Texas squatters' rights: Family's home becomes battleground after squatter won't leave
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- Squatters rights have dominated national headlines in recent weeks but what is the law in Texas? FOX's Jordan Elder talked with a homeowner in San Antonio who is having a squatter issue and what you can do for your property.
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Quit calling them squatters. They are trespassers, period.
And home invaders!
They are only trespassers when it happens to a police officer, judge, or politician. For anyone else they are squatters, who the people in the previous sentence say cannot do anything about.
You mean burglars and theives
I've got somebody to completely moved to mobile home into my property and has no legal right to my property. What can I do? The sheriff's department here in Henderson county says they can't do anything about it.
@@buddymacdaddy It’s a risk like anything, but wait until no one is home, break into your house, change all the locks, and when the squatters comes back call the police and say they are trespassers. Make sure you bring copies of ownership to the home or even type a fake lease to yourself. Police can’t do anything to you in the same situation and squatters won’t bring you to court cause they’ll lose.
Squatters shouldn’t have RIGHTS! This is insane that criminals have better protections than law abiding citizens!
Squatter's rights are for people who care for abandoned property, not owned property and certainly not occupied property.
@@trinsit This is true. The fact people are abusing squatter rights to steal property from people like they are is going to destroy people's chances at getting a home before the city or government takes it for unpaid property tax.
Your right we need renters rights. Not landlords rights.
@@BenSmith-cm8oc These squatters are using Tenant rights and not squatter rights.
Welcome to liberal America...
End squatters rights
squatter's are basically house thieves
State wide it needs to be changed before more of them catch on I think the government wants them to do this because nobody ever heard of that until now .
they started in 1849 the law maybe was needed then, but my goodness, this county has gone to hello in a hand basket
This literally isn't about squatter's rights at all he isn't even in the right about squatter's rights
Squatter rights isn't the problem. The people who are taking over homes through fake leases can do so without squatter rights. The fact they are being called squatters or using squatter rights at all is where the problem is.
Any contractor that asks to stay at the house hes working in is a huge red flag.
The problem is people pay illegals because it's cheaper and then they pull this crap. My dad paid some guys he picked up at home depot parking lot to do a job and when he came back to the job site the took off with his tools.
He made them an offer (low price for the tile work) they couldn't refuse?
@@terebrateyou absolutely should refuse that offer! I would bet my life savings he is not licensed, bonded or insured either. Hire reputable contractors that are licensed bonded and insured to avoid these kinds of problems as a homeowner…. It’s 2024 we all should know that
@@Diesel437 I agree. I was just speculating on how that kind of arrangement comes about. The tilesetter>squatter probably gave them a price that sounded good, with the arrangement of staying there. Some homeowners would think they were also getting "security", rather than leaving the house unoccupied.
Thye hired an illegal alien to do work for them. And I am willing to bet it was not the first time
Eviction??? Eviction is only for renters not squatters, all they have to do is have the police kick them out and or arrest them.
Obviously that doesn't work
In this case they had a contract in writing that allowed the person to live on premise while completing tile work. In this case it is an eviction.
Wrong. Police won't do $h1t. Trust me I've dealt with this issue before.
That is true police didn't do anything, besides protecting the aquatter.
They shouldn't expect police to help remove squatters in San Antonio.
The only people benefitting from squatter's rights are lawyers.
And most politicians are lawyers...hmm
America is a country of lawyers, by lawyers, for lawyers. Civil laws are what they are primarily to embolden criminals to commit civil crimes that force law-abiding citizens to pay lawyers in an attempt to be made whole. Anyone who has been a victim in a civil matter can attest to this.
Liberal/Democrat lawyers.
Most laws are intended to benefit lawyers.
democrats
dead squatters don't re-squat....dead trespassers don't re-trespass.....simple
100%
You got that right!👏
The FL sheriff telling this to his people was right. The Fakenews were mad with him.
Yep
they also don't sue
Why is this allowed? It's beyond absurd! Lock up stupid judges!
Thank Joe Biden , that's why its allowed because Americans come last in his book!
