No trespassing signs.

[Eric70]

I have always heard that to cover your a** that you should have "no trespassing" signs on your property. Is that true or ?

 

[radar44]

It might be a legal thing, but it really just tells the world that the owner of the land is a

 

[rockhopper46038]

It might be a legal thing, but it really just tells the world that the owner of the land is a d**k....... just my

I'm kinda the other way; I think it's very polite of a landowner to inform the idiots who for some reason believe they are entitled to encroach on property that is not owned by them, and engage in hunting, fishing, off-roading or other activities that make use of the owner's land without obtaining permission or compensating the owner for such use, that they just might get shot in the ass if they choose to engage in such douche baggery.

 

[radar44]

Those who will trespass are wrong ,always will be , but a sign tells EVERY body to'' stay away " , 99%( or less ) of the population will respect the property anyway , those who won't..well, won't, even if there is a sign.. it just seems unfriendly .

 

[trillobite]

I make no apologies for being a dick. I have a 7-foot fence, and "no trespassing" signs posted. My understanding, is that it must be posted, so I won't have to inform trespassers to leave. Without the sign, it's possible that a person is not legally trespassing until informed they must leave.

 

[LionWeight]

I don't have property anymore, but when I did it was posted. We'd go up to enjoy the weekend and spend a couple hours cleaning up from where others just went past the signs and dug a pit and started a fire in spite of the signs. Tree stands stolen, ORV ran over a bunch of trees we had planted, broke the windows out of the deer blinds. All took place over the course of 4 years. This when the property was adjacent to State land and 2 miles from a federal forest. If it seems unfriendly, it's because it is. If someone wants to behave that way on property, they can buy their own and have all the "fun" they want to on their own property. But when I get some more it will be posted and anyone trespassing runs the risk of me being unfriendly enough to press trespassing charges against them. My property line is like the walls of my house to me. Unless your invited to enter stay the #$%& out.

 

[garyindiane]

those who will trespass are wrong ,always will be , but a sign tells EVERY body to'' stay away " , 99%( ok, maybe a little less) of the population will respect the property anyway ,.those who won't..well won't, even if there is a sign.. it just seems unfriendly .

Sounds good to me.

 

[SouthernIndy]

I agree with you.

 

[shibumiseeker]

those who will trespass are wrong ,always will be , but a sign tells EVERY body to'' stay away " , 99%( ok, maybe a little less) of the population will respect the property anyway ,.those who won't..well won't, even if there is a sign.. it just seems unfriendly .

Well then, the day you pay my property taxes, help buy the land, and help maintain it, then you can have free access to it.

Quite frankly I don't care if my no trespassing signs make me look like a dick to you because your opinion on the matter is worth as much as I paid for it. I'm perfectly happy to keep out people who think I'm a dick. I AM unfriendly, and I don't feel like I have any obligation to make trespassers feel like invited guests.

I've dealt with plenty of people who seem to think my property is public land and they can do anything they want with it. What's always amusing is that every person who has ever approached me and respectfully asked if they could be on my property in some fashion, I've let them. I've also had people argue with me that my property was part of the National Forest and I had no right to keep them off.


To the OP, in Indiana conspicuous posting is part of what may be necessary to help enable a charge of criminal trespass:
Indiana Code 35-43-2

but most importantly to most of us landowners, it's more of a way to tell the general public that land is private and someone does care whether the public accesses it or not.

 

[jeff1980]

I don't think it's unfriendly at all. There is a place in southern Indiana that I used to ride ATVs. The owner had no problem with it as long as you stayed off of his private air strip. The trails were great and pretty extensive. Lots of steep hills to climb, water to cross etc....

Anyway, this property butted up to property owned by other individuals that did not want a bunch of ATVs riding around ontheir land. Being more than grateful for the land we were allowed to ride on, we had no interest in causing problems by riding where we weren't welcome. However, without those signs at the edge of the property we would've had no idea where we were supposed to stop.

 

[churchmouse]

I make no apologies for being a dick. I have a 7-foot fence, and "no trespassing" signs posted. My understanding, is that it must be posted, so I won't have to inform trespassers to leave. Without the sign, it's possible that a person is not legally trespassing until informed they must leave.

You will find the sign is only part of the equation. It is the responding officers who really make any judgments and the rest is the court.
I do not see it as an un-friendly act to post my property as most folks these days do not read or pay attention anyway. Mine are in English and Spanish. Why is it up to me to be friendly. If I wanted more friends I would not post the signs. Screw those who would use what is mine and not ask. Get your own. JMHO

 

[radar44]

Imagine , if you will , every apartment door , every house, everywhere ,on 1/4 acre lots. All have a NO TRESPASSING sign on them "for legal reasons" . The lawyers have officially taken over this country because we let them . We do not have that now because there is a different way of thinking. There is always going to be the "Hey you kids, get off of my lawn" types. Story's of needless destruction by careless, bad , people can go on and on forever. We grew up in a simpler time. My dad was told many times to "post" the property but he would have none of it. If some (usually) kids were camping in the back tree line, he would bring them a trash bag. If he saw some one picking apples out of the orchard , he would say "come up and get some ripe ones , those on the tree are still bitter. These are sweet." The point of this is to say that no one will remember how many apples we lost that we could have sold. We will always remember that , although he was from a small town, OVER 1300 PEOPLE went to his funeral. ......... I moved away over 30 years ago and didn't know he even knew that many people !

