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Use of Adverse Possession "Defense" By Vacant Home Hijackers Now Drawing Attention From Florida Lawmaker

By r morris

In Tallahassee, Florida, The Tampa Tribune reports:State lawmakers may beef up protections of property owners' rights by rewriting a law this spring that is at the center of a case of alleged fraud in Pasco County. Florida, like most states, has a statute enabling people to stake a legal claim to property that already belongs to someone else. The intent behind the so-called adverse possession

Full post as published by The Home Equity Theft Reporter on March 14, 2010 (boomark / email).