How do you get squatters rights on property in Texas?
370355
It requires somewhat more than just taking care of the property. What you are referring to is called adverse possession, which by Texas law, must be "an actual and visible appropriation of real property, commenced and continued under a claim of right that is inconsistent with and is hostile to the claim of another person." Further, the true owner of the land has a period of time from the commencement of that possession to file a claim, though the time period depends on the circumstances. I would contact a lawyer and see what your options are. If you built a fence around the land and kept it for long enough, it would be yours.
573303
Get a property map from the county first of all.  Approach whomever is using the easement with proof of the boundaries and request that they cease activity on the easement.\n\nIf they refuse, your next course of action would have to be through the legal system, whether it be contacting police or county officials (depending on "who" is using it and for what), or through the court system.
1018625
Contact a realtor or browse the Sunday paper.  You can lease or buy land.
845923
You need to post no hunting signs, no trespassing signs will work but the trespassors will only be charges with trespassing, if you have no hunting signs I believe the charges are tuffer. \n\nPost the  yellow no hunting signs clearly on your property line and it should keep them out. \n\nYou could go find where they are parking and get the plate number and call it into the police. Have the police come to your property and catch them if they run they can have a backup unit waiting at their cars to arrest them. If it is after dark and you live in texes just shoot them, lol
832055
You cant actually do anything apart from complain to the owner of the property.  If it is squatters and they havent broken in to get there - the owner will then have to serve a court notice on them, take them to court and get an eviction order - all this takes a couple of months at least though.  How about asking the people to shut up - try putting a note through the door. if needs be xx
644360
It sounds as if this squatter is attempting to establish adverse possession of this property.  The rules vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, but if this person is living in this place scott free and the owner knows, there is a period of time of doing so after which the squatter will be declared the legal owner of the property.  The owner must involve the police and child protective services.  This will establish a paper trail that demonstrates that the owner did not just know and accept her occupancy, but actually took measures to stop it.  The owner is unlikely to get in trouble for allowing this mom and her small children to live in his home up to now.  Clearly, though, it seems that these children might be better off in foster homes until the mom can get her act together and provide a suitable home for herself and for them.  I do not believe in creating homelessness situations, but I have given you the state of the law on the topic.  Best of luck to you (and the owner).
1129726
That sounds like a measurement problem where the surveys when they were made did not meet at the same point and as a result there is some land between to deeded parcels of land that legally doesn't belong with either parcel of land.\n\nIn Texas that is called vacated land and belongs to the state.
608653
No, you cannot own property in Mexico unless you are a citizen.  Too bad the US didn't think of that 100 years ago, then the Saudis would not own our counrty.
390408
You want to know what *your* rights are while you're on *my* property??\n\nInteresting question.\n\nYou need to tell people what state you're in, but don't expect any golden eggs here.  If you're on someone else's land, what "extra" rights do you think you're going to have that you wouldn't have anywhere else?
595530
We need more information.  Where are you?  What's the situation?  Who wants to take the property?  Why do they want to take it? etc.
18877
Yep, he has the right to have full use of every last square inch of his property. In some jurisdictions, he can have a professional company come in to take down the fence then sue you for the bill.
95699
In Texas and in many other states you take the physical address to the County Appraisal District. Some states use the Tax Assessors Office. There you can cross reference the address to the land. When you do this you will find a book and page number which you can take to the Clerk of Courts or County Clerks office and look up the actual deed to the property. The Deed will show you the actual owners. Sometimes the owners are deceased and the heirs are not aware or do not care about the property. In that case you will have to research the owners names elsewhere. (Another class) Pleae note that you may get a name and address at the taxing authority also, the address where the tax bill is sent to the owner may not be same address as the land you are interested in. This is the case in all rental property.
764764
You might want to speak with a lawyer first, but I would think all you have to do is call the police and tell them you want the RV impounded and off your property.\n\nSquatters have no rights.  But, like I said, check with an attorney to be sure.
745041
The law is that of "adverse possession". And in Texas the period is three years: http://recenter.tamu.edu/TGrande/vol13-2/1776.html\n\nThe landlord can do one of two things to avoid the statute running: s/he can give permission to stay, or s/he can evict. The squatter has to show that s/he is there under "color of right", claiming the rights of ownership and usage in conflict with (adverse to) the rights of the true owner.\n\nThere is also the right of the local government to taxes (somebody has to pay them or the property will be auctioned off) and potentially issues concerned with title insurance, inheritance, bankruptcy, etc.\n\nADDENDUM: The law of Costa Rica has nothing to do with the State of Texas; Costa Rica is a civil-law jurisdiction. Homestead rights under Texas law relate to a principal private residence and the ability of creditors to foreclose or levy. Ipso facto, land occupied by its owner or the owner's licensee cannot be the object of "squatting": those purporting to be squatters are in fact guests or tenants. An owner who knows of the presence of others on his or her land, and who grants permission for them to be there has only to prove that point to defeat any claim to adverse possession. Payment of money by an occupant also defeats any claim. (Compare this to Spain, for example, where payment of money may create a protected tenancy and the supposed guest cannot then be evicted: this sort of difference is why looking at Costa Rican (or any other foreign) law doesn't help to understand Texas law.)
122263
First you need to find out if your family actully owns the MINERAL rights of said land.\n\nIf you own 100% of the Mineral rights, (Doubtful if the land has been in your family less than 150 years) then you could 'lease' the mineral rights of this land to a company who would then write you a check every month or quarter (3 months) to rape your land of its natural resources.\n\nYou will need to contact a real estate attorney before you do anything.
458714
Start with these folks:\nhttp://www.trs.state.tx.us
1091863
Go to the yahoo search engine and type in the state you are living in and then put in "renters rights".  You will get lots of help there.