[Jim Noble]

There seems to me to be a difference between occupation of vacant property where the "tenant" has taken steps to move in and is presenting LEOs with fake documents, and going to Disney for a week and coming home to find people in your house using your stuff.

In the former case, I can see LEOs saying, "look, go to court and get papers" and in the latter case, LEOs dragging the trespassers out into the street so you don't shoot them first.

[metmom]

No, there is no difference.

Property can be vacant for a number of legitimate reasons nor is there any way of telling how long it’s been vacant for.

Besides, just cause it’s vacant at the moment, is NO excuse ever to steal it.

Would you feel that way if it were YOUR property? Or your car? Well, nobody was driving it at the moment so I took it.