 

[CVMA544]

I have a 6ft fence with beware of dog and no trespassing signs at the gate.

I did my part as a responsible dog owner and put up a fence to keep the dogs in, it's my property, I paid for it, I own it, and I am a D%ckhe&d with a capital D.

 

[blackoak]

It might be a legal thing, but it really just tells the world that the owner of the land is a d**k....... just my

How much ground do you own? Living in Noblesville I doubt much and have never had to deal with d**khead trespassers

 

[trillobite]

Imagine , if you will , every apartment door , every house, everywhere ,on 1/4 acre lots. All have a NO TRESPASSING sign on them "for legal reasons" . The lawyers have officially taken over this country because we let them . We do not have that now because there is a different way of thinking. There is always going to be the "Hey you kids, get off of my lawn" types. Story's of needless destruction by careless, bad , people can go on and on forever. We grew up in a simpler time. My dad was told many times to "post" the property but he would have none of it. If some (usually) kids were camping in the back tree line, he would bring them a trash bag. If he saw some one picking apples out of the orchard , he would say "come up and get some ripe ones , those on the tree are still bitter. These are sweet." The point of this is to say that no one will remember how many apples we lost that we could have sold. We will always remember that , although he was from a small town, OVER 1300 PEOPLE went to his funeral. ......... I moved away over 30 years ago and didn't know he even knew that many people !

Little bit of difference between living in a 1/4 acre lot in the city, and a several acre orchard outside town. But also, I used to live in Modoc, and those farm kids are the ones that taught me to be a dick, just to stop my stuff from walking off and being trashed. I don't think many kids went around trashing his trees and catching them on fire "just for kicks" back in his day. Yup, some *******s ruined it for me and several other kids, as that happened to a nearby orchard. There's a difference between being a dick, and warning strangers to not walk onto the property and grab anything they want. I miss the time when all wooded areas were free for roaming, and the neighborhood seemed safe to roam at will. It's the price of being more aware of our surroundings. Some neighbors are okay, but the not-okay ones are more obvious, now. And it's not okay to chase them out of the area, or even to walk up and warn them of consequences, anymore.

Oddly enough, I live in a rough area of Muncie, and have less problems than friends living in nicer 'hoods. Go figure.

 

[radar44]

After thinking about it a while, I have to say that if I had the terrible sh*t happen to me that " trillobite " and some of the others have been talking about, I would turn D**K**** P.D.quick.... Having my stuff burned down would be a real attitude changer . So much for "don't sweat the small stuff" ----{broad generalizations of every kind are always wrong.}---

 

[CSORuger]

We had a Jogger running behind our range at MCFG. The signs went up!

 

[fullmetaljesus]

Well then, the day you pay my property taxes, help buy the land, and help maintain it, then you can have free access to it.

Quite frankly I don't care if my no trespassing signs make me look like a dick to you because your opinion on the matter is worth as much as I paid for it. I'm perfectly happy to keep out people who think I'm a dick. I AM unfriendly, and I don't feel like I have any obligation to make trespassers feel like invited guests.

I've dealt with plenty of people who seem to think my property is public land and they can do anything they want with it. What's always amusing is that every person who has ever approached me and respectfully asked if they could be on my property in some fashion, I've let them. I've also had people argue with me that my property was part of the National Forest and I had no right to keep them off.


To the OP, in Indiana conspicuous posting is part of what may be necessary to help enable a charge of criminal trespass:
Indiana Code 35-43-2

but most importantly to most of us landowners, it's more of a way to tell the general public that land is private and someone does care whether the public accesses it or not.

Do you mind if I ask where about your land is? My friend and I do a lot of hiking down in hoosier national forrest. I would hate to invite myself on to your land, by accident.

 

[larrylegend]

You will find the sign is only part of the equation. It is the responding officers who really make any judgments and the rest is the court.
I do not see it as an un-friendly act to post my property as most folks these days do not read or pay attention anyway. Mine are in English and Spanish. Why is it up to me to be friendly. If I wanted more friends I would not post the signs. Screw those who would use what is mine and not ask. Get your own. JMHO

When I was about 13 or 14 my friend and I were riding go karts in his neighbors cornfiled that was at the time set aside. She called the sherriff and he came out. The lady was throwing a fit and said she wanted to press charges. The sherriff informed her that she could not because the property wasn't posted. Not sure if that is still the case just what happened in my case.

 

[littletommy]

Idiots who do not respect the property of others are about the lowest form of scum that exists on this Earth. It is a shame that landowners have to post their property to try and keep the idiots out, most of the time attempts are in vain. I'm amazed someone would call landowners dicks because they are trying to protect what is rightfully theirs. what a world we live in!