Because of democrats passing stupid laws to hurt the law abiding citizens..welcome to Biden’s world
it isn't dumbass
Very common in blue states like Texas
@@lisa7673 Jesus Christ, you magats just blame him for everything. These laws have been around longer than he’s been president. It’s just now people are taking advantage and using the loopholes from them
Go join Babbitt 🙄
If he doesn't have Squatters Rights, then why do the he owners have to file for eviction?? He should just be removed by the Police.
Sounds like breaking and entering and trespassing. Those are crimes and he should be in jail. That's the only way to stop this BS
They allowed him to live in the home while he did some work on the house. They even had a contract. So he's not really a squatter. More like a tenant and has to be evicted. They should have never allowed him to move into their home
@@fauxque5057if the contract was short term as the story says and the tiler overstayed the timeframe in the contract then he is a squatter. Stop carrying water for crim1nals. This attitude is exactly why these pe0ple think they can forcibly take property.
@@dogrum1 Them making a contract and allowing him to live there is what turned this into a tenant/landlord dispute and made it a civil case. Lesson here is don't be stupid and sign contracts or let people live in your home.
Now if the property owners can show he entered into the contract in bad faith then the contract could be invalidated. Either way, its now a civil matter, not criminal.
@@joshmonus how about I live in a State where our Governor sees through the farce that is "squatt3rs rights" and you live in a State where p0lice protect and serve the crimin@l class.
If that Gov. Abbot quote was true, you wouldn’t have to go to court to evict a squatter, you could just have them arrested immediately. Texas needs to enact Florida’s new anti-squatter law.
It is true, you have to be at a residence for years in Texas for squatters rights. These people are just trespassing. Unfortunately they live in San Antonio which is a democratic led city.
They made a contract with him to live there. Once the contract was signed he became a tenant, not a squatter.
@@belowaveragegamer95 It is still in a red state you dumb a#$#. What is law goes by the whole state moron.
Walk inside your home and defend your property
Exactly.
@@OutlawAngel75 Situations like this usually end up violently....one way or the other.
Amen
@@commandervile394exactly why we should all stop paying our taxes, property taxes and being law abiding citizens. We are getting nothing for all the money we pay. We are just pretending there’s laws to protect us.
My question is Who TF ever came up with squatters rights? 🤦♂️
liberals
It came from the Homestead Act of 1862 signed by Lincoln.
Woke progressives.
Libtards
@congjuny so it was to reward vultures who took property from people who died from the civil unrest before, during, and after the civil war. Go figure
He's lucky he didn't try this with the wrong people. People disappear allllll the time. Where do you think they go? 🤔
They eat dirt.
they sleep with the 🐟 🐟🐟
AMEN 🙏 😊
Leave poisoned candy in your vacant properties.
To the train station 😅
Texas please protect us homeowners because this is ridiculous. Just get rid of squatter's rights altogether.
TEXAS, and EVERY other Governor must immediately do the same as Florida with their new signed Bill to abolish criminal trespassers/squatters. Legal Homeowners WHO pay the taxes to run your cities are dying defending their legal property and others are going to jail. Many have had to pay thousands of dollars in legal and repair bills. Every Mayor, Senator, Representative MUST take note and take immediate action to protect the mom and pop homeowner and apartment owner. Follow Florida's LEAD. Georgia has got their ball rolling and waiting on Governor signature. How egregious, this Spanish contractor is assuming he can bring his whole family into a home that he was doing some work. Mental note: NEVER ALLOW A CONTRACTOR to sleep on the premises. Many opportunists.
Amen to that!!
Don’t let nobody spend the night period!!
No one should have to “evict” their intruders.
They made the mistake of being a drug store lawyer. They signed an agreement to let him stay. Now they have a tenant (not an intruder) that will not leave.
first mistake is they hired an illegal alien to do work for them
Criminal trespassing! 🫡
Domestic Terrorism...
Lawyers are reluctant to give certain legal advice, but I saw one in a video make it clear that, if it is your home, and someone is there without your permission, you have the right to enter YOUR home.
Once inside, you have the right to defend yourself from intruders by any means necessary.
