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Kansas House advances amended bill creating civil process for removing unauthorized occupants
Summary
House Bill 2378, amended to remove criminalization language, would allow property owners or their agents to submit a notarized affidavit to law enforcement to seek removal of unauthorized occupants after a verification and at least 24-hour notice; the Office of Judicial Administration warned of increased district court filings.
The Kansas House of Representatives’ Committee of the Whole reported House Bill 2378 favorably as amended, a measure titled the "Removal of Squatters Act" that creates a civil process by which an owner or an agent may request law enforcement help to remove unauthorized occupants from a dwelling.
Representative Reisman described the bill's mechanics: an owner or agent files a notarized affidavit with local law enforcement attesting that (1) the affiant is owner or agent, (2) a person has entered or remains unlawfully, (3) the person is not a tenant or holdover tenant, (4) the affiant…
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