The other kind of squatter is a landowner, tico or gringo who bought property in good faith from an unscrupulous operator who registered land they did not own in any common sense use of “ownership.” If an occupant (presumptive owner or renter or squatter) has lived on the land for a decade, it is, according to this principle, the rightful owner so long as it is not in the Maritime Zone. Today, this practice, under the provisions of agricultural law, may or may not apply to resort development.
The intention of the laws, I believe, was to permit small farmers without land title to remain if they occupied their land for ten years or more so long as the land was not in a Maritime Zone. In the Nosara area, there are two kinds of squatters, although the law, as it now exists, makes no distinction. According to many legal experts, any privately-owned property in the Maritime Zone is subject to expropriation. The Maritime Zone from Punte India in the north and Punte Guiones to the South are inviolate without a concession from the national government. The laws relating to protected areas are clear and unambiguous. “The Law of the Jungle” can mean “buyer beware,” “every man for him self,” “anything goes,” “might makes right,” “kill or be killed,” “dog eat dog” or “eat or be eaten.” As a practical matter, your exposure to loss is greatly increased when any one of these four circumstances exist:
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