Have you been reading about the New Hampshire Homesteader Cabin?

[VroomVroom]

I know that in Florida, if you let someone live in your hone for a period of time they have rights even if there is not a signed agreement. If they refuse to leave you have problems. I can't remember the legal term but it is not an eviction

Up here it’s called adverse possession. Squatters rights is how most people refer it

 

[Jstpssng]

If the owner didn’t know he was there, yet he wasn’t hiding the fact he was living there, up here they got squatters fights. And that homesteader would probably get the parcel he has been leaving on. Only takes ten years. He’s been there 30

In your province it's 20 years, at least when it applies to Crown land; and must have occurred prior to 1976

If you and your predecessors have been in uninterrupted possession of Crown land without benefit of title for 20 years or more prior to January 1, 1977, you may be eligible for a Crown Grant under Section 36Opens in new window of the Lands ActOpens in new window c.36, Statutes of Newfoundland and Labrador,1991, as amended, at a nominal cost. To obtain a Crown grant, you must file an Application for Grant of Land (Squatter’s Rights)Opens in new window (3 MB) as explained below....

Squatter's Rights - Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture

How to apply for a “squatter’s rights” grant Completing the application Declaration of applicant Individuals in support of application Application...

www.gov.nl.ca

This negates your theory for New Hampshire;

This means that the adverse possessor cannot be occupying the land with the permission of the owner. The adverse possessor and the actual title owner are often both under the mistaken belief that the adverse possessor owns the land and the title owner is not giving permission to use land he does not believes he owns. Furthermore, the adverse possessor as acting as the title owner because he believes he is the title owner.

In New Hampshire the adverse possessor must do all the above actions continuously for a period of twenty years.
The adverse possessor and the actual title owner are often both under the mistaken belief that the adverse possessor owns the land and the title owner is not giving permission to use land he does not believes he owns. Furthermore, the adverse possessor as acting as the title owner because he believes he is the title owner.

In New Hampshire the adverse possessor must do all the above actions continuously for a period of twenty years.

Adverse Possession In New Hampshire | Hamblett & Kerrigan

One of the oldest doctrines in property law is known as adverse possession which is the taking of title to real estate by possessing it for a certain period of time It allows a party to obtain ownership of a piece of property without having a deed. Adverse possession is most frequently seen in...

www.nashualaw.com

While Mr Lidstone has been there for 27 years, he states that he had permission. That destroys any argument of adverse possession.

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^^
Now I see where ten years applies to private lands...

Adverse possession of land - property and dispute lawyers

Adverse Possession is the term used when a party claims ownership of land not because they can produce documents proving they have bought it

www.herrington-carmichael.com

 

[VroomVroom]

In your province it's 20 years, at least when it applies to Crown land; and must have occurred prior to 1976

Squatter's Rights - Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture

How to apply for a “squatter’s rights” grant Completing the application Declaration of applicant Individuals in support of application Application...

www.gov.nl.ca

This negates your theory for New Hampshire;

Adverse Possession In New Hampshire | Hamblett & Kerrigan

One of the oldest doctrines in property law is known as adverse possession which is the taking of title to real estate by possessing it for a certain period of time It allows a party to obtain ownership of a piece of property without having a deed. Adverse possession is most frequently seen in...

www.nashualaw.com

While Mr Lidstone has been there for 27 years, he states that he had permission. That destroys any argument of adverse possession.

I don’t think it’s 20 years anymore. I was also under the assumption that squatters rights went out of effect in the late 70s too. But a lawyer recently told me. Not only is it still there, it’s worst, it’s now only 10 years

 

[jaxs]

It doesn't sound like he damaged anything nor did landowner complain. The crux is this level of independence is no longer tolerated in our modern society.

 

[fried1765]

It doesn't sound like he damaged anything nor did landowner complain. The crux is this level of independence is no longer tolerated in our modern society.

The entire story is incredibly sad!

 

[Diggin It]

How about you reach out to the guy and offer to give him a piece of your property to rebuild his homestead? As you say you would not have any trouble from him.

I have about 5 acres, not enough for him to have the kind of independence he's used to. And no attached stream for him to get water.

But there have been a number of offers from all over the country extended to him.

Offers flooding in after 81-year-old NH hermit's cabin burns down

David Lidstone, 81, was released from jail after a judge ruled he had less incentive to return to "this particular place in the woods" after the fire.

bangordailynews.com

^^^ Note that the Judge that locked him up and possibly led to the fire has now thrown him out on the street, homeless.

Offers Rolling in After Hermit's NH Cabin Burns Down - FirefighterNation

David Lidstone, 81, lived in the woods along the Merrimack River in the town of Canterbury.

www.firefighternation.com

That would teach him! Then the IRS would come after him for back taxes. The county would come after him for code violations and no building permits on his residence.

I haven't read that he's had any income, so nothing for the IRS to go after, or any state income agency if there is one. The local government is the one that started all of this. They could have left him alone.

 

[Rustyiron]

This poor guy will be dead in a year, only for the "power" in the hands of some chump local beaurocrat enforcing nobody's complaint.
If he were only an illegal alien, he'd be all set.

 

[Jstpssng]

He lived rent free on private property for years; who’s fault is it that he had no contingency plan? If anyone’s to blame I would put it on the person who started the fire.

 

[Fixastuff]

Does anyone this this forum above the age of 18(not living with their parents) live somewhere without having a written agreement, rental, lease, mortgage, etc?