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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.
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.
Among states that border New Jersey, Pennsylvania (21 years) and Delaware (20 years) have similarly strong legislation in place for squatters, while New York (10 years) is comparatively less strict.
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.
Technically, “squatters’ rights” do not exist—no law purports to intentionally protect squatters, and property owners (theoretically) have a constitutionally protected right to exclude ...
Gun laws in the United States regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition.State laws (and the laws of the District of Columbia and of the U.S. territories) vary considerably, and are independent of existing federal firearms laws, although they are sometimes broader or more limited in scope than the federal laws.
And in Louisiana, squatters can now be charged with burglary, which incurs a fine of up to $2,500 or 12 years in jail — or both. The White House has taken notice of the squatting problem, too ...
has received a waiver from the United States Attorney General, as long as the waiver petition shows this would be in the interests of justice and would not jeopardize the public safety under 18 U.S. Code § 922(y)(3)(c) [37] non-resident of any US state unless the receipt of firearms are for lawful sporting purposes [38]