In certain instances, an individual can gain possession of your property if they meet specific requirements. The legal term for this is "adverse possession." As squatting incidents run rampant through ...

Adverse possession is a legal doctrine under which a person (the "adverse possessor") trespassing on real property owned by someone else may acquire valid title to it so long as certain common law—and ...

There’s no federal law that lets people inhabit an abandoned house. States have varying adverse possession laws. In many states, to claim possession, a person must live in the property for a set ...