How long can it take to evict?

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After contacting the police or the gendarmerie, and presenting proof of ownership, the authorities have 48 hours to make a decision. They must also justify a valid reason for their decision, especially if they refuse.

If the authorities refuse to evict the squatters immediately, the police are still required to give the squatters 24 hours’ notice asking them to leave, regardless of how long they have lived there.

It’s called the formal notice to leave the premises.

If the squatters refuse, then the authorities have the power to evict the illegal occupants by force “without delay”.

Even so, the authorities can still consider the situation of the squatters before deporting them. For example, if they are vulnerable (such as a mother with a young child or a frail elderly person), there may be a delay in phone number library evicting them while suitable alternative accommodation is found.

Authorities can even take children’s educational conditions into account before deporting.

For those in hiding from the police, however, deportation can be immediate. The new laws also mean that squatters can still be evicted even during the winter when the usual truce on normal evictions known as the the winter break is otherwise in place.


What if the new process doesn’t work?
If the prefect refuses to evict immediately, then the owners will have to use the “old” channels, which can be expensive and take months.

They are identical to the procedure for dismissing tenants who refuse to pay their rent or to leave at the end of the contract.