ORIGINAL: Edcyclopedia
ORIGINAL: Bob H in NH
ORIGINAL: Edcyclopedia
NH motto is "live free or die" and with NO sales taxes.
However we are considered the granite state, which says too me, we are rock heads...[&:]
~ Unless it's posted every 50' around perimeter of land, signed and dated every year it is not trespassing.
This is NOT true here in NH, it's partially true.
If its not posted, its open to public use.
However if its posted by the letter of the law, or posted not by the letter of the law, or you've been told to leave and you come back, then you WILL be ticketed/arrested for tresspassing. However the amount varies.
It's a nice balance, basically if you know the owner doesn't want you there, you have to respect his wishes. If its not posted, or they have "current use" tax reduction, then its open.
If it's current use and they tell you to leave, they are in violation and will loose the current use status and have to pay higher taxes. They cannot keep it open for some and not others while classified as current use.
I've got a good grasp on NH trespassing laws and I've had this conversation with two game wardens a few years back... So unless they have changed the law, I believe it to be correct. Considering the game wardens are sometimes the ones who will be called in on the trespassing violation and have to act on it.
The only thing that might have changed, is from 50' to 100' between signs, not 100% on that though!
There are a lot more details / stipulations in the law that I have been left out to make some of your statements 100% correct. Bottom line, I would never want to lead anyone on with miss-information and they should take it upon themselves to check with each state you hunt, as we've seen with this post, it sure does vary.
It was within the last couple of years that it changed. The gist of the change was that some landowners thought it was to strict to say that if you didn't follow the letter of the law, then your posted signs don't count. The compromise was that if the landowner makes a "legitamate effort" to post, or tells you to get off, then its posted. the compromise part was that teh penalty changes depending on it ifs posted letter of the law or not.
this was from a game warden that I got the info.
Then again, who really knows. However, if you believe they don't want you there and its not current use, you shouldn't be there.