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What is it called when someone lives in your house and won't leave?

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What it called when someone lives in your house and won't leave in Australia, it is called unlawful occupant, trespasser, or squatter if no permission, or holdover tenant or tenant at sufferance if tenancy expired and they stay, with legal process to evict via notice to vacate 14 to 90 days and tribunal order $500 to $2K cost, with police removal if trespasser, and tenancy tribunal if tenant. If someone lives in your house without permission and won't leave, it is called trespasser or squatter if they entered without permission and have no tenancy agreement, you can call police to remove trespasser as unlawful occupant, with police power to remove if no tenancy agreement and owner requests. If someone had permission as guest, partner, family member and won't leave after permission revoked, it is called unlawful occupant or licensee whose licence revoked, you need to give notice to vacate 14 days and if they do not leave, apply to tribunal for possession order $500 to $1K. If tenant whose lease expired and stays without permission, it is called holdover tenant or tenant at sufferance, you need to give notice to vacate 60 to 90 days and apply to tenancy tribunal NCAT, VCAT, QCAT for possession order $500 to $2K and warrant for sheriff to evict $500. For example, ex-partner lives in your house $500K building after breakup and won't leave, you give 14 days notice to vacate, if they do not leave, apply to tribunal for possession order $500, sheriff evicts. So when someone lives in your house and won't leave, it is called trespasser or squatter if no permission, unlawful occupant or licensee if permission revoked, or holdover tenant if lease expired, with legal process notice to vacate 14 to 90 days and tribunal possession order $500 to $2K, with police removal for trespasser and tribunal for tenant, not self-help eviction changing locks illegal $5K fine.
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