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2. Squatting in the United States - Wikipedia

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   A history of the public land policies (1924), online. Jacoby, Karl. Crimes against nature: Squatters, poachers, thieves, and the hidden history of American conservation (U of California Press, 2014) online. Lyle, E. (2008) On the Lower Frequencies Soft Skull Press ISBN 978-1-933368-98-6.

3. Adverse possession - Wikipedia

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   Adverse possession in common law, and the related civil law concept of usucaption (also acquisitive prescription or prescriptive acquisition), are legal mechanisms under which a person who does not have legal title to a piece of property, usually real property, may acquire legal ownership based on continuous possession or occupation without the permission of its legal owner.

4. Preemption Act of 1841 - Wikipedia

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   The Preemption Act of 1841 permitted "squatters" who were living on federal government-owned land to purchase up to 160 acres (65 ha) for $1.25 per acre ($3.09 per hectare) before the land would be offered for sale to the general public. To qualify under the law, the "squatter" had to be the following: a "head of household";

5. What’s Behind Recent ‘Squatters’ Rights’ Disputes? - AOL

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   Technically, “squatters’ rights” do not exist—no law purports to intentionally protect squatters, and property owners (theoretically) have a constitutionally protected right to exclude ...

6. Pigeon Roost State Historic Site - Wikipedia

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   Collings and his large family held the original land grants in what is now Nelson County, Kentucky, signed by the Governor of Virginia, Patrick Henry. These land grants were deemed illegal. After the passage of the Northwest Ordinance, many squatters moved across the Ohio River and occupied Shawnee lands in southern Indiana. Families living in ...

7. Five places where land is free - AOL

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   In the spirit of settling the wild, wild West, some communities are giving away free land lots. What's the catch? You have to agree to build a house (or park a mobile home) and live in it. For the ...

8. Viral squatting stories are scaring homeowners. How bad is ...

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   New York’s legislation, signed into law last week as part of its 2025 budget, explicitly excludes squatters from tenant protections, in hopes that it enables police to remove them more quickly.

9. Preemption (land) - Wikipedia

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   If he was a citizen or was taking steps to become one and he and his family developed the land (buildings, fields, fences) he had the right to then buy that land for the minimum price. Land was otherwise sold through auction, typically at a price too high for these settlers. Preemption is similar to squatter's rights and mining claims. [1]