843.14.Judgment.

Section 843.14 describes the judgment a court can enter once liability is established. Subsection (1) gives the court broad authority: the judgment shall award the relief, legal or equitable, to which the plaintiff is entitled. The section lists examples without limiting the court to them — the defendant may be enjoined from remaining on the property, required to remove structures or encroachments interfering with the plaintiff’s possession, or the sheriff may be ordered to abate such structures. If the plaintiff’s complaint demanded physical ouster and the plaintiff proves a right to immediate physical possession, the judgment may provide for immediate physical possession.

Subsection (2) governs the flip side — cases where the defendant, having counterclaimed under Section 843.10, is entitled to purchase the plaintiff’s property. The court adjudges that entitlement and the value found, and the defendant must pay that amount within 30 days after judgment is entered. Payment vests the plaintiff’s interest in the defendant, with the judgment itself serving as the conveyance — no separate deed is required. If the defendant does not pay within 30 days, the plaintiff may instead have execution of the judgment in the plaintiff’s favor, reverting to the plaintiff’s original remedy.