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Legislation to speed up eviction of squatters passes House, 65-3, heads to governor

Legislation that had previously passed the Senate unanimously to address property owners faced with squatters has passed the House on a 65-3 vote. It came in response to an incident in Canyon County, in which the owner faced long delays in evicting a squatter who claimed to have signed a lease with a third party to rent the home. “These changes will give the property owners a more expedited manner to get their property back when uninvited guests, i.e. squatters, move in,” said Rep. Rick Youngblood, R-Nampa. The only three votes against SB 1120 came from Reps. Gannon, Jordan(Ringo) and Wintrow; there was no debate.



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Betsy Z. Russell joined The Spokesman-Review in 1991. She currently is a reporter in the Boise Bureau covering Idaho state government and politics, and other news from Idaho's state capital.

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