You need to tell that to the property owners who have been arrested trying to do that... That will make them feel better... ;-)
@@desiv1170 One did, in NY, where you can't own a gun unless you are "special".
@@desiv1170 I never got arrested for doing that...huh, I guess this only applies to certain people.
@@commandervile394 Assuming you did remove squatters without using the accepted (and wrong) civil process, it's more likely that you didn't get in trouble because the squatters didn't know the law.
I am happy for new laws taking away squatters supposed rights, but it's not good to imply someone would be legally safe doing something that isn't legally safe yet.
@@desiv1170 Worked for me. Just saying...sometimes relying on the system will get you nowhere, and when you don't have much else choice, may as well do things your own way at that point.
The fact that lawyers have to get involved pisses me off, all about money. It should be as simple as calling the cops and getting your house back within hours not months years and thousands of dollars later.
"Texas squatters rights are specific, people cannot just enter your home and claim it as their own." ...... over here in California or over in New York they CAN do that..... which is downright scary. End squatters rights everywhere, it shouldn't be a thing.
HOWEVER the drug store lawyer (home owners') gave him the rights to move in. Now he is not a squatter, however a tenant that will not move out
You shouldn't have to evict someone who doesn't have a lease. You should be able to press charges and have them removed immediately.
Texas needs to do away with adverse possession, admend renters' rights, and create a no squatting law.
Come on, Texas.
Unless Abbott is indeed controlled opposition.
boy talking like he has properties to even have people squat in them 😂
Okay but what about verbal contracts?
If I tell my brother-in-law he can stay in my vacation home for a year over the phone and never write him a lease and then 2 months later I change my mind I still have to evict him and he still gets to have his say in court. Without a lease the state will assume he has a month-to-month lease at the bare minimum and require at least a 30 days notice to get him out.
They tried to help him out and this is how he repays them smh.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. The scummy types will always see your kindness as weakness.
No good deed goes unpunished.
That guy is not a contractor. He is some "Chuck in a Truck" opportunist. If you hire someone to do any work on your house, they are responsible for their own housing.
Yep! He bit the hand that fed him. What a disgusting POS!
They hire him because he was cheap. He is an illegal alien. Just here to get what they can for nothing
i wouldn't let my relatives or friends move into my home... "period"...
Stop paying taxes. Especially local taxes. You are getting ripped off and your rep is worthless
And they always trash the house they squat in ‼️
I can END this, hire ME ! NO repeat offenders
2a rights trump squatters rights, good luck finding a Jury in Texas
Exactly,. No Texas jury would convict a homeowner for protecting his home. Caste Doctrine rules!
Maybe in Austin. But you never know.
Unfortunately there are too many snowflakes living in Texas, many of them having moved from California and trying to turn Texas blue. That's why we have to be vigilant in who we elect to the state Congress and local government.
From what I understand of Texas law that man is a trespasser, not a squatter. And homeowners there have the right to use lethal force to protect their property, with full protection from both criminal and civil prosecution.
In other words, that "squatter" is only alive because of the patience of the homeowner.
Legally he is a tenant. They gave him a contract to move in. He just over stay his contract.
They are getting some of what they deserve. They hired an illegal alien to do work for them, and try to play lawyer
He just broke into their home. He didn’t do the squatter thing correctly.🤒
Which should be breaking and entering. That's a criminal offense
Not to defend him but they allowed him to live in the home. Even drew up a contract. So he's a tenant and has to be evicted.
@@fauxque5057 Their was a stipulation in the contract that gave a two day max stay.
@@Dcc333 Once in as tenant (one day or 20 years)in they have to go through the courts to get him out
We had to deal with this nightmare when we were trying to sell our house, they immediately cut us off and stopped paying, had to deal with so much headache trying to get them out.
Stopped paying? Are you talking about a squatter or a renter? Squatters generally don't pay anything, that's their purpose for doing it. If you're talking about selling a house that is occupied by renters that's you, their lease should have been transferred to the buyer or you should have given them ample notice of intent to sell.
They were potential buyers, wanted to check out the house and squatted, agreed to everything. I guess another kind of scam. I wouldn't seperate them from squatters, they knew what they were doing
Pure Insanity!! This guy highjacked the person who was paying them.... How is this not Terrorism -- it is a form of Domestic Terrorism!!
