re: Squatting in Louisiana in empty house - how to prevent this

Allow me to liven up this thread:






And finally, a gif that's as odd as gingerkittie apparently is, judging from everyone's comments:

Go and put locks on the doors.
IF they are breaking in call the cops.

Shouldnt be a issue.

I know you must have watched that TV show on Nanette's murder last week. Smith looked awfully smug for a guy with a high profile unsolved year old murder on his hands. Tim Lentz is going to crush him in the upcoming election.

This was on Live PD a while back. Florida snowbirds showed up at their winter home to find someone was living there and had changed the locks. Police couldn't do anything, advised the owner to take them to court.

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Claiming Adverse Possession in Louisiana takes 10 years and many other factors. Even after a year they wouldn't have any rights.

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True, but after 1 year, you have to show proof you are the owner in order to dispossess them. Prior to one year, the burden of proof isn't nearly as high. You can just call the cops on them and make them leave.

I can tell you this based on my experience. One of my first jobs, I use to have to go search through records in the clerk of court or assessor's office to locate the owners of abandoned homes.

At the time the parish I worked for was trying to clean up a lot of bad spots. If it was empty lots, usually the owner lived relatively close. We send them a certified letter telling them that if no one responds to the letter the parish will proceed to legally take steps towards cleaning up the property. If we got a signature on the certified letter, in most cases, the property would eventually get cleaned.

If the letter came back we had to do more digging. Sometimes the owner would be dead and if they had multiple kids.. several living in different states, etc. We had to send all of them certified letters, gather as much info as possible and turn it over to the lawyer who worked with us.

I know that's a wall of text, but you should probably contact the parish you are in first. Go to the assessor's office, clerk of court, etc.. And find out who actually owns it.

Thanks for the useful answers. We will attempt to protect that property legally in every way possible.

I just hate seeing a home trashed by squatters.

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They had to give her a 30 day eviction notice before they could evict her, even though she never paid any kind of rent, nor was given any permission.

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i still dont understand how that is written in the law. I understand for a tenent under contract but someone who just squatted. that BS.

Put a shite load of sugar water around the foundation. Ants will love it and move in.