2006-07-10 14:28:56 · 9 answers · asked by boynbigtruck 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
No. The homestead act was repealed in 1976. You can't 'homestead' anything anymore. You could squat...but you'd eventually be convicted.
2006-07-10 15:02:41 · answer #1 · answered by travelin_25 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Homesteading in the United States no longer is legal as Congress abolished it, and it really just applied to open land in certain regions that was previously unoccupied. Most of the time there was certain rider clauses that applied as well, for example you may have had to farm the land.
What you are referring to is Squatting, and while that is legal to a degree in many different countries including Mexico and the United Kingdom it is not legal in the United States.
2006-07-10 14:33:55 · answer #2 · answered by jasenlee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wasn't aware that "homestaeding" was still legal. But you can always talk to your local real estate agent. More than likely someone has a lien on the home (a bank or something) and you might have to buy it as a foreclosure home. But that's nice, too, because you can get a house for a lot less than you would normally buy a home for.
2006-07-10 14:35:01 · answer #3 · answered by tom8o 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the property doesn't have a lien against it and if the owner hasn't paid the property taxes for a few years, then I bet you probably could.
2006-07-10 14:46:31 · answer #4 · answered by TrippingJudy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hahahahahahah
you said homestead
2006-07-10 14:42:22 · answer #5 · answered by blue_mist2002 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No but you may buy them cheap from thier owners.
Or try to buy them at a tax sale.
2006-07-10 15:09:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No way as some shyster lawyer has it tied up big time.
2006-07-10 14:35:13 · answer #7 · answered by Billy M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they have already been deeded.
2006-07-10 14:33:25 · answer #8 · answered by Wolfpacker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure stay and welcome home
2006-07-10 14:31:29 · answer #9 · answered by skpampi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