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8dqzg7 | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | (OH) I physically defended my neighbor's girlfriend when he slapped her infront of our house. When he shoved me, my dog attacked him. He's threatening to sue us and we got a letter from a lawyer today threatening criminal charges. Well, like the title says... Our neighbor that lives a couple of houses down is a total prick. We've all heard him screaming at his girlfriend or yanking her down the street at one point or another. It's ridiculous. I don't know her really well, but since we're the same size I've offered her and given her some clothes of mine that I don't want and we swap makeup tips here and there but nothing super close. I was picking up branches in my backyard with my dog the other day, when I could heard them arguing on their walk. When I looked up I saw him slap her across the face. What happened next is a blur, but all I know is that I ran from my backyard and grabbed his arm to stop him from hitting her again. He grabbed my hair and threw me to the cement and when I tried to get up he shoved me again really hard. I screamed and that's when my dog came sprinting out of the yard and and bit my neighbor's arm. There was alot of screaming and cursing and my husband came running out of the house with his gun to intervene. Words were exchanged, the dog was retrieved, and our neighbor stormed off back to his house and his girlfriend came into ours. She was pretty hysterical and became even more hysterical when we said we were going to call the police. We calmed her down and asked if we could take her anywhere and she asked us to take her to her mom's house which we did. We didn't call the police because she asked us not to, and for her sake we respected her wishes. This was on Tuesday. The neighbor left a threatening note in our mailbox saying that our dog had "fucked him up" and it was hurting him to do his job as a mechanic and if we didn't pay him $5,000 he was going to sue us and we'd better watch our backs because his cousin is a lawyer. We didn't respond. Today we got a very official looking letter from a law firm saying that our neighbor intends to sue us unless we pay, and if we don't pay we're looking at possible criminal charges. Does he have a case here? Should we get a lawyer and file a counter lawsuit? Or file the police report first? We have alot of witnesses that saw what happened and know that we didn't start the fight, but can he claim that I assaulted him when I tried to stop him from hitting his girlfriend? Also, is our dog in any danger from biting him when he was trying to protect me? Sorry for all the questions, but this is really stressing me out. I'm really worried about something happening to our dog or he manages to find some loophole that leads to us losing alot of money or possible charges . | dxpaoml | dxpbhzt | 1,524,258,831 | 1,524,259,707 | 246 | 355 | > Today we got a very official looking letter from a law firm saying that our neighbor intends to sue us unless we pay, and if we don't pay we're looking at possible criminal charges. That's almost time for the "someone is signing your name to stupid letters" note. Look up the firm and see if they're real. If they are you might want to consider calling them to see if they actually sent any such letter. It isn't the first time someone's acquired a law firm's letterhead to send a bogus threat. | Timelines blur impressively quickly. Document (objectively) what happened event-by-event as soon as possible. Just to be on the safe (and paranoid) side, I’d go collect witness accounts from any bystanders while the event is still fresh in their minds too. If it does go to court, you will have a ton of firsthand evidence. Also, I know it has been mentioned previously but this dude could be in serious trouble for extortion. If this letter was done with cousin’s consent and/or knowledge, report it to the bar. If this letter was not done with consent and/or knowledge, well that’s just a dumbass thing to commit forgery with a law firm. I mean, even a junior associate would have a cakewalk suing the pants off him. Good luck though. You’ll be fine. And that was a very amazing thing you did to stand up to him. And also your dog sounds awesome too :) | 0 | 876 | 1.443089 |
8dqzg7 | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | (OH) I physically defended my neighbor's girlfriend when he slapped her infront of our house. When he shoved me, my dog attacked him. He's threatening to sue us and we got a letter from a lawyer today threatening criminal charges. Well, like the title says... Our neighbor that lives a couple of houses down is a total prick. We've all heard him screaming at his girlfriend or yanking her down the street at one point or another. It's ridiculous. I don't know her really well, but since we're the same size I've offered her and given her some clothes of mine that I don't want and we swap makeup tips here and there but nothing super close. I was picking up branches in my backyard with my dog the other day, when I could heard them arguing on their walk. When I looked up I saw him slap her across the face. What happened next is a blur, but all I know is that I ran from my backyard and grabbed his arm to stop him from hitting her again. He grabbed my hair and threw me to the cement and when I tried to get up he shoved me again really hard. I screamed and that's when my dog came sprinting out of the yard and and bit my neighbor's arm. There was alot of screaming and cursing and my husband came running out of the house with his gun to intervene. Words were exchanged, the dog was retrieved, and our neighbor stormed off back to his house and his girlfriend came into ours. She was pretty hysterical and became even more hysterical when we said we were going to call the police. We calmed her down and asked if we could take her anywhere and she asked us to take her to her mom's house which we did. We didn't call the police because she asked us not to, and for her sake we respected her wishes. This was on Tuesday. The neighbor left a threatening note in our mailbox saying that our dog had "fucked him up" and it was hurting him to do his job as a mechanic and if we didn't pay him $5,000 he was going to sue us and we'd better watch our backs because his cousin is a lawyer. We didn't respond. Today we got a very official looking letter from a law firm saying that our neighbor intends to sue us unless we pay, and if we don't pay we're looking at possible criminal charges. Does he have a case here? Should we get a lawyer and file a counter lawsuit? Or file the police report first? We have alot of witnesses that saw what happened and know that we didn't start the fight, but can he claim that I assaulted him when I tried to stop him from hitting his girlfriend? Also, is our dog in any danger from biting him when he was trying to protect me? Sorry for all the questions, but this is really stressing me out. I'm really worried about something happening to our dog or he manages to find some loophole that leads to us losing alot of money or possible charges . | dxpgypy | dxpfakv | 1,524,265,871 | 1,524,263,942 | 121 | 35 | Make sure to give your awesome pet a treat! Way to protect! | Call the state bar office of ethics, because threatening criminal prosecution is not allowed. Demanding money is borderline criminal, so call the cops (but don't be surprised if they decide it's not criminal). Get the lawyer in trouble with the licensing board. As for your dog, yeah, you probably need a lawyer. You homeowner's insurance should cover it, including payment of a lawyer. | 1 | 1,929 | 3.457143 |
8dqzg7 | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | (OH) I physically defended my neighbor's girlfriend when he slapped her infront of our house. When he shoved me, my dog attacked him. He's threatening to sue us and we got a letter from a lawyer today threatening criminal charges. Well, like the title says... Our neighbor that lives a couple of houses down is a total prick. We've all heard him screaming at his girlfriend or yanking her down the street at one point or another. It's ridiculous. I don't know her really well, but since we're the same size I've offered her and given her some clothes of mine that I don't want and we swap makeup tips here and there but nothing super close. I was picking up branches in my backyard with my dog the other day, when I could heard them arguing on their walk. When I looked up I saw him slap her across the face. What happened next is a blur, but all I know is that I ran from my backyard and grabbed his arm to stop him from hitting her again. He grabbed my hair and threw me to the cement and when I tried to get up he shoved me again really hard. I screamed and that's when my dog came sprinting out of the yard and and bit my neighbor's arm. There was alot of screaming and cursing and my husband came running out of the house with his gun to intervene. Words were exchanged, the dog was retrieved, and our neighbor stormed off back to his house and his girlfriend came into ours. She was pretty hysterical and became even more hysterical when we said we were going to call the police. We calmed her down and asked if we could take her anywhere and she asked us to take her to her mom's house which we did. We didn't call the police because she asked us not to, and for her sake we respected her wishes. This was on Tuesday. The neighbor left a threatening note in our mailbox saying that our dog had "fucked him up" and it was hurting him to do his job as a mechanic and if we didn't pay him $5,000 he was going to sue us and we'd better watch our backs because his cousin is a lawyer. We didn't respond. Today we got a very official looking letter from a law firm saying that our neighbor intends to sue us unless we pay, and if we don't pay we're looking at possible criminal charges. Does he have a case here? Should we get a lawyer and file a counter lawsuit? Or file the police report first? We have alot of witnesses that saw what happened and know that we didn't start the fight, but can he claim that I assaulted him when I tried to stop him from hitting his girlfriend? Also, is our dog in any danger from biting him when he was trying to protect me? Sorry for all the questions, but this is really stressing me out. I'm really worried about something happening to our dog or he manages to find some loophole that leads to us losing alot of money or possible charges . | dxpn45o | dxph7wm | 1,524,273,062 | 1,524,266,173 | 95 | 84 | I’m on mobile, so I apologize if I missed it, but you also need to think about your safety, your husbands and your dogs. A person who is willing to attack another in broad daylight, probably has no ill will about coming after you as well. After contacting the police, I would think about getting cameras on your house/property and also make sure you have locks on any fence gates as well. And before letting your furry hero out to do their business, check the yard for anything that might do them harm when eaten. | 1. Investigate this "law firm." Contact the firm and confirm the identity of the person who sent it. Get the firm on the phone and ask specifically for the attorney. Do not say why you are calling, just say you received correspondence and urgently need to contact them. As others have explained, threatening criminal charges as a civil attorney is a big no-no, and it leads me to doubt the veracity of the letter. Better yet, post the letter *and make sure to redact all identifying information prior to uploading.* The letter cannot circumvent sub rules, however, I will read it and very quickly tell you how likely it is that a lawyer wrote it. Don't get me wrong, shitty lawyers exist. But if you give me a text that's hot garbage, it may make its dubious nature more likely. 2. Huge sub point to the above, **do not interact with them beyond merely confirming that they did send the letter.** Do **not** discuss anything else. If they try to, simply explain that you just wanted to confirm their identity. That is IT. 3. Once you have confirmed or disproven the letter, contact an attorney. Because you may have claims or defense either way. If it's real, you need to be represented as they've formally made a demand. If it's fake, you may have some avenues of recourse against the person who sent it. 4. Once you have 1 and 2 done, and if it was a real lawyer who sent the letter, go ahead and contact your local ARDC or its equivalent and just let them know what happened. I suspect they would want to know that a civil attorney is bringing up the specter of criminal liability while seeking a civil payment. Edit: on second thought, broach this with your attorney. He may want you to hold off while he does his work. 5. Oh, and if you do disprove that the firm sent it, make sure they know too :). I'm sure they would LOVE to know someone was using their letterhead to extort money. | 1 | 6,889 | 1.130952 |
