Randy, I’m not sure how the laws work in Canada, but in the State laws governing landlords and renters are done at the state level. Unfortunately, this means that different states do things their own way. Some state’s laws favour the landlord while others favour the renter.
In Florida they favour the renter, for example: We were buying a house on a short sale (bank sale) and the owner had a renter in the house. They were supposed to give the renter written notice to leave by a certain date, which was just before closing. They did not do this. Four days before we’re ready to close on the house, the renter lawyers up and tells the owner they’re not leaving. Then they tell the realtor they want $5,000 to move out at closing. The only way to resolve the situation would be through the local court system, which even if we had prevailed, would have taken a minimum of 2-3 months - and that’s if we won at each step in the process. I would add that forcibly removing the renter/squatter without following the legal process is against the law here. We told the realtor to tell the squatter to stuff it and got our deposit back the next day. The bank finally foreclosed a few months later and kicked the squatter out in 24 hours (which a lienholder can do - a landlord can't.) -D > On Apr 20, 2023, at 11:39 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > How would it apply with squatters? My wife has been seeing news items > suggesting that squatters are causing a lot of trouble in the USA. > Apparently, they are hard to legally evict even if they basically broke into > a house that belongs to you and set up housekeeping. That seems odd to me. I > should think they would not only be removed by the police but charged with > break and enter. I would also think in the USA, it wouldn't be surprising if > the owner went there with a gun and forced them out. > > Randy > > > > On 19/04/2023 8:01 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: >> Does Castle Doctrine only apply to your house? >> Certainly it doesn't apply if you're at somebody else's house looking at a >> car... >> >> -Curt >> >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 06:57:57 PM EDT, Rick Knoble via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> Constitutional Carry, Castle Doctrine, Stand Your Ground. >> >> >> Rick >> >> From: mercedes@okiebenz.com >> Sent: April 19, 2023 5:42 PM >> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com >> Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com >> Cc: d...@penoff.com >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] 2007 E350 - 139k miles - $1,200 >> >> It’s in a rather rough neighborhood from the looks of things. The east side >> of Indy can be a dangerous place. >> >> -D >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
