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‘I was just trying to be kind’: This Kentucky homeowner let his friends stay in his garage for months — then they claimed ‘squatters rights’ and got a court order to force him out of his home (moneywise.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't think that's what that means. I believe "hostile" in this sense is closer in meaning to "contrary." It's hostile to the owner's rights, not hostile to the owner.

You have to make it clear that you're living there with regular upkeep. Mow the lawn, fix up the house, etc. You can't hide the fact that you're living there from the owner or neighbors.

If the owner shows up one day and discovers you've been living there, they can politely ask you to leave and now you're officially trespassing and you lose your claim to adverse possession.

If you've made it clear that you live there, and your neighbors all know you, but the real owner has never showed up in 15 years, or just doesn't care and never asked you for rent or asked you to leave, congrats on your new property.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thats literally what I said... I quoted Nebraska directly.

They don't mean you have to fight them it means you have to try to prevent their use and they must attempt to prevent yours.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But that's not what we're saying. It counts as adverse posession if you're doing something contrary to the owner's interests/rights and they don't stop you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

That's what hostile means!

A hostile possession is the action of an occupier who does not have the true owner's consent or permission, but possesses or occupies the real property of the true owner.

Ie. The actual owner needs to say no don't do that and the squatter has to try to prevent and buy that I mean literally say "no don't" or something to that effect.

Hostile does not mean you even have to be rude or anything but friendly it just means it's against your interests and you've made them aware. It's so the owner doesn't wait the squatting period and then take action, the theory being if you didn't know or take action until then then you've abandoned the property.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You could have no consent/permission without the owner even knowing you're there

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Doesn't matter, that's all civil you gotta take them to court about it.