Purple Paint Law...

[JustUs4All]

All land in Georgia is effectively considered “posted” as an operation of law. No reason to put purple paint up randomly to confuse the issue.

I know that hunting on the land of another without permission in GA does not require that the land be posted, but did the trespassing statutes change recently? Notice has always been required for that, I thought.

Possession of any firearm while trespassing is criminal trespassing and a felony along with any other things the arresting officer decides to add on.

Last time I looked this was not correct.

 

[Throwback]

I know that hunting on the land of another without permission in GA does not require that the land be posted, but did the trespassing statutes change recently? Notice has always been required for that, I thought.


Last time I looked this was not correct.

No there is still only criminal trespass. I was assuming since we are a hunting/fishing board that’s what we were talking about primarily

Honestly I would be against being able to charge someone criminally for just being on someone’s property

 

[Throwback]

Possession of any firearm while trespassing is criminal trespassing and a felony along with any other things the arresting officer decides to add on.

It’s not a felony and shouldn’t be IMO

 

[JustUs4All]

Honestly I would be against being able to charge someone criminally for just being on someone’s property

I used to agree with this but then the methheads started showing up. When they got my grandparent's farm bell and started stripping aluminum off the sides of an old trailer we used as a deer camp, I changed my mind.

 

[Throwback]

I used to agree with this but then the methheads started showing up. When they got my grandparent's farm bell and started stripping aluminum off the sides of an old trailer we used as a deer camp, I changed my mind.

They were violating Georgias criminal trespass law that’s in place. Lowering the bar wouldn’t affect them

 

[JustUs4All]

I gotta catch them in the act and be able to prove the stealing for it to be criminal trespass. In the bell & siding cases, I knew who did it. All the neighbors knew who did it. The Sheriff knew who did it but we couldn't find the bell. If I had a deep enough hole, I wouldn't have minded the old oubliette treatment.

My aunt owned the property between me and them. She purchased the property they lived on for the sole purpose of clearing out the rat's nest. She removed every bit of evidence that they had ever been there. It was expensive but the improvement to the community was emense. I thanked her at least weekly for the rest of her life for cleaning up what we still refer to as Awful Acres.

 

[Lilly001]

It’s not a felony and shouldn’t be IMO

Being a Floridian, where the above is the law, and also owning land in Ga, where trespass is treated much less harshly, I am well aware of the diversity that different states treat the trespass issue with.
Ga has relatively weak trespass laws, but that is a product of the culture and their input to their legislators .

 

[sleepr71]

Possession of any firearm while trespassing is criminal trespassing and a felony along with any other things the arresting officer decides to add on.

I gotta catch them in the act and be able to prove the stealing for it to be criminal trespass. In the bell & siding cases, I knew who did it. All the neighbors knew who did it. The Sheriff knew who did it but we couldn't find the bell. If I had a deep enough hole, I wouldn't have minded the old oubliette treatment.

My aunt owned the property between me and them. She purchased the property they lived on for the sole purpose of clearing out the rat's nest. She removed every bit of evidence that they had ever been there. It was expensive but the improvement to the community was emense. I thanked her at least weekly for the rest of her life for cleaning up what we still refer to as Awful Acres.

Sometimes that’s the only way. When we bought the property+ homes next to us..they moved to Alabama. The local sherif deputies have told me THANK YOU..more than once!

 

[notnksnemor]

I own a 12 acre pond.
Took pictures of people fishing without permission, called the Game Warden, and the Warden told me he couldn't use my pictures to write them a ticket. He had to catch them himself.

 

[kmckinnie]

I own a 12 acre pond.
Took pictures of people fishing without permission, called the Game Warden, and the Warden told me he couldn't use my pictures to write them a ticket. He had to catch them himself.

Did he tell them to not fish there anymore ?

 

[notnksnemor]

Did he tell them to not fish there anymore ?

He would have if he hadn't showed up 2 days later to check on the report.

 

[kmckinnie]

He would have if he hadn't showed up 2 days later to check on the report.

I think I remember u talking about this before.
Very poor work on their part. Sad.

 

[davel]

I own a 12 acre pond.
Took pictures of people fishing without permission, called the Game Warden, and the Warden told me he couldn't use my pictures to write them a ticket. He had to catch them himself.

He is incorrect. He can use the pictures as evidence if you agreed to testify.

 

[notnksnemor]

He is incorrect. He can use the pictures as evidence if you agreed to testify.

To keep it on topic, Ks has the "purple post law".
If your land is fenced, paint the top of fence posts at intervals and it's the same as a posted sign.
A lot cheaper for landowners.

 

[davel]

To keep it on topic, Ks has the "purple post law".
If your land is fenced, paint the top of fence posts at intervals and it's the same as a posted sign.
A lot cheaper for landowners.

That's what I was getting at. Would be a lot easier and cheaper.

 

[notnksnemor]

That's what I was getting at. Would be a lot easier and cheaper.

Trespassers also don't have to receive a warning before being cited.

 

[Mike 65]

Missouri has the purple paint law and the Leo’s will enforce it. They made believers out of a group from Texas that thought they were gonna hunt our place.

 

[buckmanmike]

I might go buy some purple paint, for the idiots that cant read english or the signege.

 

[fireman32]

To my understanding posted signs are considered a first warning. If non hunting trespassers are caught on posted property they can be charged. If the land is not visibly posted then they receive a warning for the first offense.

 

[gobbleinwoods]

To my understanding posted signs are considered a first warning. If non hunting trespassers are caught on posted property they can be charged. If the land is not visibly posted then they receive a warning for the first offense.

Is the first warning a shot into the dirt or over their heads?