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This is the commonly excepted folk advice people are given, however, most state laws (US) take no account of so called posted signs. There is a ‘mens rea’ requi
by throwaway17_17 7y ago
This is the commonly excepted folk advice people are given, however, most state laws (US) take no account of so called posted signs. There is a ‘mens rea’ requirement that for trespassing would typically require only that the trespasser knew they were on land that did not belong to them (this issue is easier to muddy if the trespassing occurs on ‘public’ lands/property).
But the statutory basis for trespassing is most often just the act of crossing into land without prior express permission.
- iamatworknow 7y agoI wanted to make sure I wasn't talking out of my ass about the posted signs, so I looked up the regulations for where I was from (New York): https://www.dec.ny.gov/regulations/2442.html#posted https://www.dec.ny.gov/regulations/2442.html#posted But to be clear about my anecdote, I wasn't doing anything wrong and wasn't actually arrested. My family's property bordered the property I "trespassed" on, and the guy called the cops on me, a 10 year old, instead of just telling me to leave. The cop showed up and basically just scared me and said he didn't want to come back out there.