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Florida’s not alone in this worry that strangers are taking over people’s homes; Georgia and New York have introduced anti-squatter legislation, too. The Florida bill, HB 621, which will allow ...
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Florida recently passed legislation targeting this problem, instead allowing law enforcement to remove squatters immediately at the request of a property owner. But it’s challenging for law ...
[20] [21] The legislation has been opposed by the American Bar Association, [22] Equality Florida, [23] and President Joe Biden. [24] Despite that, in February 2022, the bill passed the Florida House. The House version of the bill (HB 1557) then passed the Florida Senate in March 2022, with Baxley in full support. [25]
Senate Bill 266 advanced in the Florida state senate's appropriations committee on April 13, 2023. The Florida Senate passed the bill on April 28, 2023, by a margin of 27-12. [19] The House version of the bill passed by a vote of 81-34 on May 3, 2023. [20] Governor Ron DeSantis signed the bill concurrently with Florida House Bill 931 on May 15 ...
Anyone hoping to claim any one of thousands of foreclosed homes in Florida through adverse possession -- simply squatting on the land for several years to obtain title to the home -- are out of luck.
The Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA), 15 U.S.C. § 1125(d),(passed as part of Pub. L. 106–113 (text)) is a U.S. law enacted in 1999 that established a cause of action for registering, trafficking in, or using a domain name confusingly similar to, or dilutive of, a trademark or personal name.
Already, bipartisan anti-squatting bills have been signed into law over the past few weeks in Florida, Georgia, and New York, where the incident in Queens sparked outrage.