Actions constituting forcible entry and detainer

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A person shall be guilty of a forcible entry and detainer within the meaning of this subchapter if the person shall:

  1. (1) Enter into or upon any lands, tenements, or other possessions and detain or hold them without right or claim to title;

  2. (2) Enter by breaking open the doors and windows or other parts of the house, whether any person is in it or not;

  3. (3) Threaten to kill, maim, or beat the party in possession or use words and actions as have a natural tendency to excite fear or apprehension of danger;

  4. (4) Put out of doors or carry away the goods of the party in possession; or

  5. (5) Enter peaceably and then turning out by force or frightening by threats or other circumstances of terror the party to yield possession.


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