I will begin by saying I may be wrong or inaccurate in some the following facts... However it is a recap as I best recall.

Friend of mine recently moved to NM from here in Virginia recently. .. Military guy... former Army EOD etc. Early 40s

He had inherited 120 acres of coastline in Oregon somewhere in the past... plans to retire there someday... do not know any more. Speaks of the land with affection. Apparently it has good value also. Don't know.

He got a phone call from the neighbor that squatters have take up living on his land. He has called the local police (and State also?) and apparently not made progress getting the squatters evicted. Also apparently, Oregon has a law granting homeless people the right to occupy land that is not occupied by the owner...

Don't know much more, but sounds like a dang weird mess to me.

Is Oregon really that strange?

Yes.

Seems simple enough, when legal fails pay some uglies to go in stomping.

Oregon has laws that favor squatters and deadbeat renters. He'd better get a good lawyer who knows how the laws work. I do know that a squatter has to live there 10 years before he can claim ownership under adverse possession. However, getting rid of them can be tedious and expensive.

He needs to go in and smack them upside the head with his 1911! More fiction.

Sounds like a good place to reintroduce the grizzly bear

Those places that rent pressure washers and stump grinders....need to rent out Belgian Malinois

I think the entirety of Oregon’s coast is public land?

I’d have a dumpster delivered and show up with a pressure washer.

Some of them rent brush chippers...

Alaska is similar.

A couple squatted in an abandoned shack down the road from us. Cost the owner(lower48) $20k to buy them out.

Gotta set a precedent

That is fugked up.

I knew a guy who was letting some people live in a shop behind his house in Siletz, Oregon. He ended up in jail after threatening to kick the [bleep] out of them when he caught them stealing from him. They filed a no contact order while he was in jail and he couldn't even go back to his own house. Cost him a small fortune in legal/attorney fees.

Pretty effed up.

This type of situation can be successfully negotiated with an excavator.

That’s insane.

Maybe take the fishing?
Waters deep there and I know you can cram a few adults in a typical 80x crab pot.

I've only read about it but apparently you can get them out relatively easily if you're hands on and don't back down from any of their schit.

Their strength is their audacity. There are even dedicated "teaching" sites on how to go about claiming other people's schit:

https://reclaimportland.wordpress.com/about/

As stated Oregon has a "ten year rule" regarding squatters. If they've been there a long time he's going to have a legit legal battle.

Oregon is so bizarre that there's an entire comedy series dedicated to making fun of the residents.

LOL

I ride offroad and a well used target placed in the roadway turned me around every time.

Sounds like Venezuela.

The whole west coast is screwed.

Was thinking the same thing.

Washington state is pretty much the same. If squatters claim they are homeless, law enforcement will not do anything.

I had a similar problem with a 100 acres of land that was left to me by my mother . Trespassers riding atvs , poachers and dumping garbage . I leased it to a local guy and his 2 sons to hunt for $1 per year with and understanding that he would keep folks out . Problem solved .


You can't leave a property vacant and not expect some low-lifes to take advantage of your absence .

I suspect the "honestly believed he owned the property" part pretty much takes them out given we have property taxes to pay in this state.


The process of evicting a squatter generally goes something like this:

1.Call the police immediately. When you find someone on your property, call the police. ...
2.Serve an eviction notice. Serve the squatter with an eviction notice. ...
3.File a lawsuit. ...
4.Have the squatter removed. ...
5.Handle any belongings left behind.

It’s a road I’ve not traveled. Hope I don’t as blood stains are difficult to get out of fabric.

If someone left me property anywhere in Oregon, Washington, or California - I would sell it immediately. The Oregon coast is a nice place to visit (especially if you can avoid going near Portland), but I wouldn't want to own anything there.

And no - the Oregon coast is not all public.

Donate some perfume to their camp/building site would be pure kindness.

https://www.sportsmans.com/hunting-...scents/moccasin-joe-skunk-scent/p/303488

A friend in Anchorage had a fourplex and one of the tenants refused to pay and he couldn’t kick them out as it was winter time.

So,,he moved in with them. Walked in and went to the bathroom where the woman was showering, dropped his pants and took a crap. Stripped off to his drawers, went to the fridge and helped himself to the cold beer and went to the couch and stretched out..

They left that evening.

The squatters probably couldn't even pay the property taxes.

Yes.

Oregon is really that bad.

