I own 12 acres of land. I let someone stay there for 15 years. Now I want them to leave. Do they have any right to stay.

Nope, but if they refuse to leave, you will have to go through a formal eviction.

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Originally Posted by ScottGem

Nope, but if they refuse to leave, you will have to go through a formal eviction.

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Thank you very much for your quick answer.

Jamie Thomas

How are they staying on your acre ? Did they build a house ? Do they live in a house you own ? Did they move a trailer onto the property ?

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Originally Posted by Fr_Chuck

How are they staying on your acre ? Did they build a house ? Do they live in a house you own ? Did they move a trailer onto the property ?

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He built a house on it so he owns the house but not the land.

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Originally Posted by stridertheking

He built a house on it so he owns the house but not the land.

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Actually, that may not be true. As long as you owned the land any improvements he made to the property become your property. Now if he built a mobile home that can be moved, then he can take that with him.

A lot depends here on what agreement you gave him when you let him use the land.

I agree, in most places in the US, he built YOU a house, he would not own a house built on your property, if this is a mobile home or modular home that can be moved. But a house built on a foundation becomes normally part of the land. So it can go back to what the agreement was 15 years ago.

What does the original agreement/contract say?

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Originally Posted by JudyKayTee

What does the original agreement/contract say?

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I don't see anywhere in this thread that there was a written instrument. An acre is too indefinite to mean much, by the way.

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Originally Posted by AK lawyer

I don't see anywhere in this thread that there was a written instrument. An acre is too indefinite to mean much, by the way.

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May not have been a written instrument. But there had to be some agreement since the OP said he "let" this person stay.

But until the OP returns to give us more details we can't help him.

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Originally Posted by AK lawyer

I don't see anywhere in this thread that there was a written instrument. An acre is too indefinite to mean much, by the way.

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I pretty much figured when the "man" "stayed" on the property.

But one never knows - or does one?