re: Big Ron squatters law in Florida first in the US outstanding .

The Florida Legislature just passed a new law, and DeSantis did sign it.

Bill Text:
LINK

Reporting: LINK . LINK

The bill was filed all the way back in November, and it has just now worked its way through the process.

if a property owner contends that someone is “squatting“ on his property, he can “fill out a form“ and have law enforcement officials remove the “squatter” immediately.

It does not seem to apply either to actual tenants or holdover tenants. It creates a misdemeanor offense if a person in possession of the property presents a falsified lease or related document.

it does not seem to allow the sheriff to leave the purported tenant in possession, even if the reported tenant provides a copy of a lease. Instead, it gives the purported tenant a civil action for wrongfully eviction.

in other words, so long as the property owner signs a complaint claiming that there is no lease, removal is basically automatic. The person in possession seems to have no option other than “after the fact” lawsuit to establish that he was indeed entitled to possession.