It's one of the hardest states to evict lawful tenants who quit paying they rent. As I understand It's virtually impossible.

Didn't they (WA) recently pass laws about eviction of houseboat and cars?

Its pretty strange for both given the Anti-California-Emmigree sentiment that abounds in both states.

Fella that owns the pasture I keep steers in just went through this last week.

Homeless camp squatters on the property. Called police and they rousted them out. Wouldn't arrest them though.

He suggested we burn everything left behind. Tents, clothes, food, bikes...

I had heard it years back but never really looked into it.

https://www.oregon.gov/lcd/OCMP/Pages/Public-Access.aspx

Depends on the County and it’s ordnance / laws on eviction of squatters. In Multnomah County, the largest county in Portland. Squatters do not have any rights.

Police won’t legally remove a squatter, if the squatter says they have a legal right to occupy the property.

Property owner can ask the squatters to vacate within 24 hours after providing a written - and posted on the house notice.

If squatters refuse to leave, owner goes to court and files for a mediation hearing. Should the squatter show up, the mediator tries to persuade the squatter to leave....If the squatter doesn’t appear for mediation, the court rules in favor of the property owner and provides a letter from the court to vacate the property within 4 days.

If the squatter still doesn’t leave after the 4 day notice of vacate. The owner must return to court to have a “Writ” performed by the court which allows LE to remove the squatter, physically, if necessary.

Good Luck! Yes, Oregon is a messed up beyond repair State.

I personally know a landlord and property owner who every few years would come a cross a squatter trying to reside on one of his many properties. He would tell them they had 24hours to leave. If they didn’t, he would constantly check the property waiting for the squatters to leave for errands or what-not.

Owner would kick the door in and he and his workers would load all the squatters contents in his hauler. Locksmith was called and lockes were changed....Contents were hauled to a landfill....This was 16 years ago. Laws/ordnance’s have changed.

😎

What do the invaders do when they squat?

Sounds as though some of the victimized landowners are not very inventive.

Access to beaches is not the same thing as "public coast". Not relevant to this discussion, anyway. Lots of houses and hotels (privately owned) are built right up to the high tide line on deeded land. All over the Oregon coast. Like I said.....nice place to visit. And I've done so many times.

We once rented a condo in LIncoln City, OR for a few days. At high tide the waves beat against the foundations of the building, right under our deck. A monster wave would have filled the livingroom.

I'd invest in a pickup truck load of beer and invite some local bikers to party on my land. Call them "private security specialists".

I've had to take it a bit farther than that..

I've stayed at rentals and camped there on the coast. It is beautiful.

The public beaches there are WAY different than the situation here in WA.
I live on an island and public beaches/access is about as rare as a Trump flag in King county. Lol. Nearly everything to at least low tide is private.

Anyway, good luck to the OP's buddy. Sounds like he's gonna need it.

Wasn't it Florida that the squatters moved into mansion, and claimed it because people hadnt occupied it for a small period of time! I remember it being in the news a few years ago! Some antiquated law from homesteading era!

Oregon coast, claim its timber lands, and close for fire protection! Post no trespassing signs, and chain the road shut! Happens everywhere! Then they are in violation of state law! Proceed with eviction before they know whats up! Surprise is always a good move in battle!

Before notifying anyone about their presence:
Pull a permit for a controlled burn to create a fire break.
The fires of the past few years should make that move through the works fairly quickly...
Strategically perform the burn when the wind is in your favor, but not theirs...

If the guy has 120 acres on the Oregon coast and he's in VA, he's a damned fool.

The anti-cali sentiment is very much present in the rural areas of both of these states. Problem is the urban areas contain the majority of the states population and are mostly commiefornia transplants and other libtard loons
They've destroyed both states!

Que Sal with pictures of him on a horse....

I'd take them deep sea fishing!

What would worry me was if someone gets hurt on your property and they take you to court .

If they get hurt bad enough, they won't take you to court. GW

The Oregon Beach Bill decreed that all land within sixteen vertical feet of the average low tide mark belongs to the people of Oregon and guarantees that the public has free and uninterrupted use of the beaches along Oregon's 363 miles of coastline. A state easement exists up to the line of vegetation.

Slight edit

Several years a buddy of mine had a rent house occupied by some deadbeats that hadn’t paid rent for several months. He took out a window and when they complained he told them he had a new one ordered. So they put plastic over it. He took another one out and they covered it. This went on until he removed the front door. They finally got the message.