One of the biggest concerns for many homeowners is dealing with the squatting in a house. If this situation occurs, the National Police explains that the water, electricity or gas supply cannot be cut off, as this behaviour could “constitute a crime”.
To prevent a house from being broken into, the agents recommend exchanging means of contact with neighbors in order to be located and notified if an attempt is made to commit this crime, not to publish images on social networks of vacation plans or to install security mechanisms, such as, for example, having the door cylinder “pre-cut”.
But whether measures have been taken or not, they will continue to exist crouching cases In our country. This is the moment when a legal process begins that can take several months before the squatters are evicted.
As Zarzo Fincas explains: “If you can prove that the squatters have occupied your property in the last 48 hoursthe police can proceed with the deportation without the need for a court order». Otherwise they point out that the judicial process begins where a lawsuit can be filed. claim for deportation by civil or criminal means for the crime of usurpation of real property.
The time it takes to evict a squatter in Extremadura
However, the resolution times and the definitive removal of the squatters from the home can vary.
According to data from the General Council of the Judiciary, in 2023 in Extremadura the procedures possessive verbs for illegal occupation of houses they had a average duration of 12.6 monthsIn 2018 this was 5.2 months.
This data is also collected by the Idealista real estate portal, which participates in these oral procedures. verdict on appeal in the provincial courts in civil proceedings. In that case, the CGPJ places this in Extremadura in an average of seven months.
After this calculation in Extremadura the total term would increase to 19.6 months half.