A Legal Question.

[egg6447]

hope i can explain this. your wife owns land and a relative moves onto that land and erects a tin shed, no questions asked, can said relative ever claim said land, user/squatters rights. if so how many years to put in claim.?.

[sbk]

There was a recent squatters thread where this was discussed.

Actually, two

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Years-Land-B...mp;hl=squatters

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Squatters-Ri...mp;hl=squatters

[Boater]

better for the mods to move to the real estate section

[InterestedObserver]

hope i can explain this. your wife owns land and a relative moves onto that land and erects a tin shed, no questions asked, can said relative ever claim said land, user/squatters rights. if so how many years to put in claim.?.

Yes, squatters can, after a period of time, make a claim for ownership of land. The solution is to run their buttocks off the land, relative or not, and the sooner the better. The time frame depends on the type of title documents you have for the land, 1 year is the soonest.