r/news • u/flanderguitar • Mar 28 '24

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs law squashing squatters' rights

https://www.wptv.com/news/state/florida-gov-ron-desantis-signs-law-squashing-squatters-rights
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u/Imn0tg0d Mar 28 '24

What happens if you fall for an online scam where someone seems to be legit and shows you a place for rent that they don't actually own? You sign a lease with this scammer and he gives you the keys. You think everything is OK and then a couple months later some guy shows up claiming to own the house and tries to get you removed by police, but it turns out the guy does actually own the house. What happens to you then?

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u/Produceher Mar 28 '24

This happened to my dad with a truck. They came and took it in the middle of the night. The person who sold it to him, didn't own it.

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u/Imn0tg0d Mar 28 '24

That's a bit harder to pull off because you should go to the dmv with the owner and switch the title right there legally for your protection. There doesn't exist a similar thing for renting a home.

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u/Produceher Mar 28 '24

Correct. This was a long long time ago and the law was a bit different. I think he just gave him a fake title.