8dqzg7 | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | (OH) I physically defended my neighbor's girlfriend when he slapped her infront of our house. When he shoved me, my dog attacked him. He's threatening to sue us and we got a letter from a lawyer today threatening criminal charges. Well, like the title says... Our neighbor that lives a couple of houses down is a total prick. We've all heard him screaming at his girlfriend or yanking her down the street at one point or another. It's ridiculous. I don't know her really well, but since we're the same size I've offered her and given her some clothes of mine that I don't want and we swap makeup tips here and there but nothing super close. I was picking up branches in my backyard with my dog the other day, when I could heard them arguing on their walk. When I looked up I saw him slap her across the face. What happened next is a blur, but all I know is that I ran from my backyard and grabbed his arm to stop him from hitting her again. He grabbed my hair and threw me to the cement and when I tried to get up he shoved me again really hard. I screamed and that's when my dog came sprinting out of the yard and and bit my neighbor's arm. There was alot of screaming and cursing and my husband came running out of the house with his gun to intervene. Words were exchanged, the dog was retrieved, and our neighbor stormed off back to his house and his girlfriend came into ours. She was pretty hysterical and became even more hysterical when we said we were going to call the police. We calmed her down and asked if we could take her anywhere and she asked us to take her to her mom's house which we did. We didn't call the police because she asked us not to, and for her sake we respected her wishes. This was on Tuesday. The neighbor left a threatening note in our mailbox saying that our dog had "fucked him up" and it was hurting him to do his job as a mechanic and if we didn't pay him $5,000 he was going to sue us and we'd better watch our backs because his cousin is a lawyer. We didn't respond. Today we got a very official looking letter from a law firm saying that our neighbor intends to sue us unless we pay, and if we don't pay we're looking at possible criminal charges. Does he have a case here? Should we get a lawyer and file a counter lawsuit? Or file the police report first? We have alot of witnesses that saw what happened and know that we didn't start the fight, but can he claim that I assaulted him when I tried to stop him from hitting his girlfriend? Also, is our dog in any danger from biting him when he was trying to protect me? Sorry for all the questions, but this is really stressing me out. I'm really worried about something happening to our dog or he manages to find some loophole that leads to us losing alot of money or possible charges . | dxpka9n | dxpn45o | 1,524,269,741 | 1,524,273,062 | 42 | 95 | I am not a lawyer As for your dog, make sure you have his vaccination (specifically rabies) records on hand in case he decides to get to you through him. Assuming this is the first time he's bitten someone, if the neighbor reports the bite to A.C., they *might* have to quarantine your dog (this can sometimes be in your own home, check your local ordinances), but beyond that it should be fine. | I’m on mobile, so I apologize if I missed it, but you also need to think about your safety, your husbands and your dogs. A person who is willing to attack another in broad daylight, probably has no ill will about coming after you as well. After contacting the police, I would think about getting cameras on your house/property and also make sure you have locks on any fence gates as well. And before letting your furry hero out to do their business, check the yard for anything that might do them harm when eaten. | 0 | 3,321 | 2.261905 |
8dqzg7 | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | (OH) I physically defended my neighbor's girlfriend when he slapped her infront of our house. When he shoved me, my dog attacked him. He's threatening to sue us and we got a letter from a lawyer today threatening criminal charges. Well, like the title says... Our neighbor that lives a couple of houses down is a total prick. We've all heard him screaming at his girlfriend or yanking her down the street at one point or another. It's ridiculous. I don't know her really well, but since we're the same size I've offered her and given her some clothes of mine that I don't want and we swap makeup tips here and there but nothing super close. I was picking up branches in my backyard with my dog the other day, when I could heard them arguing on their walk. When I looked up I saw him slap her across the face. What happened next is a blur, but all I know is that I ran from my backyard and grabbed his arm to stop him from hitting her again. He grabbed my hair and threw me to the cement and when I tried to get up he shoved me again really hard. I screamed and that's when my dog came sprinting out of the yard and and bit my neighbor's arm. There was alot of screaming and cursing and my husband came running out of the house with his gun to intervene. Words were exchanged, the dog was retrieved, and our neighbor stormed off back to his house and his girlfriend came into ours. She was pretty hysterical and became even more hysterical when we said we were going to call the police. We calmed her down and asked if we could take her anywhere and she asked us to take her to her mom's house which we did. We didn't call the police because she asked us not to, and for her sake we respected her wishes. This was on Tuesday. The neighbor left a threatening note in our mailbox saying that our dog had "fucked him up" and it was hurting him to do his job as a mechanic and if we didn't pay him $5,000 he was going to sue us and we'd better watch our backs because his cousin is a lawyer. We didn't respond. Today we got a very official looking letter from a law firm saying that our neighbor intends to sue us unless we pay, and if we don't pay we're looking at possible criminal charges. Does he have a case here? Should we get a lawyer and file a counter lawsuit? Or file the police report first? We have alot of witnesses that saw what happened and know that we didn't start the fight, but can he claim that I assaulted him when I tried to stop him from hitting his girlfriend? Also, is our dog in any danger from biting him when he was trying to protect me? Sorry for all the questions, but this is really stressing me out. I'm really worried about something happening to our dog or he manages to find some loophole that leads to us losing alot of money or possible charges . | dxpfakv | dxpn45o | 1,524,263,942 | 1,524,273,062 | 35 | 95 | Call the state bar office of ethics, because threatening criminal prosecution is not allowed. Demanding money is borderline criminal, so call the cops (but don't be surprised if they decide it's not criminal). Get the lawyer in trouble with the licensing board. As for your dog, yeah, you probably need a lawyer. You homeowner's insurance should cover it, including payment of a lawyer. | I’m on mobile, so I apologize if I missed it, but you also need to think about your safety, your husbands and your dogs. A person who is willing to attack another in broad daylight, probably has no ill will about coming after you as well. After contacting the police, I would think about getting cameras on your house/property and also make sure you have locks on any fence gates as well. And before letting your furry hero out to do their business, check the yard for anything that might do them harm when eaten. | 0 | 9,120 | 2.714286 |
8dqzg7 | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | (OH) I physically defended my neighbor's girlfriend when he slapped her infront of our house. When he shoved me, my dog attacked him. He's threatening to sue us and we got a letter from a lawyer today threatening criminal charges. Well, like the title says... Our neighbor that lives a couple of houses down is a total prick. We've all heard him screaming at his girlfriend or yanking her down the street at one point or another. It's ridiculous. I don't know her really well, but since we're the same size I've offered her and given her some clothes of mine that I don't want and we swap makeup tips here and there but nothing super close. I was picking up branches in my backyard with my dog the other day, when I could heard them arguing on their walk. When I looked up I saw him slap her across the face. What happened next is a blur, but all I know is that I ran from my backyard and grabbed his arm to stop him from hitting her again. He grabbed my hair and threw me to the cement and when I tried to get up he shoved me again really hard. I screamed and that's when my dog came sprinting out of the yard and and bit my neighbor's arm. There was alot of screaming and cursing and my husband came running out of the house with his gun to intervene. Words were exchanged, the dog was retrieved, and our neighbor stormed off back to his house and his girlfriend came into ours. She was pretty hysterical and became even more hysterical when we said we were going to call the police. We calmed her down and asked if we could take her anywhere and she asked us to take her to her mom's house which we did. We didn't call the police because she asked us not to, and for her sake we respected her wishes. This was on Tuesday. The neighbor left a threatening note in our mailbox saying that our dog had "fucked him up" and it was hurting him to do his job as a mechanic and if we didn't pay him $5,000 he was going to sue us and we'd better watch our backs because his cousin is a lawyer. We didn't respond. Today we got a very official looking letter from a law firm saying that our neighbor intends to sue us unless we pay, and if we don't pay we're looking at possible criminal charges. Does he have a case here? Should we get a lawyer and file a counter lawsuit? Or file the police report first? We have alot of witnesses that saw what happened and know that we didn't start the fight, but can he claim that I assaulted him when I tried to stop him from hitting his girlfriend? Also, is our dog in any danger from biting him when he was trying to protect me? Sorry for all the questions, but this is really stressing me out. I'm really worried about something happening to our dog or he manages to find some loophole that leads to us losing alot of money or possible charges . | dxplc0l | dxpn45o | 1,524,270,967 | 1,524,273,062 | 17 | 95 | He left a threatening note in your mailbox? Was it stamped? This might be useful: The U.S. Code for crimes and criminal procedure prohibits the placement of unstamped flyers in any mailbox. Title 18, section 1725 states that any person who knowingly deposits "mail-able matter" without postage in an established letter box shall be subject to a fine. The Government Accountability Office reports that fines may be as high as $5,000 per occurrence for individuals and $10,000 per occurrence for organizations. This law is commonly known as the "mailbox restriction." | I’m on mobile, so I apologize if I missed it, but you also need to think about your safety, your husbands and your dogs. A person who is willing to attack another in broad daylight, probably has no ill will about coming after you as well. After contacting the police, I would think about getting cameras on your house/property and also make sure you have locks on any fence gates as well. And before letting your furry hero out to do their business, check the yard for anything that might do them harm when eaten. | 0 | 2,095 | 5.588235 |
8dqzg7 | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | (OH) I physically defended my neighbor's girlfriend when he slapped her infront of our house. When he shoved me, my dog attacked him. He's threatening to sue us and we got a letter from a lawyer today threatening criminal charges. Well, like the title says... Our neighbor that lives a couple of houses down is a total prick. We've all heard him screaming at his girlfriend or yanking her down the street at one point or another. It's ridiculous. I don't know her really well, but since we're the same size I've offered her and given her some clothes of mine that I don't want and we swap makeup tips here and there but nothing super close. I was picking up branches in my backyard with my dog the other day, when I could heard them arguing on their walk. When I looked up I saw him slap her across the face. What happened next is a blur, but all I know is that I ran from my backyard and grabbed his arm to stop him from hitting her again. He grabbed my hair and threw me to the cement and when I tried to get up he shoved me again really hard. I screamed and that's when my dog came sprinting out of the yard and and bit my neighbor's arm. There was alot of screaming and cursing and my husband came running out of the house with his gun to intervene. Words were exchanged, the dog was retrieved, and our neighbor stormed off back to his house and his girlfriend came into ours. She was pretty hysterical and became even more hysterical when we said we were going to call the police. We calmed her down and asked if we could take her anywhere and she asked us to take her to her mom's house which we did. We didn't call the police because she asked us not to, and for her sake we respected her wishes. This was on Tuesday. The neighbor left a threatening note in our mailbox saying that our dog had "fucked him up" and it was hurting him to do his job as a mechanic and if we didn't pay him $5,000 he was going to sue us and we'd better watch our backs because his cousin is a lawyer. We didn't respond. Today we got a very official looking letter from a law firm saying that our neighbor intends to sue us unless we pay, and if we don't pay we're looking at possible criminal charges. Does he have a case here? Should we get a lawyer and file a counter lawsuit? Or file the police report first? We have alot of witnesses that saw what happened and know that we didn't start the fight, but can he claim that I assaulted him when I tried to stop him from hitting his girlfriend? Also, is our dog in any danger from biting him when he was trying to protect me? Sorry for all the questions, but this is really stressing me out. I'm really worried about something happening to our dog or he manages to find some loophole that leads to us losing alot of money or possible charges . | dxpfakv | dxph7wm | 1,524,263,942 | 1,524,266,173 | 35 | 84 | Call the state bar office of ethics, because threatening criminal prosecution is not allowed. Demanding money is borderline criminal, so call the cops (but don't be surprised if they decide it's not criminal). Get the lawyer in trouble with the licensing board. As for your dog, yeah, you probably need a lawyer. You homeowner's insurance should cover it, including payment of a lawyer. | 1. Investigate this "law firm." Contact the firm and confirm the identity of the person who sent it. Get the firm on the phone and ask specifically for the attorney. Do not say why you are calling, just say you received correspondence and urgently need to contact them. As others have explained, threatening criminal charges as a civil attorney is a big no-no, and it leads me to doubt the veracity of the letter. Better yet, post the letter *and make sure to redact all identifying information prior to uploading.* The letter cannot circumvent sub rules, however, I will read it and very quickly tell you how likely it is that a lawyer wrote it. Don't get me wrong, shitty lawyers exist. But if you give me a text that's hot garbage, it may make its dubious nature more likely. 2. Huge sub point to the above, **do not interact with them beyond merely confirming that they did send the letter.** Do **not** discuss anything else. If they try to, simply explain that you just wanted to confirm their identity. That is IT. 3. Once you have confirmed or disproven the letter, contact an attorney. Because you may have claims or defense either way. If it's real, you need to be represented as they've formally made a demand. If it's fake, you may have some avenues of recourse against the person who sent it. 4. Once you have 1 and 2 done, and if it was a real lawyer who sent the letter, go ahead and contact your local ARDC or its equivalent and just let them know what happened. I suspect they would want to know that a civil attorney is bringing up the specter of criminal liability while seeking a civil payment. Edit: on second thought, broach this with your attorney. He may want you to hold off while he does his work. 5. Oh, and if you do disprove that the firm sent it, make sure they know too :). I'm sure they would LOVE to know someone was using their letterhead to extort money. | 0 | 2,231 | 2.4 |
