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The law on squatting - what squatting is, squatters' rights, removing squatters, getting your property back from squatters and adverse possession. Includes information from the withdrawn EX332 and EX333 guidance.
Squatting is when someone deliberately enters property without permission…
A non-residential property is any building or land that is not designed to…
A long-term squatter can become the registered owner of property or land…
HM Land Registry will tell you if squatters apply for legal ownership of…
You can remove squatters using an interim possession order (IPO) or making…
You may be classed as homeless if you’re squatting. Get advice from…
The penalties if you are caught taking or dealing drugs - drug classification, fines and prison sentences
How to take court action to repossess a property or evict a tenant if you're owed money for rent or a mortgage
Use this form ('particulars of claim') with Form N5 to tell a court why you're seeking possession, for example if a tenant hasn't complied with the tenancy terms. Includes guidance notes N119A, N7A and N7B.
Quarterly National Statistics on possession claim actions in county courts by mortgage lenders and social and private landlords.
Application form ADV1: registration of a person in adverse possession.
If someone is occupying your property without consent, use this form to ask the court for a possession order that the person or people leave within 24 hours.
Tenants can use this form to tell the court why they have rent arrears and if they disagree with what their landlord has put on the ‘claim for possession’ form.
Landlords need to follow certain procedures when evicting tenants - find out about eviction notices, harassment and illegal evictions, and going to court
A property owner or landlord can use this form with a 'particulars of claim' form to make a claim for possession of property.
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