Walk It Through: The Posted Pasture
A shortcut across a fenced pasture, a posted sign, an owner who says leave, and a barn.
Hunters cut across a pasture with a barbed wire fence and a faded sign on the gate.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One shortcut across one pasture. Hunting license rules, walk-in hunting areas, a road right-of-way and damage to crops are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Class 1 misdemeanorThe more serious of the two misdemeanor classes, with a maximum of one year in a county jail or a $2,000 fine, or both.
- Class 2 misdemeanorThe lesser misdemeanor class, with a maximum of thirty days in a county jail or a $500 fine, or both.
- Criminal trespassDefying an order to leave given in person by the owner, or entering a building surreptitiously with no privilege to. A Class 1 misdemeanor.