8dqzg7 | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | (OH) I physically defended my neighbor's girlfriend when he slapped her infront of our house. When he shoved me, my dog attacked him. He's threatening to sue us and we got a letter from a lawyer today threatening criminal charges. Well, like the title says... Our neighbor that lives a couple of houses down is a total prick. We've all heard him screaming at his girlfriend or yanking her down the street at one point or another. It's ridiculous. I don't know her really well, but since we're the same size I've offered her and given her some clothes of mine that I don't want and we swap makeup tips here and there but nothing super close. I was picking up branches in my backyard with my dog the other day, when I could heard them arguing on their walk. When I looked up I saw him slap her across the face. What happened next is a blur, but all I know is that I ran from my backyard and grabbed his arm to stop him from hitting her again. He grabbed my hair and threw me to the cement and when I tried to get up he shoved me again really hard. I screamed and that's when my dog came sprinting out of the yard and and bit my neighbor's arm. There was alot of screaming and cursing and my husband came running out of the house with his gun to intervene. Words were exchanged, the dog was retrieved, and our neighbor stormed off back to his house and his girlfriend came into ours. She was pretty hysterical and became even more hysterical when we said we were going to call the police. We calmed her down and asked if we could take her anywhere and she asked us to take her to her mom's house which we did. We didn't call the police because she asked us not to, and for her sake we respected her wishes. This was on Tuesday. The neighbor left a threatening note in our mailbox saying that our dog had "fucked him up" and it was hurting him to do his job as a mechanic and if we didn't pay him $5,000 he was going to sue us and we'd better watch our backs because his cousin is a lawyer. We didn't respond. Today we got a very official looking letter from a law firm saying that our neighbor intends to sue us unless we pay, and if we don't pay we're looking at possible criminal charges. Does he have a case here? Should we get a lawyer and file a counter lawsuit? Or file the police report first? We have alot of witnesses that saw what happened and know that we didn't start the fight, but can he claim that I assaulted him when I tried to stop him from hitting his girlfriend? Also, is our dog in any danger from biting him when he was trying to protect me? Sorry for all the questions, but this is really stressing me out. I'm really worried about something happening to our dog or he manages to find some loophole that leads to us losing alot of money or possible charges . | dxptk6v | dxpka9n | 1,524,280,659 | 1,524,269,741 | 64 | 42 | I work for a PI firm that does dog bite cases. There is no way in hell we'd EVER send a letter demanding money. There is no way in hell we'd EVER threaten to "file" criminal charges. When our firm signs up a client, the ONLY letter we send to the at-fault party (the animal owner) is one page long, and to paraphrase, basically says "Hey, we represent this person and we're confirming this. At your earliest convenience, please forward this letter on to your insurance carrier, as we are representing this person for injuries she sustained as the result of your animal attacking her. Should you wish to call us back, please call X and ask for Y with your homeowner's insurance information. Or you may simply present this letter to your homeowner's insurance and we will not contact you further. Should we not hear from you or your insurance in the next 30 days, we may have to file legal action against you." Extorting an at-fault party is stupid as shit if the law firm is legitimate. Absent some weird OH law, the dog defending its owner when the owner is faced with violence is an animalistic instinct, and acted ON that instinct as a direct result of that aggressor's actions. But for those actions, the dog would have not harmed the aggressor. Thus, in my strict non-legal opinion, the aggressor is, at the very least, contributorily negligent for his injuries here. This may or may not bar recovery; I am not a lawyer and not familiar with OH law so I cannot speak to this fact. Because of that, absolutely 100% agree with /u/gratty, contact your homeowner's insurance IMMEDIATELY, forward them this letter from this "law firm" as well. They will handle it from there. | I am not a lawyer As for your dog, make sure you have his vaccination (specifically rabies) records on hand in case he decides to get to you through him. Assuming this is the first time he's bitten someone, if the neighbor reports the bite to A.C., they *might* have to quarantine your dog (this can sometimes be in your own home, check your local ordinances), but beyond that it should be fine. | 1 | 10,918 | 1.52381 |
8dqzg7 | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | (OH) I physically defended my neighbor's girlfriend when he slapped her infront of our house. When he shoved me, my dog attacked him. He's threatening to sue us and we got a letter from a lawyer today threatening criminal charges. Well, like the title says... Our neighbor that lives a couple of houses down is a total prick. We've all heard him screaming at his girlfriend or yanking her down the street at one point or another. It's ridiculous. I don't know her really well, but since we're the same size I've offered her and given her some clothes of mine that I don't want and we swap makeup tips here and there but nothing super close. I was picking up branches in my backyard with my dog the other day, when I could heard them arguing on their walk. When I looked up I saw him slap her across the face. What happened next is a blur, but all I know is that I ran from my backyard and grabbed his arm to stop him from hitting her again. He grabbed my hair and threw me to the cement and when I tried to get up he shoved me again really hard. I screamed and that's when my dog came sprinting out of the yard and and bit my neighbor's arm. There was alot of screaming and cursing and my husband came running out of the house with his gun to intervene. Words were exchanged, the dog was retrieved, and our neighbor stormed off back to his house and his girlfriend came into ours. She was pretty hysterical and became even more hysterical when we said we were going to call the police. We calmed her down and asked if we could take her anywhere and she asked us to take her to her mom's house which we did. We didn't call the police because she asked us not to, and for her sake we respected her wishes. This was on Tuesday. The neighbor left a threatening note in our mailbox saying that our dog had "fucked him up" and it was hurting him to do his job as a mechanic and if we didn't pay him $5,000 he was going to sue us and we'd better watch our backs because his cousin is a lawyer. We didn't respond. Today we got a very official looking letter from a law firm saying that our neighbor intends to sue us unless we pay, and if we don't pay we're looking at possible criminal charges. Does he have a case here? Should we get a lawyer and file a counter lawsuit? Or file the police report first? We have alot of witnesses that saw what happened and know that we didn't start the fight, but can he claim that I assaulted him when I tried to stop him from hitting his girlfriend? Also, is our dog in any danger from biting him when he was trying to protect me? Sorry for all the questions, but this is really stressing me out. I'm really worried about something happening to our dog or he manages to find some loophole that leads to us losing alot of money or possible charges . | dxpfakv | dxptk6v | 1,524,263,942 | 1,524,280,659 | 35 | 64 | Call the state bar office of ethics, because threatening criminal prosecution is not allowed. Demanding money is borderline criminal, so call the cops (but don't be surprised if they decide it's not criminal). Get the lawyer in trouble with the licensing board. As for your dog, yeah, you probably need a lawyer. You homeowner's insurance should cover it, including payment of a lawyer. | I work for a PI firm that does dog bite cases. There is no way in hell we'd EVER send a letter demanding money. There is no way in hell we'd EVER threaten to "file" criminal charges. When our firm signs up a client, the ONLY letter we send to the at-fault party (the animal owner) is one page long, and to paraphrase, basically says "Hey, we represent this person and we're confirming this. At your earliest convenience, please forward this letter on to your insurance carrier, as we are representing this person for injuries she sustained as the result of your animal attacking her. Should you wish to call us back, please call X and ask for Y with your homeowner's insurance information. Or you may simply present this letter to your homeowner's insurance and we will not contact you further. Should we not hear from you or your insurance in the next 30 days, we may have to file legal action against you." Extorting an at-fault party is stupid as shit if the law firm is legitimate. Absent some weird OH law, the dog defending its owner when the owner is faced with violence is an animalistic instinct, and acted ON that instinct as a direct result of that aggressor's actions. But for those actions, the dog would have not harmed the aggressor. Thus, in my strict non-legal opinion, the aggressor is, at the very least, contributorily negligent for his injuries here. This may or may not bar recovery; I am not a lawyer and not familiar with OH law so I cannot speak to this fact. Because of that, absolutely 100% agree with /u/gratty, contact your homeowner's insurance IMMEDIATELY, forward them this letter from this "law firm" as well. They will handle it from there. | 0 | 16,717 | 1.828571 |
8dqzg7 | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | (OH) I physically defended my neighbor's girlfriend when he slapped her infront of our house. When he shoved me, my dog attacked him. He's threatening to sue us and we got a letter from a lawyer today threatening criminal charges. Well, like the title says... Our neighbor that lives a couple of houses down is a total prick. We've all heard him screaming at his girlfriend or yanking her down the street at one point or another. It's ridiculous. I don't know her really well, but since we're the same size I've offered her and given her some clothes of mine that I don't want and we swap makeup tips here and there but nothing super close. I was picking up branches in my backyard with my dog the other day, when I could heard them arguing on their walk. When I looked up I saw him slap her across the face. What happened next is a blur, but all I know is that I ran from my backyard and grabbed his arm to stop him from hitting her again. He grabbed my hair and threw me to the cement and when I tried to get up he shoved me again really hard. I screamed and that's when my dog came sprinting out of the yard and and bit my neighbor's arm. There was alot of screaming and cursing and my husband came running out of the house with his gun to intervene. Words were exchanged, the dog was retrieved, and our neighbor stormed off back to his house and his girlfriend came into ours. She was pretty hysterical and became even more hysterical when we said we were going to call the police. We calmed her down and asked if we could take her anywhere and she asked us to take her to her mom's house which we did. We didn't call the police because she asked us not to, and for her sake we respected her wishes. This was on Tuesday. The neighbor left a threatening note in our mailbox saying that our dog had "fucked him up" and it was hurting him to do his job as a mechanic and if we didn't pay him $5,000 he was going to sue us and we'd better watch our backs because his cousin is a lawyer. We didn't respond. Today we got a very official looking letter from a law firm saying that our neighbor intends to sue us unless we pay, and if we don't pay we're looking at possible criminal charges. Does he have a case here? Should we get a lawyer and file a counter lawsuit? Or file the police report first? We have alot of witnesses that saw what happened and know that we didn't start the fight, but can he claim that I assaulted him when I tried to stop him from hitting his girlfriend? Also, is our dog in any danger from biting him when he was trying to protect me? Sorry for all the questions, but this is really stressing me out. I'm really worried about something happening