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Fact-checking influencer’s claim about squatters’ rights
In many states, to claim possession, a person must live in the property for a set amount of years, submit documentation and pay property taxes.
On TikTok and Instagram, viral videos show a man telling people that there’s a legal way for them to invade an abandoned house.
"I found out that there is a law that says that if a house is not inhabited we can expropriate it," the influencer Leonel Moreno, who goes by "Leito Oficial" says in Spanish on a March 16 Instagram video.
Moreno is a Venezuel...
On TikTok and Instagram, viral videos show a man telling people that there’s a legal way for them to invade an abandoned house.
"I found out that there is a law that says that if a house is not inhabited we can expropriate it," the influencer Leonel Moreno, who goes by "Leito Oficial" says in Spanish on a March 16 Instagram video.
Moreno is a Venezuel...