Are there no squatters rights in the US? In both the UK and Ireland if you’ve been living somewhere 12 years you can claim squatters rights (can claim if less than 12 years too but will require supporting legal arguments) which basically means the land is yours. The landowner in this case had 27 years to act and failed to do. The law should be concerned with more than just title deeds.
In certain states there is. Squatters rights can take effect after a squatter receives mail to an address and you had to go to court to get them out and it wasn't always guaranteed. Illegals and near do wells used squatter rights so much that a lot of states abolished the law.
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