to our dog or he manages to find some loophole that leads to us losing alot of money or possible charges . | dxplc0l | dxptk6v | 1,524,270,967 | 1,524,280,659 | 17 | 64 | He left a threatening note in your mailbox? Was it stamped? This might be useful: The U.S. Code for crimes and criminal procedure prohibits the placement of unstamped flyers in any mailbox. Title 18, section 1725 states that any person who knowingly deposits "mail-able matter" without postage in an established letter box shall be subject to a fine. The Government Accountability Office reports that fines may be as high as $5,000 per occurrence for individuals and $10,000 per occurrence for organizations. This law is commonly known as the "mailbox restriction." | I work for a PI firm that does dog bite cases. There is no way in hell we'd EVER send a letter demanding money. There is no way in hell we'd EVER threaten to "file" criminal charges. When our firm signs up a client, the ONLY letter we send to the at-fault party (the animal owner) is one page long, and to paraphrase, basically says "Hey, we represent this person and we're confirming this. At your earliest convenience, please forward this letter on to your insurance carrier, as we are representing this person for injuries she sustained as the result of your animal attacking her. Should you wish to call us back, please call X and ask for Y with your homeowner's insurance information. Or you may simply present this letter to your homeowner's insurance and we will not contact you further. Should we not hear from you or your insurance in the next 30 days, we may have to file legal action against you." Extorting an at-fault party is stupid as shit if the law firm is legitimate. Absent some weird OH law, the dog defending its owner when the owner is faced with violence is an animalistic instinct, and acted ON that instinct as a direct result of that aggressor's actions. But for those actions, the dog would have not harmed the aggressor. Thus, in my strict non-legal opinion, the aggressor is, at the very least, contributorily negligent for his injuries here. This may or may not bar recovery; I am not a lawyer and not familiar with OH law so I cannot speak to this fact. Because of that, absolutely 100% agree with /u/gratty, contact your homeowner's insurance IMMEDIATELY, forward them this letter from this "law firm" as well. They will handle it from there. | 0 | 9,692 | 3.764706 |
8dqzg7 | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | (OH) I physically defended my neighbor's girlfriend when he slapped her infront of our house. When he shoved me, my dog attacked him. He's threatening to sue us and we got a letter from a lawyer today threatening criminal charges. Well, like the title says... Our neighbor that lives a couple of houses down is a total prick. We've all heard him screaming at his girlfriend or yanking her down the street at one point or another. It's ridiculous. I don't know her really well, but since we're the same size I've offered her and given her some clothes of mine that I don't want and we swap makeup tips here and there but nothing super close. I was picking up branches in my backyard with my dog the other day, when I could heard them arguing on their walk. When I looked up I saw him slap her across the face. What happened next is a blur, but all I know is that I ran from my backyard and grabbed his arm to stop him from hitting her again. He grabbed my hair and threw me to the cement and when I tried to get up he shoved me again really hard. I screamed and that's when my dog came sprinting out of the yard and and bit my neighbor's arm. There was alot of screaming and cursing and my husband came running out of the house with his gun to intervene. Words were exchanged, the dog was retrieved, and our neighbor stormed off back to his house and his girlfriend came into ours. She was pretty hysterical and became even more hysterical when we said we were going to call the police. We calmed her down and asked if we could take her anywhere and she asked us to take her to her mom's house which we did. We didn't call the police because she asked us not to, and for her sake we respected her wishes. This was on Tuesday. The neighbor left a threatening note in our mailbox saying that our dog had "fucked him up" and it was hurting him to do his job as a mechanic and if we didn't pay him $5,000 he was going to sue us and we'd better watch our backs because his cousin is a lawyer. We didn't respond. Today we got a very official looking letter from a law firm saying that our neighbor intends to sue us unless we pay, and if we don't pay we're looking at possible criminal charges. Does he have a case here? Should we get a lawyer and file a counter lawsuit? Or file the police report first? We have alot of witnesses that saw what happened and know that we didn't start the fight, but can he claim that I assaulted him when I tried to stop him from hitting his girlfriend? Also, is our dog in any danger from biting him when he was trying to protect me? Sorry for all the questions, but this is really stressing me out. I'm really worried about something happening to our dog or he manages to find some loophole that leads to us losing alot of money or possible charges . | dxpka9n | dxpfakv | 1,524,269,741 | 1,524,263,942 | 42 | 35 | I am not a lawyer As for your dog, make sure you have his vaccination (specifically rabies) records on hand in case he decides to get to you through him. Assuming this is the first time he's bitten someone, if the neighbor reports the bite to A.C., they *might* have to quarantine your dog (this can sometimes be in your own home, check your local ordinances), but beyond that it should be fine. | Call the state bar office of ethics, because threatening criminal prosecution is not allowed. Demanding money is borderline criminal, so call the cops (but don't be surprised if they decide it's not criminal). Get the lawyer in trouble with the licensing board. As for your dog, yeah, you probably need a lawyer. You homeowner's insurance should cover it, including payment of a lawyer. | 1 | 5,799 | 1.2 |
bc4g61 | legaladvice_train | 0.89 | [MD] The house next door to mine has been vacant for many years. New neighbors moved in next door to the vacant house and they have been dumping trash and mattresses behind the vacant house. I don’t want to be blamed for dumping the garbage, and I don’t want to see it, can I do anything? They moved in about 7 months ago and the back yard of the vacant house is trashed. The vacant house has been empty for almost 9 years. Nobody takes care of it, and I have asked the city to do something about it. City just offers up excuses about the owner being in a nursing home and they can’t do anything which is bull crap. There are dozens of empty soda bottles, two wet mattresses, a charcoal grill, and many, many others items that have clearly been discarded. I’m pretty sure there are no responsible adults living in the house, but it’s hard to tell the age of the young people living there. As a side note, Clearly there’s some heavy drug use going on, I hear someone vomiting outside at least every other day. I’m a direct person and typically would just go knock on their door and tell them to clean it up, but we have a baby in the house and my wife doesn’t want me to start shit with them, knowing how irrational junkies can be. Any advice on how to handle this without cleaning it up myself? | eknp7wb | eknr8m1 | 1,555,013,240 | 1,555,014,524 | 4 | 24 | Are the new occupants living there legally? | Try code enforcement in your city or county. | 0 | 1,284 | 6 |
vjtjbd | legaladvice_train | 0.93 | [Phoenix, AZ] Neighbor dumped their trailer on my driveway and then sent mail demanding compensation for emotional abuse by us Throwaway for privacy. My neighbor from across the street dumped his Forest River trailer on our driveway; we found it when we came back from doing shopping, and he'd also left us mail in our house, a note which read: > You will be hearing from my attorney in 90 days. Suing you for emotional distress and making my sons unhappy. I know you have links to the people involved in The Great Reset theory. You're gonna fucking go to hell for making my gay son's life a misery. What are you, a Columbine fan/supporter? You're hearing from my attorney. and also: > You're the people who know the guy involved in Columbine. Get over your need for fame, losers. His two sons are 14 and 15, but we've only interacted a handful of times with them, as a couple. We have a 28-year-old daughter. I'm worried about this guy's threats, can we get him committed under the Baker Act? Need advice now. | idm5rq3 | idmoh5l | 1,656,108,018 | 1,656,116,614 | 174 | 206 | I am not a lawyer. As far as the trailer is concerned, I would suggest that you have it towed by calling the Phoenix PD thru their nonemergency line at (602)262-6151. \> Permission to Tow If you do not have signs warning against illegal parking, you will need to contact law enforcement for permission to have the vehicle removed from your property. An officer will grant permission to have the vehicle towed away if he or she has reasonable grounds to believe that a vehicle illegally parked on private property is stolen, abandoned, or otherwise unclaimed. Source: A Brief Look At Private Property Towing Laws In Arizona As far as the threat to sue, unless they retain a lawyer (one you can verify through a search with the Arizona Bar Association) and have them send mail to you, I'd suggest just ignoring it. | People are really missing the point in these comments. I’d get a wellness check and mention that there are minor children in the house. That note is bizarre, but probably not enough for involuntary commitment if he is even semi coherent. File a police report about the note and the illegal dumping, just to have a record because this could escalate. I’m a lawyer but not your lawyer. | 0 | 8,596 | 1.183908 |
vjtjbd | legaladvice_train | 0.93 | [Phoenix, AZ] Neighbor dumped their trailer on my driveway and then sent mail demanding compensation for emotional abuse by us Throwaway for privacy. My neighbor from across the street dumped his Forest River trailer on our driveway; we found it when we came back from doing shopping, and he'd also left us mail in our house, a note which read: > You will be hearing from my attorney in 90 days. Suing you for emotional distress and making my sons unhappy. I know you have links to the people involved in The Great Reset theory. You're gonna fucking go to hell for making my gay son's life a misery. What are you, a Columbine fan/supporter? You're hearing from my attorney. and also: > You're the people who know the guy involved in Columbine. Get over your need for fame, losers. His two sons are 14 and 15, but we've only interacted a handful of times with them, as a couple. We have a 28-year-old daughter. I'm worried about this guy's threats, can we get him committed under the Baker Act? Need advice now. | idmoh5l | idm60qx | 1,656,116,614 | 1,656,108,124 | 206 | 34 | People are really missing the point in these comments. I’d get a wellness check and mention that there are minor children in the house. That note is bizarre, but probably not enough for involuntary commitment if he is even semi coherent. File a police report about the note and the illegal dumping, just to have a record because this could escalate. I’m a lawyer but not your lawyer. | I’ve seen people do bonkers shit before; but this story makes me skeptical. It reads like it’s missing important information. | 1 | 8,490 | 6.058824 |
vjtjbd | legaladvice_train | 0.93 | [Phoenix, AZ] Neighbor dumped their trailer on my driveway and then sent mail demanding compensation for emotional abuse by us Throwaway for privacy. My neighbor from across the street dumped his Forest River trailer on our driveway; we found it when we came back from doing shopping, and he'd also left us mail in our house, a note which read: > You will be hearing from my attorney in 90 days. Suing you for emotional distress and making my sons unhappy. I know you have links to the people involved in The Great Reset theory. You're gonna fucking go to hell for making my gay son's life a misery. What are you, a Columbine fan/supporter? You're hearing from my attorney. and also: > You're the people who know the guy involved in Columbine. Get over your need for fame, losers. His two sons are 14 and 15, but we've only interacted a handful of times with them, as a couple. We have a 28-year-old daughter. I'm worried about this guy's threats, can we get him committed under the Baker Act? Need advice now. | idmhg4j | idmoh5l | 1,656,113,253 | 1,656,116,614 | 28 | 206 | This sounds like psychosis. I would involve authorities asap | People are really missing the point in these comments. I’d get a wellness check and mention that there are minor children in the house. That note is bizarre, but probably not enough for involuntary commitment if he is even semi coherent. File a police report about the note and the illegal dumping, just to have a record because this could escalate. I’m a lawyer but not your lawyer. | 0 | 3,361 | 7.357143 |
vjtjbd | legaladvice_train | 0.93 | [Phoenix, AZ] Neighbor dumped their trailer on my driveway and then sent mail demanding compensation for emotional abuse by us Throwaway for privacy. My neighbor from across the street dumped his Forest River trailer on our driveway; we found it when we came back from doing shopping, and he'd also left us mail in our house, a note which read: > You will be hearing from my attorney in 90 days. Suing you for emotional distress and making my sons unhappy. I know you have links to the people involved in The Great Reset theory. You're gonna fucking go to hell for making my gay son's life a misery. What are you, a Columbine fan/supporter? You're hearing from my attorney. and also: > You're the people who know the guy involved in Columbine. Get over your need for fame, losers. His two sons are 14 and 15, but we've only interacted a handful of times with them, as a couple. We have a 28-year-old daughter. I'm worried about this guy's threats, can we get him committed under the Baker Act? Need advice now. | idlujfp | idmoh5l | 1,656,103,296 | 1,656,116,614 | 10 | 206 | How did he leave mail “in” your house? | People are really missing the point in these comments. I’d get a wellness check and mention that there are minor children in the house. That note is bizarre, but probably not enough for involuntary commitment if he is even semi coherent. File a police report about the note and the illegal dumping, just to have a record because this could escalate. I’m a lawyer but not your lawyer. | 0 | 13,318 | 20.6 |
