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
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 .
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 .
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.
How much ground do you own? Living in Noblesville I doubt much and have never had to deal with d**khead trespassersIt might be a legal thing, but it really just tells the world that the owner of the land is a d**k....... just my
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 !
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.
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