Which is better too keep people off of your property

[wylie]

Which is better too keep people off of your property.
Which type of sign is the best.
Posted signs. Private property keep out.
Do people have right to come on your property if your property does not signs.
And is there any requirements for how many feet apart signs are to be placed in a heavily wooded areas

 

[Tigerstripe]

here is what ive learned.

in SC all land is concidered by law posted, without a sign. problem is nobody knows this.

if you have a problem you will be asked if all sides of the property are posted.

there are 5 posted or no tresspass signs you must pass in entering my drive and coming to my house.

nobody can read.

 

[rotarymike]

A fence or wall is the only thing that will keep casual people actually out. Nothing will keep out a determined trespasser.

Under common law, when they are on your land they are trespassing. You can call the cops on them and get them removed. That might fix one or two of them, but others still might come on to the property.

In a rural area, the rules are a little softer. Yes, technically a kid walking across your field or in your patch of woods is trespassing, but the cops will just tell them to leave, sign or not. Same as adults who are clearly not up to no good. IE, the birdwatcher with binocs or the kid with a BB gun isn't going to get arrested, just told to leave. The guy with the hunting rifle or weed will get arrested for trespassing as well as poaching or whatever else they are doing.

Obviously invitees or licensees (UPS guy, meter reader, friends etc) don't count as trespassers, and they properly ignore the no-trespassing signs.

Thing is, laws don't stop people from actually doing anything. They just punish them later. If only politicians could understand that fact...

Note, this is not given as legal advice, just a general comment on how the law looks at private land and incursions thereto.

 

[Oliver2w1]

Just post this every 100ft ......

I'd run like hell..... :lol:

 

[Midnight Raver]

Me too, I can't even get away from the Doctors on this one! :shock:

 

[bigfutz]

 

[shane361]

Claymores or Crazy Loyal Dogs with lazer beams.

 

[armaborealis]

A fence or wall is the only thing that will keep casual people actually out. Nothing will keep out a determined trespasser.

Mike gave you the legal answer. The practical answer is that you can also defeat trespassers through observation. A determined trespasser can be kept out by an obstacle (such as a fence) which is under constant observation such as from a camera system, observation post, dog, or other alarm system. Obviously there must be some sort of ability to respond to the alarm, whether that be by calling authorities or personally seeing what is up.

Another effective technique is routine patrols of the property. A visible patrol presence on a semirandom schedule is an effective deterrent to unauthorized access. This could be as simple as occasionally taking the four wheeler out around your property line, going for a walk in a semi-covert manner, etc. Regular patrols deter people who may be observing your property (i.e. they decide to mess with someone else's property, someone who has less of a presence), allow you to get a feel or baseline for what the area looks like, and find evidence of repeated incursions (trash, holes in fences, paths, unauthorized campsites, unauthorized tree stands, etc).

It all depends on how serious you are about deterring or stopping access, how serious the trespasser is about getting in, and what resources you have available to secure the property.

 

[jfeenin]

I agree with the above. But in a more tongue in cheek thought...

This may work