vjtjbd | legaladvice_train | 0.93 | [Phoenix, AZ] Neighbor dumped their trailer on my driveway and then sent mail demanding compensation for emotional abuse by us Throwaway for privacy. My neighbor from across the street dumped his Forest River trailer on our driveway; we found it when we came back from doing shopping, and he'd also left us mail in our house, a note which read: > You will be hearing from my attorney in 90 days. Suing you for emotional distress and making my sons unhappy. I know you have links to the people involved in The Great Reset theory. You're gonna fucking go to hell for making my gay son's life a misery. What are you, a Columbine fan/supporter? You're hearing from my attorney. and also: > You're the people who know the guy involved in Columbine. Get over your need for fame, losers. His two sons are 14 and 15, but we've only interacted a handful of times with them, as a couple. We have a 28-year-old daughter. I'm worried about this guy's threats, can we get him committed under the Baker Act? Need advice now. | idlujfp | idm5rq3 | 1,656,103,296 | 1,656,108,018 | 10 | 174 | How did he leave mail “in” your house? | I am not a lawyer. As far as the trailer is concerned, I would suggest that you have it towed by calling the Phoenix PD thru their nonemergency line at (602)262-6151. \> Permission to Tow If you do not have signs warning against illegal parking, you will need to contact law enforcement for permission to have the vehicle removed from your property. An officer will grant permission to have the vehicle towed away if he or she has reasonable grounds to believe that a vehicle illegally parked on private property is stolen, abandoned, or otherwise unclaimed. Source: A Brief Look At Private Property Towing Laws In Arizona As far as the threat to sue, unless they retain a lawyer (one you can verify through a search with the Arizona Bar Association) and have them send mail to you, I'd suggest just ignoring it. | 0 | 4,722 | 17.4 |
vjtjbd | legaladvice_train | 0.93 | [Phoenix, AZ] Neighbor dumped their trailer on my driveway and then sent mail demanding compensation for emotional abuse by us Throwaway for privacy. My neighbor from across the street dumped his Forest River trailer on our driveway; we found it when we came back from doing shopping, and he'd also left us mail in our house, a note which read: > You will be hearing from my attorney in 90 days. Suing you for emotional distress and making my sons unhappy. I know you have links to the people involved in The Great Reset theory. You're gonna fucking go to hell for making my gay son's life a misery. What are you, a Columbine fan/supporter? You're hearing from my attorney. and also: > You're the people who know the guy involved in Columbine. Get over your need for fame, losers. His two sons are 14 and 15, but we've only interacted a handful of times with them, as a couple. We have a 28-year-old daughter. I'm worried about this guy's threats, can we get him committed under the Baker Act? Need advice now. | idm60qx | idlujfp | 1,656,108,124 | 1,656,103,296 | 34 | 10 | I’ve seen people do bonkers shit before; but this story makes me skeptical. It reads like it’s missing important information. | How did he leave mail “in” your house? | 1 | 4,828 | 3.4 |
vjtjbd | legaladvice_train | 0.93 | [Phoenix, AZ] Neighbor dumped their trailer on my driveway and then sent mail demanding compensation for emotional abuse by us Throwaway for privacy. My neighbor from across the street dumped his Forest River trailer on our driveway; we found it when we came back from doing shopping, and he'd also left us mail in our house, a note which read: > You will be hearing from my attorney in 90 days. Suing you for emotional distress and making my sons unhappy. I know you have links to the people involved in The Great Reset theory. You're gonna fucking go to hell for making my gay son's life a misery. What are you, a Columbine fan/supporter? You're hearing from my attorney. and also: > You're the people who know the guy involved in Columbine. Get over your need for fame, losers. His two sons are 14 and 15, but we've only interacted a handful of times with them, as a couple. We have a 28-year-old daughter. I'm worried about this guy's threats, can we get him committed under the Baker Act? Need advice now. | idmhg4j | idn2ytv | 1,656,113,253 | 1,656,123,697 | 28 | 29 | This sounds like psychosis. I would involve authorities asap | Your neighbor has made delusional statements. He has minor children. I would be concerned with their welfare and report to the police that these children are in danger. Mention of Columbine makes one concerned that the neighbor is armed and possibly has explosives. Is there a possibility that the trailer contains an explosive? | 0 | 10,444 | 1.035714 |
vjtjbd | legaladvice_train | 0.93 | [Phoenix, AZ] Neighbor dumped their trailer on my driveway and then sent mail demanding compensation for emotional abuse by us Throwaway for privacy. My neighbor from across the street dumped his Forest River trailer on our driveway; we found it when we came back from doing shopping, and he'd also left us mail in our house, a note which read: > You will be hearing from my attorney in 90 days. Suing you for emotional distress and making my sons unhappy. I know you have links to the people involved in The Great Reset theory. You're gonna fucking go to hell for making my gay son's life a misery. What are you, a Columbine fan/supporter? You're hearing from my attorney. and also: > You're the people who know the guy involved in Columbine. Get over your need for fame, losers. His two sons are 14 and 15, but we've only interacted a handful of times with them, as a couple. We have a 28-year-old daughter. I'm worried about this guy's threats, can we get him committed under the Baker Act? Need advice now. | idmhg4j | idlujfp | 1,656,113,253 | 1,656,103,296 | 28 | 10 | This sounds like psychosis. I would involve authorities asap | How did he leave mail “in” your house? | 1 | 9,957 | 2.8 |
vjtjbd | legaladvice_train | 0.93 | [Phoenix, AZ] Neighbor dumped their trailer on my driveway and then sent mail demanding compensation for emotional abuse by us Throwaway for privacy. My neighbor from across the street dumped his Forest River trailer on our driveway; we found it when we came back from doing shopping, and he'd also left us mail in our house, a note which read: > You will be hearing from my attorney in 90 days. Suing you for emotional distress and making my sons unhappy. I know you have links to the people involved in The Great Reset theory. You're gonna fucking go to hell for making my gay son's life a misery. What are you, a Columbine fan/supporter? You're hearing from my attorney. and also: > You're the people who know the guy involved in Columbine. Get over your need for fame, losers. His two sons are 14 and 15, but we've only interacted a handful of times with them, as a couple. We have a 28-year-old daughter. I'm worried about this guy's threats, can we get him committed under the Baker Act? Need advice now. | idn2ytv | idmvzsr | 1,656,123,697 | 1,656,120,262 | 29 | 19 | Your neighbor has made delusional statements. He has minor children. I would be concerned with their welfare and report to the police that these children are in danger. Mention of Columbine makes one concerned that the neighbor is armed and possibly has explosives. Is there a possibility that the trailer contains an explosive? | An involuntary commitment typically involves an immediate threat of self harm, death, etc. to a person or to others. While concerning, I don't think this would rise to the level to have the person taken to a psych facility. It is clear they have psychological issues. My suggestion would be to have the police stand by while the trailer is towed off your property. Show them the letters and see if they can talk to him. Consider a restraining order if you have his information. Put up cameras on the exterior of your house in case he comes by or tries to park a trailer on your property again. | 1 | 3,435 | 1.526316 |
vjtjbd | legaladvice_train | 0.93 | [Phoenix, AZ] Neighbor dumped their trailer on my driveway and then sent mail demanding compensation for emotional abuse by us Throwaway for privacy. My neighbor from across the street dumped his Forest River trailer on our driveway; we found it when we came back from doing shopping, and he'd also left us mail in our house, a note which read: > You will be hearing from my attorney in 90 days. Suing you for emotional distress and making my sons unhappy. I know you have links to the people involved in The Great Reset theory. You're gonna fucking go to hell for making my gay son's life a misery. What are you, a Columbine fan/supporter? You're hearing from my attorney. and also: > You're the people who know the guy involved in Columbine. Get over your need for fame, losers. His two sons are 14 and 15, but we've only interacted a handful of times with them, as a couple. We have a 28-year-old daughter. I'm worried about this guy's threats, can we get him committed under the Baker Act? Need advice now. | idlujfp | idn2ytv | 1,656,103,296 | 1,656,123,697 | 10 | 29 | How did he leave mail “in” your house? | Your neighbor has made delusional statements. He has minor children. I would be concerned with their welfare and report to the police that these children are in danger. Mention of Columbine makes one concerned that the neighbor is armed and possibly has explosives. Is there a possibility that the trailer contains an explosive? | 0 | 20,401 | 2.9 |
vjtjbd | legaladvice_train | 0.93 | [Phoenix, AZ] Neighbor dumped their trailer on my driveway and then sent mail demanding compensation for emotional abuse by us Throwaway for privacy. My neighbor from across the street dumped his Forest River trailer on our driveway; we found it when we came back from doing shopping, and he'd also left us mail in our house, a note which read: > You will be hearing from my attorney in 90 days. Suing you for emotional distress and making my sons unhappy. I know you have links to the people involved in The Great Reset theory. You're gonna fucking go to hell for making my gay son's life a misery. What are you, a Columbine fan/supporter? You're hearing from my attorney. and also: > You're the people who know the guy involved in Columbine. Get over your need for fame, losers. His two sons are 14 and 15, but we've only interacted a handful of times with them, as a couple. We have a 28-year-old daughter. I'm worried about this guy's threats, can we get him committed under the Baker Act? Need advice now. | idlujfp | idmvzsr | 1,656,103,296 | 1,656,120,262 | 10 | 19 | How did he leave mail “in” your house? | An involuntary commitment typically involves an immediate threat of self harm, death, etc. to a person or to others. While concerning, I don't think this would rise to the level to have the person taken to a psych facility. It is clear they have psychological issues. My suggestion would be to have the police stand by while the trailer is towed off your property. Show them the letters and see if they can talk to him. Consider a restraining order if you have his information. Put up cameras on the exterior of your house in case he comes by or tries to park a trailer on your property again. | 0 | 16,966 | 1.9 |
xwuamn | legaladvice_train | 0.9 | [NY] Neighbor's Tree Causing Damage to our House Hi everyone--Our neighbors have a couple trees that are approximately 10' from our house. These trees have grown significantly over the years and the branches are now causing damage to our house and creating an opportunity for squirrels to nest in our soffits. We have tried trimming the trees back on our own and every year it comes back with a vengeance. We got a quote to have the trees professionally trimmed back and they are saying that cutting trees back 6-8' from a house is standard and would completely annihilate these trees. They recommend the trees come down. The problem is that the owners of the neighboring property rent the house out and I cannot get ahold of them for the life of me. I've sent mail to the address the owners live at, tried to get ahold of the tenants, etc. Nothing is working. My questions are: who is responsible for taking care of these trees and how should I go about addressing this issue? I appreciate any input! | irawunm | irav2m9 | 1,665,075,726 | 1,665,075,045 | 17 | 12 | Have you had a property survey done. I found out after a survey that my property line was 10 feet over from what the seller had told us. | Generally, you're responsible for trimming any branches overhanging the property line altho you can't harm it kill the tree in the process of doing so. Regular trimming of tree limbs near a house is just part of normal maintainence of owning a house. I would be stunned if you have any legal recourse to force the neighbor to cut down trees for the sole reason that you don't have to trim branches every year. | 1 | 681 | 1.416667 |
