This Takes The Biscuit.

[honoluludave]

Best to let the wife and MIL sort this out thai style. But here is something else to consider. It sounds like he is farming on a number of property with absent owners. Imagine the look on all these absent land owners when they get a tax bill for land that is being used for farming when they thought it was dormant

[cmsally]

It is ten year when the land title has a chanot.

Quiz question, how long does a squatter need to use your land on other land titles?

Probably not long. If I remember correctly, when upgrading from Nor Sor Sam Gor to Chanot you have to announce for 1 month (I think) to make sure no one lodges a claim on the land and disputes boundary / ownership etc

[Khun Jean]

Yep, and with nor sor sam and nor sor sam gor it takes only 1 year for the squatter to get the land.

[RandomSand]

IHMO.. Give the squatter the two options; (1) evacuate the land immediately receiving 25% of the harvest. (2) Bring in the harvest himself and receive 50% of it.

Get him to sign a contract like this: "I, Farmer x, agree to do (1) or (2). Further; that as long as I leave the land after performing this contract, that no legal action will be brought against me.

If he will not sign any contract, then you must evict him.

**edit: If, after eviction, he claims unfair practices - i.e loss of his lost rice - then offer 25% of the harvest.

I think this is fair.

Edited August 18, 2013 by RandomSand

[Farma]

Yep, and with nor sor sam and nor sor sam gor it takes only 1 year for the squatter to get the land.

This explains something that had me puzzled for awhile. I kept thinking of the 10 year rule.

I've been told stories and shown land towards the southern Laos border where red shirt supporters had set up camp. I was told they then claim the land and sell it.