
What is the legal difference between loitering and loafing?
I see no loitering signs all the time. However, this is a sign on a federal building and I am sure there was a government body that sat around for days days deciding what what the sign's contents would be.
Can you be issued a trespass warning on public property for no …
Mar 9, 2023 · Can you be trespassing on public property for no reason at all? Yes. When the government owns property, it can direct you to leave for any reason (even a legally invalid reason), and you are trespassing if you don't leave.
Why do many "No Trespassing" signs say "POSTED"?
Aug 13, 2022 · Any property described in Section 554 may be posted against trespassing and loitering in the following manner: (a) If it is not enclosed within a fence and if it is of an area not exceeding one (1) acre and has no lineal dimension exceeding one (1) mile, by posting signs at each corner of the area and at each entrance.
Is a sign that only says "POSTED", nothing else, sufficient to be ...
Aug 14, 2022 · In California, as specified by penal code section 553 (quoted in the linked answer) a sign for this purpose must include: the words “trespassing-loitering forbidden by law,” or words describing the use of the property followed by the words “no trespassing.” in letters at least two inches tall, and follow other specifications in the law.
united states - Difference between "Private Property" and "No ...
Jan 2, 2017 · Generally, however, if a person unlawfully enters property that has been improved, he has trespassed regardless of a sign on the premises devoid of some religious purpose for his visit. Thus, there really is not a significant difference between the “No Trespassing” sign and the “Private Property” sign.
What is the point of saying "no trespassing"? - Law Stack Exchange
Aug 14, 2022 · Trespassing requires knowledge by the trespasser If you are on somebody’s land without knowing you are, or under the impression (which is the default for unenclosed land) that you have permission, you aren’t trespassing. The signs, if prominent enough, make the entry knowingly against the wishes of the controller and therefore trespassing.
Smoking on a public sidewalk? - Law Stack Exchange
Apr 5, 2016 · There is no public property on private land; there is private property where the public has implicit permission to be for legitimate purposes - shoppers in a shopping mall, visitors and residents in an apartment complex etc.
If ignorance of the law is no excuse, then why is it so hard to get ...
Jul 25, 2020 · The principle that ignorance of the law is no excuse (US) seems reasonable - but it also seems to rely on the presumption that all laws are readily available and understandable, because otherwise the government would be requiring you to comply with something you can’t know or can’t understand. I don’t believe this presumption is accurate.
Legal to "drive" without a license - Law Stack Exchange
Feb 28, 2018 · Apparently, people are citing these cases for the proposition that there is a right to drive a car without a license (several facebook accounts making this claim have been shut down and a document making this argument is signed with the Biblical name of God). This is frivolous poppycock reserved for conspiracy theory crackpots that also never works. A lawyer who tried …
Can customers be kicked out because a store employee personally ...
No doubt the police will do so: the question is whether, under the scope of "can kick out", a store owner can use force to remove a truculent (non-threatening) customer, without calling the police to enforce the owner's authority. That is, legally speaking, what does "kick out" mean?