c6cj58 | legaladvice_train | 0.71 | Our neighbors removed their fence, and a gap between our own fence and our deck allows their small dogs to poke heads into our yard. Are we liable if our own dogs hurt them somehow? (US, PA) Hi all! This happened recently and I just wanted to see if I could get any insight, and this subreddit was recommended to me. I lurk frequently but I’ve never posted on Reddit before. My family lives in PA (Philadelphia county), and we have a fence bordering our yard that’s roughly six feet. We have a deck, and the fence that borders it has a gap of about 6-8 inches between the bottom of the fence and the surface of the deck. I’m not sure why; my father installed it and I know he had a habit of cutting corners. Our neighbors previously had a shorter fence, but a fence nonetheless. In the last few weeks, their small dogs (toy poodles maybe) have started poking their heads through this gap when their hear us letting our dogs out (a pit mix and a hound mix), which clued us in that the neighbor’s fence was totally gone bordering our own. In its place are a few bushes and a neat rock border directly up against our fence. My dogs have never been aggressive before but I know that doesn’t mean that they can’t be, especially if unfamiliar dogs are suddenly literally sticking their noses into their yard. Would we be liable if one of ours was to act out because of this? I know pits are so often blasted as a bully breed but our girl has always been so sweet and I feel like if something did happen, her being a pit mix would work against us because of peoples’ assumptions. Thank y’all! | es80xof | es7zzzj | 1,561,685,221 | 1,561,684,559 | 18 | 8 | if your fence is not adequate to control your dogs, you should remedy that ​ staple gun and chicken wire will git er done in 20 minutes | Cover the hole. Simple solution to a simple problem. | 1 | 662 | 2.25 |
71d4ru | legaladvice_train | 0.93 | Danbury, CT A neighbor's 4 year old broke into my yard and harassed my dog, got bit Last week my irish wolfhound was in my fenced in yard when the neighbor's unattended 4 year old crawled under it and pulled his tail. My dog bit the kid pretty bad, his nose was hanging on my a thread and he'll probably lose sight in one of his eyes. I immediately brought my dog to my uncle's farm in another town across the state. The cops showed up and said I had to hand my dog over for quarrantine and eventual euthanasia because of the severity of the attack. Also the parents are threatening to sue me for the cost of emergency plastic surgery. 1. Can the cops hold me if I refuse to say where the dog is and hand him over to be killed? 2. Would I have a leg to stand on if I said he ran away and I cant find him or would that make it worse? 3. is a large dog behind a chainlink fence considered an attractive nuscience like they told me? 4. Will my homeowners insurance provide me with a lawyer? 5. Can I countersue, or have them charged with negligence/trespassing either through the police or CPS? A 4 year old should not be walking around unsupervised. thanks | dn9tm2f | dn9ucbl | 1,505,932,629 | 1,505,933,389 | 304 | 333 | > Can the cops hold me if I refuse to say where the dog is and hand him over to be killed? Tell the cops you will hand over the animal when they serve you with a warrant or other order to do so. > Would I have a leg to stand on if I said he ran away and I cant find him or would that make it worse? Lying to the police is generally a bad idea. > is a large dog behind a chainlink fence considered an attractive nuscience like they told me? Usually not. > Will my homeowners insurance provide me with a lawyer? You can call them and ask. They may be responsible for paying if you are found liable. > Can I countersue, or have them charged with negligence/trespassing either through the police or CPS? A 4 year old should not be walking around unsupervised. You can call CPS, but there is no guarantee that they will do anything, and it would do little to limit your liability. Once they file suit you can defend on the grounds of contributory negligence. I can't imagine what you would countersue for. | You are deep into the territory where you should not be saying another word about this to ANYONE before you retain an attorney. Some of the things you are saying here are concerning. For example, how did you know that the kid pulled the dog's tail if you did not witness it. If you witnessed it, could you have intervened sooner? Tampering with evidence (moving the dog across the state), contemplating lying to the police (obstruction of justice). Calling the police/CPS about the victim. I am not saying that any of the things listed above are necessarily of real concern. But, it's definitely stuff that needs to be directed under the advice of an attorney. | 0 | 760 | 1.095395 |
71d4ru | legaladvice_train | 0.93 | Danbury, CT A neighbor's 4 year old broke into my yard and harassed my dog, got bit Last week my irish wolfhound was in my fenced in yard when the neighbor's unattended 4 year old crawled under it and pulled his tail. My dog bit the kid pretty bad, his nose was hanging on my a thread and he'll probably lose sight in one of his eyes. I immediately brought my dog to my uncle's farm in another town across the state. The cops showed up and said I had to hand my dog over for quarrantine and eventual euthanasia because of the severity of the attack. Also the parents are threatening to sue me for the cost of emergency plastic surgery. 1. Can the cops hold me if I refuse to say where the dog is and hand him over to be killed? 2. Would I have a leg to stand on if I said he ran away and I cant find him or would that make it worse? 3. is a large dog behind a chainlink fence considered an attractive nuscience like they told me? 4. Will my homeowners insurance provide me with a lawyer? 5. Can I countersue, or have them charged with negligence/trespassing either through the police or CPS? A 4 year old should not be walking around unsupervised. thanks | dnavyxv | dnary74 | 1,505,989,301 | 1,505,977,862 | 20 | 7 | Your dog is dangerous. I know you love him, but are you really willing to give up your life to rehab him? Do you want to have kids in the next decade or so? Are you willing to keep this dog from attacking again by avoiding having kids over, avoiding dog parks where people inevitably bring children, avoiding public places where children may be, muzzle training your dog and keeping him muzzled on all walks, and so on? Because once a dog bites at this level you can never trust him again. There is a scale that is used to evaluate dog bites. This link explains it. This bite sounds like it was at least a four out of six. That is bad. Whoever owned him previously probably knew all about his agression, but gave him up because they couldn't or wouldn't rehab the dog. And they were irresponsible jackasses who didn't pass that information along because they knew that a dog with a bite history will not get accepted to a shelter/rescue. I know that you are attached to this dog and your neighbors are not great parents, but now that you know that you have a vicious dog, you need to think about whether you are being reasonable in wanting to keep him. There are other dogs out there who need to be rescued, and this guy might be an impossible project and will be a stressful and endless project. If you do end up finding a way to keep the city from putting down your dog, you really must go to a behavior specialist and get a better picture of what your next steps must be. There are two professional paths that produce animal behavior specialists. People with postgraduate degrees in animal sciences can become Certified Applied Animal Behaviorists. Here is the directory: http://www.animalbehaviorsociety.org/web/applied-behavior-caab-directory.php The other route is veterinary behaviorists. These people are veterinarians with a postgraduate degree in animal psychology. Here is the directory: http://www.dacvb.org/about/member-directory/. Either way, expect to pay a few hundred bucks for a consult and then possibly followup appointments as necessary, and possibly also perscriptions to be filled. | Connecticut quarantine law: section 22-358, sub section (c) would apply to your situation. I'm not sure if they would order the dog to be euthanized but most states have mandated quarantine laws and you can be fined or jailed if you do not produce the animal for quarantine. In CA we don't need a warrant to remove a bite animal from the property to do a quarantine. We currently have our DA filing charges on someone who refused to produce a dog for a quarantine when the dog was off the property and hit someone. I would talk with your AC agency and I would heavily suggest getting a lawyer so they don't just up and euthanize the dog after the quarantine is over. They are going to make it a big deal because it was a face bite to a child, even though the parents were neglectful and left their young child unattended and he essentially broke into your property. But they won't hold any of that against the child as he's too young to know better. But honestly what parent leaves their 4 year old alone in their yard?? | 1 | 11,439 | 2.857143 |
71d4ru | legaladvice_train | 0.93 | Danbury, CT A neighbor's 4 year old broke into my yard and harassed my dog, got bit Last week my irish wolfhound was in my fenced in yard when the neighbor's unattended 4 year old crawled under it and pulled his tail. My dog bit the kid pretty bad, his nose was hanging on my a thread and he'll probably lose sight in one of his eyes. I immediately brought my dog to my uncle's farm in another town across the state. The cops showed up and said I had to hand my dog over for quarrantine and eventual euthanasia because of the severity of the attack. Also the parents are threatening to sue me for the cost of emergency plastic surgery. 1. Can the cops hold me if I refuse to say where the dog is and hand him over to be killed? 2. Would I have a leg to stand on if I said he ran away and I cant find him or would that make it worse? 3. is a large dog behind a chainlink fence considered an attractive nuscience like they told me? 4. Will my homeowners insurance provide me with a lawyer? 5. Can I countersue, or have them charged with negligence/trespassing either through the police or CPS? A 4 year old should not be walking around unsupervised. thanks | dnary74 | dnb6is5 | 1,505,977,862 | 1,506,005,708 | 7 | 14 | Connecticut quarantine law: section 22-358, sub section (c) would apply to your situation. I'm not sure if they would order the dog to be euthanized but most states have mandated quarantine laws and you can be fined or jailed if you do not produce the animal for quarantine. In CA we don't need a warrant to remove a bite animal from the property to do a quarantine. We currently have our DA filing charges on someone who refused to produce a dog for a quarantine when the dog was off the property and hit someone. I would talk with your AC agency and I would heavily suggest getting a lawyer so they don't just up and euthanize the dog after the quarantine is over. They are going to make it a big deal because it was a face bite to a child, even though the parents were neglectful and left their young child unattended and he essentially broke into your property. But they won't hold any of that against the child as he's too young to know better. But honestly what parent leaves their 4 year old alone in their yard?? | I would remove the breed from the description in this post. Having the breed listed makes it far easier to track this post back to you, as this breed's community is rather small. I can't image the frustration and upset this situation is causing you. I wish for a resolution in your favor. | 0 | 27,846 | 2 |
71d4ru | legaladvice_train | 0.93 | Danbury, CT A neighbor's 4 year old broke into my yard and harassed my dog, got bit Last week my irish wolfhound was in my fenced in yard when the neighbor's unattended 4 year old crawled under it and pulled his tail. My dog bit the kid pretty bad, his nose was hanging on my a thread and he'll probably lose sight in one of his eyes. I immediately brought my dog to my uncle's farm in another town across the state. The cops showed up and said I had to hand my dog over for quarrantine and eventual euthanasia because of the severity of the attack. Also the parents are threatening to sue me for the cost of emergency plastic surgery. 1. Can the cops hold me if I refuse to say where the dog is and hand him over to be killed? 2. Would I have a leg to stand on if I said he ran away and I cant find him or would that make it worse? 3. is a large dog behind a chainlink fence considered an attractive nuscience like they told me? 4. Will my homeowners insurance provide me with a lawyer? 5. Can I countersue, or have them charged with negligence/trespassing either through the police or CPS? A 4 year old should not be walking around unsupervised. thanks | dnb3hsj | dnb6is5 | 1,506,002,309 | 1,506,005,708 | 6 | 14 | Did you witness the whole event just out of curiosity? - If not, who or what did? | I would remove the breed from the description in this post. Having the breed listed makes it far easier to track this post back to you, as this breed's community is rather small. I can't image the frustration and upset this situation is causing you. I wish for a resolution in your favor. | 0 | 3,399 | 2.333333 |
vfs2kj | legaladvice_train | 0.98 | "Neighbor" left a note at our door stating their findmygoogle pinged a lost phone to our address. Hey all, I have a weird situation. About two days ago, my roommate answered the door to someone with a letter stating that the application findmyphone has pinged their phone to our address. The letter said they would be contacting the police if we do not hand the phone over, but the thing is, we are all confused as to how the phone ended up in our house, supposedly. I say supposedly because this situation does not make sense. We only live next to two other houses. There's a main road that leads from the exit down past our house. We live off of a side road, and our house is the last house on the back of this road. I hope that makes sense, I don't really know how else to explain it. So, anyway, we contacted the people who left the note and they said they were going to the gas station that's near our house and it fell off the hood of their car. But they gave us their address and they live on the other side of town, no where near our house. Our house isn't even in the path to go to said gas station from where they live. I guess my question is, can police get a warrant sorely based off an app pinging the phone to our location? do they need more proof that the phone is at our house? We've looked everywhere near and in the house for the phone and we cannot find it. Location is Missouri. | icxhun2 | icxlawf | 1,655,634,049 | 1,655,637,038 | 2,697 | 6,208 | A find my phone/Samsung ping is not enough evidence to get a warrant . The police could come to your home and ask but it’s not enforceable. | This exact thing was posted by someone else on Reddit a couple of weeks back - I understand it is a scam. Do not contact them, contact the police. | 0 | 2,989 | 2.301817 |
