Gov. DeSantis signs law that allows squatters to be immediately evicted
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill that will allow squatters in the state to be immediately evicted.
DeSantis signed the bill, HB 621, during a news conference Wednesday in Orlando, promising that Florida is "ending the squatter scam."
"The squatter scam ends today with my signature on this piece of legislation and the state of Florida will be better for it," said DeSantis.
Before the bill, squatters were considered to be tenants and a process was required to evict them. But now, this bill strips squatters of those rights.
"If you are the victim of squatting you can simply fill out a form, give it to your local sheriff and the sheriff is instructed to go and remove the people who ar...
