Michigan Tresspassing Laws
11-28-2004, 05:48 PM
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Michigan Tresspassing Laws
Does anyone know if there are any laws for tresspassing in Hillsdale county. This whole season we have had nothing but trouble with tresspassers and the sheriff says there is almost nothing they can do unless they threaten us with a gun. I have worked hard at improving my little wood lot and my inlaws bought the land to retire to. It is just so frustrating and after the hunters getting killed in Wisconsin I hope there is something that can be done. Or maybe private landowners will stand up and insist on some protection with new laws.
11-28-2004, 07:17 PM
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Location: newaygo mi USA
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RE: Michigan Tresspassing Laws
swamphunt that sheriff is giving you a bunch of crap he just doesnt want to enforce the law if you go to the dnr site you can read all the trespass laws but i gave you a link to most of them
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/m...102&highlight=
324.73102 Entering or remaining on property of another; consent; exceptions.
Sec. 73102.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (4), a person shall not enter or remain upon the property of another person, other than farm property or a wooded area connected to farm property, to engage in any recreational activity or trapping on that property without the consent of the owner or his or her lessee or agent, if either of the following circumstances exists:
(a) The property is fenced or enclosed and is maintained in such a manner as to exclude intruders.
(b) The property is posted in a conspicuous manner against entry. The minimum letter height on the posting signs shall be 1 inch. Each posting sign shall be not less than 50 square inches, and the signs shall be spaced to enable a person to observe not less than 1 sign at any point of entry upon the property.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (4), a person shall not enter or remain upon farm property or a wooded area connected to farm property for any recreational activity or trapping without the consent of the owner or his or her lessee or agent, whether or not the farm property or wooded area connected to farm property is fenced, enclosed, or posted.
(3) On fenced or posted property or farm property, a fisherman wading or floating a navigable public stream may, without written or oral consent, enter upon property within the clearly defined banks of the stream or, without damaging farm products, walk a route as closely proximate to the clearly defined bank as possible when necessary to avoid a natural or artificial hazard or obstruction, including, but not limited to, a dam, deep hole, or a fence or other exercise of ownership by the riparian owner.
(4) A person other than a person possessing a firearm may, unless previously prohibited in writing or orally by the property owner or his or her lessee or agent, enter on foot upon the property of another person for the sole purpose of retrieving a hunting dog. The person shall not remain on the property beyond the reasonable time necessary to retrieve the dog. In an action under section 73109 or 73110, the burden of showing that the property owner or his or her lessee or agent previously prohibited entry under this subsection is on the plaintiff or prosecuting attorney, respectively.
(5) Consent to enter or remain upon the property of another person pursuant to this section may be given orally or in writing. The consent may establish conditions for entering or remaining upon that property. Unless prohibited in the written consent, a written consent may be amended or revoked orally. If the owner or his or her lessee or agent requires all persons entering or remaining upon the property to have written consent, the presence of the person on the property without written consent is prima facie evidence of unlawful entry.
History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995 ;--Am. 1998, Act 546, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999 .
Popular Name: Act 451
Popular Name: Recreational Trespass Act
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/m...102&highlight=
324.73102 Entering or remaining on property of another; consent; exceptions.
Sec. 73102.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (4), a person shall not enter or remain upon the property of another person, other than farm property or a wooded area connected to farm property, to engage in any recreational activity or trapping on that property without the consent of the owner or his or her lessee or agent, if either of the following circumstances exists:
(a) The property is fenced or enclosed and is maintained in such a manner as to exclude intruders.
(b) The property is posted in a conspicuous manner against entry. The minimum letter height on the posting signs shall be 1 inch. Each posting sign shall be not less than 50 square inches, and the signs shall be spaced to enable a person to observe not less than 1 sign at any point of entry upon the property.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (4), a person shall not enter or remain upon farm property or a wooded area connected to farm property for any recreational activity or trapping without the consent of the owner or his or her lessee or agent, whether or not the farm property or wooded area connected to farm property is fenced, enclosed, or posted.