vfs2kj | legaladvice_train | 0.98 | "Neighbor" left a note at our door stating their findmygoogle pinged a lost phone to our address. Hey all, I have a weird situation. About two days ago, my roommate answered the door to someone with a letter stating that the application findmyphone has pinged their phone to our address. The letter said they would be contacting the police if we do not hand the phone over, but the thing is, we are all confused as to how the phone ended up in our house, supposedly. I say supposedly because this situation does not make sense. We only live next to two other houses. There's a main road that leads from the exit down past our house. We live off of a side road, and our house is the last house on the back of this road. I hope that makes sense, I don't really know how else to explain it. So, anyway, we contacted the people who left the note and they said they were going to the gas station that's near our house and it fell off the hood of their car. But they gave us their address and they live on the other side of town, no where near our house. Our house isn't even in the path to go to said gas station from where they live. I guess my question is, can police get a warrant sorely based off an app pinging the phone to our location? do they need more proof that the phone is at our house? We've looked everywhere near and in the house for the phone and we cannot find it. Location is Missouri. | icxlawf | icxl2px | 1,655,637,038 | 1,655,636,849 | 6,208 | 1,236 | This exact thing was posted by someone else on Reddit a couple of weeks back - I understand it is a scam. Do not contact them, contact the police. | Sounds like a scam. I bet they want a reason to get into your house, check it out, etc. | 1 | 189 | 5.022654 |
vfs2kj | legaladvice_train | 0.98 | "Neighbor" left a note at our door stating their findmygoogle pinged a lost phone to our address. Hey all, I have a weird situation. About two days ago, my roommate answered the door to someone with a letter stating that the application findmyphone has pinged their phone to our address. The letter said they would be contacting the police if we do not hand the phone over, but the thing is, we are all confused as to how the phone ended up in our house, supposedly. I say supposedly because this situation does not make sense. We only live next to two other houses. There's a main road that leads from the exit down past our house. We live off of a side road, and our house is the last house on the back of this road. I hope that makes sense, I don't really know how else to explain it. So, anyway, we contacted the people who left the note and they said they were going to the gas station that's near our house and it fell off the hood of their car. But they gave us their address and they live on the other side of town, no where near our house. Our house isn't even in the path to go to said gas station from where they live. I guess my question is, can police get a warrant sorely based off an app pinging the phone to our location? do they need more proof that the phone is at our house? We've looked everywhere near and in the house for the phone and we cannot find it. Location is Missouri. | icxlawf | icxievv | 1,655,637,038 | 1,655,634,564 | 6,208 | 542 | This exact thing was posted by someone else on Reddit a couple of weeks back - I understand it is a scam. Do not contact them, contact the police. | Don't talk to them anymore for any reason. Let them do whatever it is they plan on doing but don't communicate with them. If for some reason the cops do show up then decline to speak to them too. They either have a search warrant or they can leave and go get one. It's on them to prove you have it not on you to prove you don't. Cops rarely get involved in these things especially when by their own admission they left their phone on top of their car and drove away and the odds of a judge signing a search warrant for a phone is even lower. If the people claiming you have it show up to your house again tell them to not return and to not reach out again or you'll go to the police for both trespassing and harassment. | 1 | 2,474 | 11.453875 |
vfs2kj | legaladvice_train | 0.98 | "Neighbor" left a note at our door stating their findmygoogle pinged a lost phone to our address. Hey all, I have a weird situation. About two days ago, my roommate answered the door to someone with a letter stating that the application findmyphone has pinged their phone to our address. The letter said they would be contacting the police if we do not hand the phone over, but the thing is, we are all confused as to how the phone ended up in our house, supposedly. I say supposedly because this situation does not make sense. We only live next to two other houses. There's a main road that leads from the exit down past our house. We live off of a side road, and our house is the last house on the back of this road. I hope that makes sense, I don't really know how else to explain it. So, anyway, we contacted the people who left the note and they said they were going to the gas station that's near our house and it fell off the hood of their car. But they gave us their address and they live on the other side of town, no where near our house. Our house isn't even in the path to go to said gas station from where they live. I guess my question is, can police get a warrant sorely based off an app pinging the phone to our location? do they need more proof that the phone is at our house? We've looked everywhere near and in the house for the phone and we cannot find it. Location is Missouri. | icxl2px | icxlo3t | 1,655,636,849 | 1,655,637,345 | 1,236 | 1,888 | Sounds like a scam. I bet they want a reason to get into your house, check it out, etc. | I've seen a few posts like this lately, seems like a nice new scam to gain entry to your property for theft or casing the home or I dtimidation | 0 | 496 | 1.527508 |
vfs2kj | legaladvice_train | 0.98 | "Neighbor" left a note at our door stating their findmygoogle pinged a lost phone to our address. Hey all, I have a weird situation. About two days ago, my roommate answered the door to someone with a letter stating that the application findmyphone has pinged their phone to our address. The letter said they would be contacting the police if we do not hand the phone over, but the thing is, we are all confused as to how the phone ended up in our house, supposedly. I say supposedly because this situation does not make sense. We only live next to two other houses. There's a main road that leads from the exit down past our house. We live off of a side road, and our house is the last house on the back of this road. I hope that makes sense, I don't really know how else to explain it. So, anyway, we contacted the people who left the note and they said they were going to the gas station that's near our house and it fell off the hood of their car. But they gave us their address and they live on the other side of town, no where near our house. Our house isn't even in the path to go to said gas station from where they live. I guess my question is, can police get a warrant sorely based off an app pinging the phone to our location? do they need more proof that the phone is at our house? We've looked everywhere near and in the house for the phone and we cannot find it. Location is Missouri. | icxlo3t | icxievv | 1,655,637,345 | 1,655,634,564 | 1,888 | 542 | I've seen a few posts like this lately, seems like a nice new scam to gain entry to your property for theft or casing the home or I dtimidation | Don't talk to them anymore for any reason. Let them do whatever it is they plan on doing but don't communicate with them. If for some reason the cops do show up then decline to speak to them too. They either have a search warrant or they can leave and go get one. It's on them to prove you have it not on you to prove you don't. Cops rarely get involved in these things especially when by their own admission they left their phone on top of their car and drove away and the odds of a judge signing a search warrant for a phone is even lower. If the people claiming you have it show up to your house again tell them to not return and to not reach out again or you'll go to the police for both trespassing and harassment. | 1 | 2,781 | 3.483395 |
vfs2kj | legaladvice_train | 0.98 | "Neighbor" left a note at our door stating their findmygoogle pinged a lost phone to our address. Hey all, I have a weird situation. About two days ago, my roommate answered the door to someone with a letter stating that the application findmyphone has pinged their phone to our address. The letter said they would be contacting the police if we do not hand the phone over, but the thing is, we are all confused as to how the phone ended up in our house, supposedly. I say supposedly because this situation does not make sense. We only live next to two other houses. There's a main road that leads from the exit down past our house. We live off of a side road, and our house is the last house on the back of this road. I hope that makes sense, I don't really know how else to explain it. So, anyway, we contacted the people who left the note and they said they were going to the gas station that's near our house and it fell off the hood of their car. But they gave us their address and they live on the other side of town, no where near our house. Our house isn't even in the path to go to said gas station from where they live. I guess my question is, can police get a warrant sorely based off an app pinging the phone to our location? do they need more proof that the phone is at our house? We've looked everywhere near and in the house for the phone and we cannot find it. Location is Missouri. | icxievv | icxl2px | 1,655,634,564 | 1,655,636,849 | 542 | 1,236 | Don't talk to them anymore for any reason. Let them do whatever it is they plan on doing but don't communicate with them. If for some reason the cops do show up then decline to speak to them too. They either have a search warrant or they can leave and go get one. It's on them to prove you have it not on you to prove you don't. Cops rarely get involved in these things especially when by their own admission they left their phone on top of their car and drove away and the odds of a judge signing a search warrant for a phone is even lower. If the people claiming you have it show up to your house again tell them to not return and to not reach out again or you'll go to the police for both trespassing and harassment. | Sounds like a scam. I bet they want a reason to get into your house, check it out, etc. | 0 | 2,285 | 2.280443 |
vfs2kj | legaladvice_train | 0.98 | "Neighbor" left a note at our door stating their findmygoogle pinged a lost phone to our address. Hey all, I have a weird situation. About two days ago, my roommate answered the door to someone with a letter stating that the application findmyphone has pinged their phone to our address. The letter said they would be contacting the police if we do not hand the phone over, but the thing is, we are all confused as to how the phone ended up in our house, supposedly. I say supposedly because this situation does not make sense. We only live next to two other houses. There's a main road that leads from the exit down past our house. We live off of a side road, and our house is the last house on the back of this road. I hope that makes sense, I don't really know how else to explain it. So, anyway, we contacted the people who left the note and they said they were going to the gas station that's near our house and it fell off the hood of their car. But they gave us their address and they live on the other side of town, no where near our house. Our house isn't even in the path to go to said gas station from where they live. I guess my question is, can police get a warrant sorely based off an app pinging the phone to our location? do they need more proof that the phone is at our house? We've looked everywhere near and in the house for the phone and we cannot find it. Location is Missouri. | icxnvfp | icxrizy | 1,655,639,089 | 1,655,641,689 | 80 | 355 | Even if their phone were in your house those apps are not exactly spot on. Apple does a decent job, but even when I look up where my phone is on my phone, it places my phone in an apartment down the street not mine. Probably a scam. People can be really terrible, thank you for posting so we know to look out for this new scam. | Likely a scam. The phone that they're "finding" is in thier pocket so the location matches. The find your phone app can force the lost phone to ring and only gps tracks if the phone is on. Tell them to force it to ring and watch them come up with a reason to refuse or risk having thier own pocket start ringing. | 0 | 2,600 | 4.4375 |