How in the hell is this not breaking and entering!?
This is so stupid that the homeowner has to prove they did not rental out the house and have to hire an attorney to start the eviction process to regain possession of their own property. Squatters should have no rights. It's out of control because the system have given the squatters the power.
THEY GOT IT IN WRITING! an agreement signed BY him and he is violating that agreement by staying longer than the written contract stated.
So they have to evict him through the courts which the trespasser knew. That can take months.
Castle doctrine is dead in Texas.
Where I live your home is your castle. You have the right to defend it and your family in anyway necessary. If they try to squat here they’ll get removed.
Also, we don’t believe that the police or district attorney are help by any stretch of the definition.
What in the world is going on in this country? What happened? Where is just plain sanity? Is everyone insane?
To answer your question: Fool Biden took the presidency and created Bizzaro-World. FJB
Not only do we need to fight criminals, but we also need to fight for our own house?! Is it right?!
Squatters having rights is just insane. Wtf!!!!!
This is a failure of the law to do what's right. They know what's right and they know what should be done. It's clear what this rotten creep has done and he should be arrested immediately AND forced to pay back any damages to the owner for the cost he has caused them. Make the law great again. It sure isn't about squatter's so called rights. This man hasn't even come close to meeting those requirements. Eviction should not even be an option here. What this man has done is criminal and he needs to go to jail for a good while and learn the error of his ways.
I’m glad y’all put that nice tidbit at the end.
In Texas, if your name is on the deed, you have the legal authority to remove anyone who’s not on the deed or a legit lease by any means necessary.
Why isn't it theft of services? Whatever rental value they've stolen should be considered theft. This should add up to grand larceny.
A month is still way too long.
This just happened to my Aunt at her small lake house. The young lady she let stay temporarily would not leave and invoked "squatters rights". Smoking weed, and having people hiding there. When the cops failed her, shee decided that she would have 10 of her "big smelly, wild biker friends" to be her new room mates! She said "they don't mess around and they party late into the night! Good Luck! They'll be moving in tomorrow." The girl left later that day!😂
OMG ! A Person aquires a home by paying ( lifelong) instalment s and the home is- taken over/ grabbed by- swatter s?😮
I would catch a case. Ain’t no way I’m gonna keep a squatter in my house telling me the homeowner that they got rights. They will catch rights and lefts 🥊
😂😂😂
What a concept...end "squatter rights🤯🤠
Where we are from, we Americans use our 2nd Amendment Right to bare Arms to take care of that problem.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING 🇺🇸
Don’t let contractors stay in your house. 🤪
Squatters have no rights, your property is your property and any government official that supports a squatter should be voted out of office.
His first mistake was saying yes.
"Squatters rights" shouldn't exist.
Property owners need to demand law changes. Owners shouldn’t have to evict….the police should remove them immediately….owners shouldn’t have to spend money and wait to go to court to get an eviction….the squatter should be arrested immediately.
Love Texas!!
1:45 not true. You get the courts involved and police involved then you are really screwed. They will take forever and do nothing while your house is destroyed.
If it’s not allowed in Texas then why are they allowing it?
Activist judges and greedy lawyers.
You break in you will meet your maker. Dont mess with Texas. Lady at 1:40 😘❤️🔥💯
Best thing i can do is check on all my properties frequently. Boy, i wish i had this problem 😂
Every city, town and state needs to change these laws. Squaters have Should Not have any rights.
Why do they have to go through the process of eviction then? The police should have just arrested him.
I think the only time these squatters rights would make sense is if you find some vacant land no one owns 😮😮😮😮😮this should not apply to anyone’s HOME or properties‼️‼️
Why would they allow him to stay in their home while he's doing tiling even with a contract? Are they nuts?
If he is "allowed" in the house, why is he entering through the window?
They are too nice for their own good.
What I wonder is why are all these homeowners going about this the legal way when the laws are obviously on the squatters side ? I would love to see someone try this with my house. It would be the last time they tried it.
