Squatters & Occupancy

California has no fixed day count for turning a guest into a tenant. Here’s how the law actually decides, and why it matters before you sell an occupied house.

Removing a squatter in California almost always means an unlawful detainer lawsuit, not a call to police. Here is the real process, cost, and timeline.

Adverse possession claims almost never succeed in California, and the reason isn’t the five-year occupancy period most articles focus on.

California has no law that hands someone your house after 30 days. What it has is an adverse possession statute requiring five continuous years of occupation and five years of the occupant paying your property taxes.