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    Apr 29, 2012, 03:16 PM
    I own 12 acres of land. I let a man stay on an acre 15 years. Now I want them to go
    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.
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    Apr 29, 2012, 03:27 PM
    Nope, but if they refuse to leave, you will have to go through a formal eviction.
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    Apr 29, 2012, 03:34 PM
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    Nope, but if they refuse to leave, you will have to go through a formal eviction.
    Thank you very much for your quick answer.

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    Apr 29, 2012, 06:02 PM
    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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    Apr 29, 2012, 06:20 PM
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    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 ?
    He built a house on it so he owns the house but not the land.
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    Apr 29, 2012, 06:34 PM
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    He built a house on it so he owns the house but not the land.
    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.
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    Apr 29, 2012, 06:39 PM
    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.
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    Apr 30, 2012, 07:19 AM
    What does the original agreement/contract say?
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    Apr 30, 2012, 01:48 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by JudyKayTee View Post
    What does the original agreement/contract say?
    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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    Apr 30, 2012, 01:53 PM
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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.
    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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    Apr 30, 2012, 01:54 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by AK lawyer View Post
    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.

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

    But one never knows - or does one?
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