How do squatters have any rights at all??? This is fucking nuts!!! They’re breaking and entering and trespassing someone else’s private property! That’s a HUGE CRIME!!!
adverse possession and squatter's rights are not the same thing
B&E stand your ground in Texas. my mother had this same trouble with her own granddaughter. her husband and 5 kids. the law kelp saying you have to do this do that do something else. i got a call drove 1900 miles and in 10 minutes they was out of my moms house.
No squatter rights in Texas? The dude has been there for a month. Sounds like he has more rights than the homeowner
looks like the reporter squats! THAT BOOTY!🎉
If a squatter can take control of your property why can't the property owner just squat on the squatter and get control back. They have to leave the house sometime. If the law can't stop them from squatting then it can't stop someone from squatting back.
This is breaking and entering.
Time to follow Florida…
First mistake was letting him stay there. If a contractor wants that, it's not worth whatever you're saving on the job.
Get rid of squatters rights and change the law 😡🤬
Change the laws 🙄
Abbot follow desantis. End squatters rights. They are just trespassing
Why in the world did they allow the contractor live with them in the first place? That was just asking for trouble, and they got it.
Because like a lot of people and businesses they wanted to be cheap and not hire real bonded and licensed contractors, hence letting some random shmo live there while doing the job. It's on them, no sympathy here.
What about these politicians asking people to take in illegal aliens? Good luck getting them to leave.
We need law like in FLORIDA
This is the fault of the media and police for perpetuating this BS.
Every state needs to sign into law that DeSantis did in Florida,enough of this BS !
I have a Louisville Slugger and a .45 that says squatters "rights" don't apply at any of my properties. And I won't be calling the cops either.
Protect your home at all cost. How ever you have to do it!!!!
These people have no ri F hts to your home, possessions, money, social security, health care or anything else!!!°
How the hell do you claim something that don't belong to you
I know someone who got their legs broken at night for squatting on my friend's property. We'll never know who did it.
Texas needs to pass an anti squatter bill like Florida
So what's the difference between a squatter and burglar? 😳
Florida just passed a law to take care of this.
Seems like a property owner could have someone squat on the squatters,. What's the difference?
They need to follow Floridas play on squatters
Doesn't it amaze you how fast some laws can be changed!!
Try to break into the banks house and see what happens! How has this been going on this long? Insane! They should garnish all of his wages for repayment.
We called it trespassing.
Castle doctrine, gotta love Texas
he broke in through the windows caught on camera !!! which is a break and enter !!!
He broke into your home call 811 stand your ground people
Missouri needs to change the law my neighbor is trying to steal part of my property .She lies telling the judge she been taking care of the land for 4 years and she just been there 3🙄we told her to stop mowing our property ,but she just keeps continuing cutting it we called the sheriff ,but he said can’t do anything it’s a civil matter ,we had our land surveyed and have a property map. If the judge grants her our property then I sure don’t believe in the law anymore.
I would put a fence up. She can’t cut what she can’t get to.
You should start aggressively lawn keeping the property line, and over it into hers. Build a garden and infrastructure right on the edge of the boundary, and fight fire with fire. Get the work approved and inspected officially for something like a small greenhouse right on the line, and then wield it like a weapon in the court case against her. Judge won't be able to make heads for tails, and probably will just drop it right where the line is at, or rule in your favor. Which would be even funnier when your land gets just a little bit bigger from one lady who wouldn't stop pushing.
Believe me I've had to deal with neighbors like this before, especially ones trying to invade inches within, and over my line. Suffice to say I ended up inching them away even farther than they were before. I put a 6ft fence exactly where it should be on the line, and forced them to move a trailer they set down to live in literally 2 inches from the property line. Guess what? I couldn't paint both sides of my legal fence with their house sitting right in my way where it never should have been in the first place. Asshole just wanted a bigger porch, but too bad. You ain't gonna take my land away to do it buddy.
Greg abbott needs to sign bill against these trespassers
Squatters can’t claim “squatters rights” until they had stayed on that property for 10 years.
WHO is giving these squatters legal counseling ?
They do not come up with this crap on their own ?
Couldn't imagine going to work or school or a camp trip to only come home to squatters.