What is a squatter?

Answer 1

Squatting is the act of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied space or building that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have permission to use. Squatters often claim rights over the spaces they have squatted by virtue of occupation, rather than ownership; in this sense, squatting is similar to (and potentially a necessary condition of) adverse possession, by which a possessor of real property without title may eventually gain legal title to the real property.

Squatting has a long history, as old as or older than the idea of property itself. To squat in many countries is in itself a crime; in others it is only seen as a civil conflict between the owner and the occupants. Property law and the state have traditionally favored the property owner. However, in many cases where squatters had de facto ownership, laws have been changed to legitimize their status. It is said that the United States Homestead Act is an example of such legislation. Additionally, US states which have a shortage of housing tend to tolerate squatters in property awaiting redevelopment until the developer is ready to begin work; however, at that point the laws tend to be enforced. In colonial America, a Squatter was a man who farms a piece of land, but doesn't own it.

Answer 2

Fact one:
In real estate common law, adverse possession is a means of acquiring title to another's real property without compensation, by, as the name suggests, holding the property in a manner that conflicts with the true owner's rights.

Adverse possession requires the actual, visible, hostile, notorious, exclusive, and continuous possession of the property, and some jurisdictions further require the possession to be made under a claim of title or a claim of right. In simple terms, this means that those attempting to claim the property are occupying it exclusively (keeping out others) and openly as if it were their own. Some jurisdictions permit accidental adverse possession as might occur with a surveying error. Generally, the openly hostile possession must be continuous (although not necessarily constant) without challenge or permission from the lawful owner, for a fixed statutory period in order to acquire title. Where the property is of a type ordinarily only occupied during certain times (such as a summer cottage), the adverse possessor may only need to be in exclusive, open, hostile possession during those successive useful periods. Fundamentally, adverse possession is an application of traditional statute of limitations. Once the cause of action for trespass arises, the landowner has a certain number of years to bring an action. Once that time has passed, the trespasser can no longer be evicted from the property, since the trespass action is time-barred.

Once the statute of limitations has expired for evicting the trespassers, and assuming the legal owner has done nothing to halt the process, the successful adverse possessors acquire equitable title to the land, to the extent it was actually possessed (e.g., just the part they occupied, not necessarily everything on the legal owner's deed). At that point they no longer need to continuously, exclusively or openly occupy any part of the land because they now own it. However, to become the legal owners of record (helpful to have a deed for future transactions), they may bring an action in land court to "quiet title" of record in their names on some or all of the former owner's property.

Adverse possession does not typically work against property owned by a government agency. It also fails to give any rights if the land is registered under a Torrens title registration system.

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Answer 3

Someone who comes in, takes up a life on a piece of land, and after so long is given ownership to that land for just having occupied it and improved it. Or this could be reference to someone who doesn't use a urinal in a public bathroom. You really need to be more clear with your questions.

Answer 4

Anyone who is living in an abandoned territory and doesn't paytaxes.

It could also mean someone who does pay taxes but are poverty stricken.

Answer 5

Someone who lives on abandoned property without paying taxes.

Answer 6

people who live in a private areas whom they don't own.....
many of this squatters can be found mosly on the sea
and near the bridges....................

Answer 7

someone who moves in on a piece of land that is not theirs and try to live there with out permission.

Answer 8

In India, it's their version of a toilet.

Answer 9

homeless person living in abandoned building

Answer 10

someone living on someone elses private property