside of the home.

Then if any squatter did try to move in and the legal homeowner called the cops for help, they could show the cops the legal papers thatdocument that they are the legal owners and have it on record with the county court’s office that they areNOT going to tent out any part of their property without notifying the courts first.

All the cops would have to do then would be to contact the county clerk’s office to find out if the document was still legally valid.

Once the cops verify the legal standing of the declaration of ownership, they should (I would think) have the legal basis to move the sqautters out.

Does this idea sound like one that might work, if we could get local courts to file the documents the way that they currently do other legal documents?


if you think this is an assanine idea, please be honest and say so (and give your reasoning) - but be gentle and constructive as you do it…

Something to keep in mind.

Police are supposed to hand criminal law. Real Estate matters are considered Civil not criminal. What normally happens, based on my understanding is that the scumbag locate houses that may be vacant, break in and take up residence. They sometimes fake up documents like a lease all official looking with fake signatures and everything. They then likely set up some bill to come on their name at the address for power, or water.

When the rightful owners call the Po Po the police are shown the fake documents and the bills showing the scumbags name and that address and at that point there is usually nothing legally the police can do.

The grievance is then a civil dispute that depending on local case loads can take months or even years to get in front of a judge.

Heaven help you if you are in a progressive leftist state, the laws are extremely protective of the poor downtrodden scumbags and against the evil rich landowner.

Your ability to fight is as much based on your state.

 

[JMG91]

I have been struggling to get a firm understanding about (logistically speaking) how squatters can wrestle legal protections away from legal homeowners and into their own, thieving hands.

My reason for trying to get a firm handle on how they are doing this is to, ultimately, figure out how to protect my own home from illegal squatters.

After all, I live in Memphis, where thievery and violence are part of everyday life.

First of all, I am NOT a lawyer, nor a LEO, nor a real estate professional.

I am just a US citizen, and an honest, bona fide property owner.


But I got to thinking: right now, you can file Power of Attorney documents with your county, if you so choose, so that they will be on the record in the future, if future situations might find that useful. Ifound that out when - because of my wife’s cancer - we decided to file such legal papers now, while she is still alive and in full control of her faculties.

What about if you hired a lawyer to draw up formal papers saying that you are the legal owner of the resident identified in the document, and that you have NO PLANS to lease any portion of that land, and will not do so without formally voiding this legal document.

And then file the formal declaration of current property ownership and refusal to authorize any kind of renting of all or part of the asaid property with the county court ahead of time.

The person can carry notarized copies of this document in each car, as well as multiple places in and outside of the home.

Then if any squatter did try to move in and the legal homeowner called the cops for help, they could show the cops the legal papers thatdocument that they are the legal owners and have it on record with the county court’s office that they areNOT going to tent out any part of their property without notifying the courts first.

All the cops would have to do then would be to contact the county clerk’s office to find out if the document was still legally valid.

Once the cops verify the legal standing of the declaration of ownership, they should (I would think) have the legal basis to move the sqautters out.

Does this idea sound like one that might work, if we could get local courts to file the documents the way that they currently do other legal documents?


if you think this is an assanine idea, please be honest and say so (and give your reasoning) - but be gentle and constructive as you do it…

From what I understand, this will not work. Numerous home owners were able to show their legal documents proving that they were the owners of the property, but the cops told them that they couldn’t do anything and that they’d have to take it up with the courts.

This kind of issue is what I have giant geese for. Most people crap themselves when they see these these huge, honking beasts running toward them.