(3) On fenced or posted property or farm property, a fisherman wading or floating a navigable public stream may, without written or oral consent, enter upon property within the clearly defined banks of the stream or, without damaging farm products, walk a route as closely proximate to the clearly defined bank as possible when necessary to avoid a natural or artificial hazard or obstruction, including, but not limited to, a dam, deep hole, or a fence or other exercise of ownership by the riparian owner.
(4) A person other than a person possessing a firearm may, unless previously prohibited in writing or orally by the property owner or his or her lessee or agent, enter on foot upon the property of another person for the sole purpose of retrieving a hunting dog. The person shall not remain on the property beyond the reasonable time necessary to retrieve the dog. In an action under section 73109 or 73110, the burden of showing that the property owner or his or her lessee or agent previously prohibited entry under this subsection is on the plaintiff or prosecuting attorney, respectively.
(5) Consent to enter or remain upon the property of another person pursuant to this section may be given orally or in writing. The consent may establish conditions for entering or remaining upon that property. Unless prohibited in the written consent, a written consent may be amended or revoked orally. If the owner or his or her lessee or agent requires all persons entering or remaining upon the property to have written consent, the presence of the person on the property without written consent is prima facie evidence of unlawful entry.
History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995 ;--Am. 1998, Act 546, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999 .
Popular Name: Act 451
Popular Name: Recreational Trespass Act
11-30-2004, 12:54 PM
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RE: Michigan Tresspassing Laws
Thanks for the reply. I am pushing this issue for my inlaws and others in the area. I dont want to have a stuation like up in Wisconsin but I know we are tired of people coming through acting like they don't know that they are on private property. I had trash left in 2 stands cigarette butts all over the ground pop bottles you know.......anyways Thanks again
12-03-2004, 02:01 PM
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RE: Michigan Tresspassing Laws
I live in Wisconsin, and I have had trouble with trespassers before. You come on my property with a gun, I’ll ask afterwards. I watch where they are pointing the muzzle, I give one warning about the muzzle, and then I defend myself! I’m not going to be nailed by some idiot trespasser. The tragedy here is that the wrong man is still alive. Had the individual that confronted the trespasser simply dispatched him, there would have been only one life lost.
With the government increasing assessments every year, and the extreme rich wanting to own it all, the little guy is being forced to sell and left out in the cold, or the little guy can’t even get a piece of the pie. 40 acres used to be $10,000 now its $120,000. Therefore, I am forced to sell to the rich, and then I loose my hunting spot too. The entire issue is economics 101. Those with money, own property, those without don’t. In the group of 300 people that I work with, only about 10% own hunting land; the rest have to beg, borrow, and in some instances steal. Land ownership is just another divide between the haves and the have-nots.
Hunting is becoming more of a rich mans sport every day, and when the little guy doesn’t hunt or can’t afford to, that’s when the government will step in on behalf of the poorer majority, and take away our guns and our rights. The EU has this all calculated, we’ve already lost this battle, we just don’t see the writing on the wall. The U.S. is the only major holdout. They are coming for our guns, they will get them, and then we will be forced to live under an even more socialist government.
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With the government increasing assessments every year, and the extreme rich wanting to own it all, the little guy is being forced to sell and left out in the cold, or the little guy can’t even get a piece of the pie. 40 acres used to be $10,000 now its $120,000. Therefore, I am forced to sell to the rich, and then I loose my hunting spot too. The entire issue is economics 101. Those with money, own property, those without don’t. In the group of 300 people that I work with, only about 10% own hunting land; the rest have to beg, borrow, and in some instances steal. Land ownership is just another divide between the haves and the have-nots.
Hunting is becoming more of a rich mans sport every day, and when the little guy doesn’t hunt or can’t afford to, that’s when the government will step in on behalf of the poorer majority, and take away our guns and our rights. The EU has this all calculated, we’ve already lost this battle, we just don’t see the writing on the wall. The U.S. is the only major holdout. They are coming for our guns, they will get them, and then we will be forced to live under an even more socialist government.
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There is no such thing as truth, only perception.
Government of, by, and for the people has been dead for over 100 years.
