The Law That Lets You Legally Steal Houses

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Episode written by Adam Chase
Music by Epidemic Sound

[halfasinteresting]

If I use your suggestion, I'll send you a free HAI t-shirt

[rheenusthebeanus]

In court:
*Tresspasser:* "I own your house now, I've been there for 5 years now"
*Me:* "But I have a welcome mat."
*Judge:* "Oh shit he has a point."

[ryant]

This actually happened to my Father-in-law in Uraguay. when he came over here to Australia he allowed his brother to live in his house back in Uraguay rent-free since the value of the property at the time was insignificant. Fast forward 30 years and he is now retired and decided to sell the house back in Uraguay only for his brother to claim possession stating that he has acted as the owner of the property for the last 30 years.
My Father-in-law eventually won but he did have to go back to Uraguay to fight the case in person.

[karnickel-sd]

This reminds me of the story of how my uncle got his house for free. My uncle had taken out a loan to get the house, but he couldn't pay the loan, because he had more important things to spend money on like heroin. So the bank decided to take the house, since it was bought with their money. However, my uncle had left the house in such a state of disrepair that the bank decided to let my uncle keep the house and write it off as charity.

[someoneinparticular]

"Put a welcome sign so nobody could claim it"

Simple spell but quite unbreakable

[walterbrown]

There is generally an important caveat in Adverse Possession cases - The adverse possession must be uncontested during the period of possession.

[ctoacu]

This is the "If the teacher dosent show up for 15 minutes we can leave" argument in the world of house ownership.

[leaderofthelewishpeople]

House: Exists.
Squatter: Hippity hoppity, this land is now my property!

[alphainfinitum]

I own 4 and a half acres of land in a wooded area of Florence, South Carolina. But as most of you know, I usually travel to Jamaica twice a year. When covid came in 2020, I was in Jamaica, then the borders were closed and I ended up staying in Jamaica for a full year. When I came back to the states, I decided to pay a visit to my property and to my greatest surprise, I saw that some one had built a hiking trail and cultivated crops on it. I followed the trail and saw a small camper parked up the hill on the property. I decided to go check it out. While I was heading there, I saw another guy who was hiking, and I asked him if he was from around, and said yes. I asked him how long he had lived in the area, and he said for about a year. I asked him if he knew the place well enough to show me around, and he said he knew it well, but that at the moment, he just wanted to play it by the ear. I asked him what that meant, and he asked me to hike with him a bit while we talked. He told me that he gets up in the morning, sits outside of his camper to watch the sunrise while drinking a glass or two of beer, and smoking some grass. Then he works on the garden till midday, by which time he goes back into the camper for his afternoon nap. He gets up later in the day and cleans around, then goes for a hike. He returns from the hike and sits in front of the camper to watch the sunset, with a glass or two of beer while playing it by the ear all along. At this point I felt like I was being violated and I told him that the property was mine, and that he needed to pack up and leave immediately. He asked if he could give me a little money so that he could stay till his crops mature, that way he doesn't lose his harvest. Long story short, we are in 2022, and he is still on the land, but that's because I let him stay and take care of the land while I was away. I made him sign a document that clearly stated why he was there. I have not had any issues with him since.

[shunyat]

Wendover Production: Detailed analysis of the logistics of ISS.

Half as Interesting: hey uh so did u know that u can steal other ppl houses without getting caught

[swoovey]

"What do you do for a living?"

HAI: *I teach kids how to steal houses on YouTube*

[nemonada]

Adverse possession doesn't work in Australia anymore, those laws have been patched up by other laws. I think it was just last year a police officer over here was sent to jail for running an adverse possession racket to bolster her own portfolio.

[justaregulartoaster]

How you can legally steal a house

...by trespassing, which is a crime

[crabbiethecrab]

“When stealing is legal, go for it!”


*Picture of Wall Street in the background*

[brickbot.]

Neighbor: *Takes care of half my yard for eight years*
Me: *Strolling over to my neighbor mowing* "Good morning, nice day out!"
Neighbor: "Great, now I have to start all over again!"

[exdeegaming]

Someone: commits adverse possession
Wait, that's *legal!*

[ShakeItLittleTina]

“Reading the trash”
Also known as browsing Twitter

[cbav]

if someone did that to my house he would go missing quickly

[retardalpha]

1. Find mansion
2. Find owner(s)
3. Challenge them to live anywhere else for however long you need (Prize of course)
4. Live in their mansion, and tell everyone, but in a joking way
5. They haven’t entered the mansion in years while you have and cannot claim they didn’t know
6. You own the mansion
7. Sell mansion
8. Use money to cover legal costs and pay the original owners their prize

[miaunicorn]

Im going to go steal an entire mountain now, thanks✌
Edit: Arizona is only 2 years, that makes it so much easier