jaimee oliver/homeowner: it was only a month. it felt like eternity. it was supposed to be rented out, just like this rental property, recently damaged by squatters. jaimee says they broke-in half-a- dozen times. jaimee oliver/homeowner: we they changed the locks again, and broke another window. they destroyed the air conditioner, and took the washer, dryer and the refrigerator. jaimee oliver/homeowner: it cost us about $6,000 in property damage. that's not including rental loss. we got to a point where i'm like, what are we going to do? the answer is, call police. hopefully they can arrest your squatters for breaking-in. then you'll need to post a notice that you're "retaking possession" of the property, lauren pena/civil law self help center: posting that and filing something at the courthouse is basically your record to show if this person tries to re-enter, they could be in criminal violation. lauren pena with the civil law self help center says, if police can't make an arrest, you'll need to serve the squatter with a "notice of surrender." lauren p

jaimee oliver/homeowner: we got in, we changed the locks. they changed the locks again, and broke another window. they destroyed the air cost us about $6,000 in property damage. that's not including rental loss. we got to a point where i'm like, what are we going to do? the answer is, call police. hopefully they can arrest your squatters for breaking-in. then you'll need to post a notice that you're "retaking possession" of the property, and file a statement in justice court. lauren pena/civil law self help center: posting that and filing something at the courthouse is if this person tries to re-enter, they could be in criminal violation. lauren pena with the civil law self help center says, if lauren pena/civil law self help center: the squatter has the opportunity to answer and if they raise legal defense, it will go to court. if not, it doesn't go to court and the judge may give you an order for removal. then the squatters have 24-hours to move out. fortunately for jaimee, her squatters didn't put up a legal fight. them, with help from pr

jaimee oliver/homeowner: it was only a month. it felt like eternity. it was supposed to be rented out, just like this rental property, recently damaged by squatters. jaimee says they broke-in ha jaimee oliver/homeowner: we got in, we changed the locks. they changed the locks again. we got back in. they broke a window. we got back in. they changed the locks again, and broke another window. they destroyed the air conditioner, and took the washer, dryer and the refrigerator. jaimee oliver/homeowner: it cost us about $6,000 in property damage. that's not including rental loss. we got to a point where i'm like, what are we going to do? the answer is, call police. hopefully they can arrest your then you'll need to post a notice that you're "retaking possession" of the property, and file a statement in justice court. lauren pena/civil law self help center: posting that and filing something at the courthouse is basically your record to show if this person tries to re-enter, they could be in criminal violation. lauren pena with the civil law self help center say

jaimee oliver/homeowner: it was only a month. it felt like eternity. it was supposed to be rented out, just like this rental property, recently damaged by squatters. jaimee says they broke-in half-a- dozen times. jaimee oliver/homeowner: we got in, we changed the locks. they changed the locks again. we got back in. they broke a window. we got back in. they changed the locks again, they destroyed the air conditioner, and took the washer, dryer and the refrigerator. jaimee oliver/homeowner: it cost us about $6,000 in property damage. that's not including rental loss. we got to a point where i'm like, what are we going to do? the answer is, call police. hopefully they can arrest your squatters for breaking-in. then you'll need to post a notice that you're "retaking possession" of the property, and file a statement in justice court. something at the courthouse is basically your record to show if this person tries to re-enter, they could be in criminal violation. lauren pena with the civil law self help center says, if police can't make an arrest, you'll nee