Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) signed a bill Wednesday meant to combat the growing national scourge of squatting — that is, sneaking into people’s homes and refusing to leave.
“On so many issues, what New York does, what California does, we will do the opposite,” said Gov. DeSantis.
“Now in Florida, you call up, you fill out a form, sheriff comes, and the sheriff kicks them out of your property,” DeSantis said.
Squatters have made headlines from New York to Portland, Oregon in recent weeks as outraged property owners find themselves unable to remove unwanted occupiers or, even worse, are arrested for attempting to execute and eviction.
In some states, such as New York, authorities have sided with squatters over the lawful homeowners.
[RELATED: Squatters Invade Homes Across the Country; In Some Cases, Cops Protect the Squatter…]
Under the new law, Florida homeowners can file a request with law enforcement, and, if someone is illegally staying in their home, and the squatter has ignored the landowner’s requests that he leave, law enforcement will remove the squatter from the property.
Unlike many states, in which the rightful property owner is forced to engage in expensive, lengthy litigation for a chance to regain his home, Florida homeowners can have confidence that police will remove the criminals, and that they will be able to reclaim their property in a timely manner.
The new bill does not allow landowners to oust tenants without due process if the tenant has a legitimate lease and the two parties are engaged in a legal dispute.
The law also implements harsher criminal penalties for squatters, making it a class A felony for someone to attempt to sell a property which he does not legally own, and a class B felony for anyone who does more than $1,000 worth of damage to a property in which he squatted.
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In Maine the squatters have rights. Not cool. janet mills is a ruiner. She will go down in history as the dumbest white girl ever.
Maine is the victim of WWW = White Woman Wreckage.
Liberal White women are the true enemy of Western Civilization
What the law doesn’t know won’t hurt you! Cheaper to buy a backhoe then hire a lawyer. Just sayin!!
Again what has Maine leader ship done to proteck our homes—take away our guns!
I do not own a gun but the law makers sure make a good case to buy one.
During legislative session in 2023 the Speaker of the House ultra radical special interest Talbot-Ross sponsored a bill that would give someone trespassing into your house certain rights if they said they were looking for shelter. Amazingly, ‘somehow’ common sense prevailed as surprisingly enough Democrats refused to go along with it. She withdrew her bill as not enough would vote for it.
This is the type of leadership that the Democrat House members voted to be their Speaker of the House. Voting or Not Voting for who represents your district does have Severe Consequences.
R.Champ and what party does she represent and who who voted for her?
Ever wonder why there are fewer home squatters in Maine?
Title 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE
Part 1: GENERAL PRINCIPLES
Chapter 5: DEFENSES AND AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES; JUSTIFICATION
§104. Use of force in defense of premises
3. A person in possession or control of a dwelling place or a person who is licensed or privileged to be therein is justified in using deadly force upon another person:
B. When the person reasonably believes that deadly force is necessary to prevent or terminate the commission of a criminal trespass by such other person, who the person reasonably believes:
(1) Has entered or is attempting to enter the dwelling place or has surreptitiously remained within the dwelling place without a license or privilege to do so; and
(2) Is committing or is likely to commit some other crime within the dwelling place…
Poop eating Ron, who was on the Maine primary ballot even though he dropped out two months prior, also outlawed criticism and boycott of his jewish masters in violation of the U.S Constitution. Something to think about.