vfs2kj | legaladvice_train | 0.98 | "Neighbor" left a note at our door stating their findmygoogle pinged a lost phone to our address. Hey all, I have a weird situation. About two days ago, my roommate answered the door to someone with a letter stating that the application findmyphone has pinged their phone to our address. The letter said they would be contacting the police if we do not hand the phone over, but the thing is, we are all confused as to how the phone ended up in our house, supposedly. I say supposedly because this situation does not make sense. We only live next to two other houses. There's a main road that leads from the exit down past our house. We live off of a side road, and our house is the last house on the back of this road. I hope that makes sense, I don't really know how else to explain it. So, anyway, we contacted the people who left the note and they said they were going to the gas station that's near our house and it fell off the hood of their car. But they gave us their address and they live on the other side of town, no where near our house. Our house isn't even in the path to go to said gas station from where they live. I guess my question is, can police get a warrant sorely based off an app pinging the phone to our location? do they need more proof that the phone is at our house? We've looked everywhere near and in the house for the phone and we cannot find it. Location is Missouri. | icxri4n | icxrizy | 1,655,641,672 | 1,655,641,689 | 59 | 355 | I’ll make it short. Even if you did have it the cops won’t entertain that. Reminds me of the time someone broke in my car and I asked cop if they were going to dust for fingerprints. He laughed and told me I watch too much tv. Now had they had full proof you stole it then maybe. But someone saying their phone is pinging to your address just isn’t enough for them. That phone could be in the sewer below your house pinging off for all the cops know. They will tell them all we can do is make a report | Likely a scam. The phone that they're "finding" is in thier pocket so the location matches. The find your phone app can force the lost phone to ring and only gps tracks if the phone is on. Tell them to force it to ring and watch them come up with a reason to refuse or risk having thier own pocket start ringing. | 0 | 17 | 6.016949 |
vfs2kj | legaladvice_train | 0.98 | "Neighbor" left a note at our door stating their findmygoogle pinged a lost phone to our address. Hey all, I have a weird situation. About two days ago, my roommate answered the door to someone with a letter stating that the application findmyphone has pinged their phone to our address. The letter said they would be contacting the police if we do not hand the phone over, but the thing is, we are all confused as to how the phone ended up in our house, supposedly. I say supposedly because this situation does not make sense. We only live next to two other houses. There's a main road that leads from the exit down past our house. We live off of a side road, and our house is the last house on the back of this road. I hope that makes sense, I don't really know how else to explain it. So, anyway, we contacted the people who left the note and they said they were going to the gas station that's near our house and it fell off the hood of their car. But they gave us their address and they live on the other side of town, no where near our house. Our house isn't even in the path to go to said gas station from where they live. I guess my question is, can police get a warrant sorely based off an app pinging the phone to our location? do they need more proof that the phone is at our house? We've looked everywhere near and in the house for the phone and we cannot find it. Location is Missouri. | icxqee4 | icxrizy | 1,655,640,915 | 1,655,641,689 | 24 | 355 | The police will not get a warrant based on this. Nor will they bother you. They don't have time to look for a lost cell phone. | Likely a scam. The phone that they're "finding" is in thier pocket so the location matches. The find your phone app can force the lost phone to ring and only gps tracks if the phone is on. Tell them to force it to ring and watch them come up with a reason to refuse or risk having thier own pocket start ringing. | 0 | 774 | 14.791667 |
vfs2kj | legaladvice_train | 0.98 | "Neighbor" left a note at our door stating their findmygoogle pinged a lost phone to our address. Hey all, I have a weird situation. About two days ago, my roommate answered the door to someone with a letter stating that the application findmyphone has pinged their phone to our address. The letter said they would be contacting the police if we do not hand the phone over, but the thing is, we are all confused as to how the phone ended up in our house, supposedly. I say supposedly because this situation does not make sense. We only live next to two other houses. There's a main road that leads from the exit down past our house. We live off of a side road, and our house is the last house on the back of this road. I hope that makes sense, I don't really know how else to explain it. So, anyway, we contacted the people who left the note and they said they were going to the gas station that's near our house and it fell off the hood of their car. But they gave us their address and they live on the other side of town, no where near our house. Our house isn't even in the path to go to said gas station from where they live. I guess my question is, can police get a warrant sorely based off an app pinging the phone to our location? do they need more proof that the phone is at our house? We've looked everywhere near and in the house for the phone and we cannot find it. Location is Missouri. | icxsx7h | icxu815 | 1,655,642,609 | 1,655,643,434 | 90 | 149 | I suspect that people in the comments are right and it is a scam, but a technical glitch here is not unheard of. Reply all podcast did an episode on a similar situation a while back It removed the comment when I posted a link, but you can find it by googling: Reply All podcast the desert | I am not a lawyer but I AM a slight tech nerd. GPS has about a 15 meter (about 50 ft) error radius *in an open field*. That means, with no obstruction, it can appear 50 ft from its actual location, with perfect "visibility " to the satellite. It can be worse. | 0 | 825 | 1.655556 |
vfs2kj | legaladvice_train | 0.98 | "Neighbor" left a note at our door stating their findmygoogle pinged a lost phone to our address. Hey all, I have a weird situation. About two days ago, my roommate answered the door to someone with a letter stating that the application findmyphone has pinged their phone to our address. The letter said they would be contacting the police if we do not hand the phone over, but the thing is, we are all confused as to how the phone ended up in our house, supposedly. I say supposedly because this situation does not make sense. We only live next to two other houses. There's a main road that leads from the exit down past our house. We live off of a side road, and our house is the last house on the back of this road. I hope that makes sense, I don't really know how else to explain it. So, anyway, we contacted the people who left the note and they said they were going to the gas station that's near our house and it fell off the hood of their car. But they gave us their address and they live on the other side of town, no where near our house. Our house isn't even in the path to go to said gas station from where they live. I guess my question is, can police get a warrant sorely based off an app pinging the phone to our location? do they need more proof that the phone is at our house? We've looked everywhere near and in the house for the phone and we cannot find it. Location is Missouri. | icxu815 | icxnvfp | 1,655,643,434 | 1,655,639,089 | 149 | 80 | I am not a lawyer but I AM a slight tech nerd. GPS has about a 15 meter (about 50 ft) error radius *in an open field*. That means, with no obstruction, it can appear 50 ft from its actual location, with perfect "visibility " to the satellite. It can be worse. | Even if their phone were in your house those apps are not exactly spot on. Apple does a decent job, but even when I look up where my phone is on my phone, it places my phone in an apartment down the street not mine. Probably a scam. People can be really terrible, thank you for posting so we know to look out for this new scam. | 1 | 4,345 | 1.8625 |
vfs2kj | legaladvice_train | 0.98 | "Neighbor" left a note at our door stating their findmygoogle pinged a lost phone to our address. Hey all, I have a weird situation. About two days ago, my roommate answered the door to someone with a letter stating that the application findmyphone has pinged their phone to our address. The letter said they would be contacting the police if we do not hand the phone over, but the thing is, we are all confused as to how the phone ended up in our house, supposedly. I say supposedly because this situation does not make sense. We only live next to two other houses. There's a main road that leads from the exit down past our house. We live off of a side road, and our house is the last house on the back of this road. I hope that makes sense, I don't really know how else to explain it. So, anyway, we contacted the people who left the note and they said they were going to the gas station that's near our house and it fell off the hood of their car. But they gave us their address and they live on the other side of town, no where near our house. Our house isn't even in the path to go to said gas station from where they live. I guess my question is, can police get a warrant sorely based off an app pinging the phone to our location? do they need more proof that the phone is at our house? We've looked everywhere near and in the house for the phone and we cannot find it. Location is Missouri. | icxu815 | icxri4n | 1,655,643,434 | 1,655,641,672 | 149 | 59 | I am not a lawyer but I AM a slight tech nerd. GPS has about a 15 meter (about 50 ft) error radius *in an open field*. That means, with no obstruction, it can appear 50 ft from its actual location, with perfect "visibility " to the satellite. It can be worse. | I’ll make it short. Even if you did have it the cops won’t entertain that. Reminds me of the time someone broke in my car and I asked cop if they were going to dust for fingerprints. He laughed and told me I watch too much tv. Now had they had full proof you stole it then maybe. But someone saying their phone is pinging to your address just isn’t enough for them. That phone could be in the sewer below your house pinging off for all the cops know. They will tell them all we can do is make a report | 1 | 1,762 | 2.525424 |
vfs2kj | legaladvice_train | 0.98 | "Neighbor" left a note at our door stating their findmygoogle pinged a lost phone to our address. Hey all, I have a weird situation. About two days ago, my roommate answered the door to someone with a letter stating that the application findmyphone has pinged their phone to our address. The letter said they would be contacting the police if we do not hand the phone over, but the thing is, we are all confused as to how the phone ended up in our house, supposedly. I say supposedly because this situation does not make sense. We only live next to two other houses. There's a main road that leads from the exit down past our house. We live off of a side road, and our house is the last house on the back of this road. I hope that makes sense, I don't really know how else to explain it. So, anyway, we contacted the people who left the note and they said they were going to the gas station that's near our house and it fell off the hood of their car. But they gave us their address and they live on the other side of town, no where near our house. Our house isn't even in the path to go to said gas station from where they live. I guess my question is, can police get a warrant sorely based off an app pinging the phone to our location? do they need more proof that the phone is at our house? We've looked everywhere near and in the house for the phone and we cannot find it. Location is Missouri. | icxqee4 | icxu815 | 1,655,640,915 | 1,655,643,434 | 24 | 149 | The police will not get a warrant based on this. Nor will they bother you. They don't have time to look for a lost cell phone. | I am not a lawyer but I AM a slight tech nerd. GPS has about a 15 meter (about 50 ft) error radius *in an open field*. That means, with no obstruction, it can appear 50 ft from its actual location, with perfect "visibility " to the satellite. It can be worse. | 0 | 2,519 | 6.208333 |
vfs2kj | legaladvice_train | 0.98 | "Neighbor" left a note at our door stating their findmygoogle pinged a lost phone to our address. Hey all, I have a weird situation. About two days ago, my roommate answered the door to someone with a letter stating that the application findmyphone has pinged their phone to our address. The letter said they would be contacting the police if we do not hand the phone over, but the thing is, we are all confused as to how the phone ended up in our house, supposedly. I say supposedly because this situation does not make sense. We only live next to two other houses. There's a main road that leads from the exit down past our house. We live off of a side road, and our house is the last house on the back of this road. I hope that makes sense, I don't really know how else to explain it. So, anyway, we contacted the people who left the note and they said they were going to the gas station that's near our house and it fell off the hood of their car. But they gave us their address and they live on the other side of town, no where near our house. Our house isn't even in the path to go to said gas station from where they live. I guess my question is, can police get a warrant sorely based off an app pinging the phone to our location? do they need more proof that the phone is at our house? We've looked everywhere near and in the house for the phone and we cannot find it. Location is Missouri. | icxnvfp | icxsx7h | 1,655,639,089 | 1,655,642,609 | 80 | 90 | Even if their phone were in your house those apps are not exactly spot on. Apple does a decent job, but even when I look up where my phone is on my phone, it places my phone in an apartment down the street not mine. Probably a scam. People can be really terrible, thank you for posting so we know to look out for this new scam. | I suspect that people in the comments are right and it is a scam, but a technical glitch here is not unheard of. Reply all podcast did an episode on a similar situation a while back It removed the comment when I posted a link, but you can find it by googling: Reply All podcast the desert | 0 | 3,520 | 1.125 |
vfs2kj | legaladvice_train | 0.98 | "Neighbor" left a note at our door stating their findmygoogle pinged a lost phone to our address. Hey all, I have a weird situation. About two days ago, my roommate answered the door to someone with a letter stating that the application findmyphone has pinged their phone to our address. The letter said they would be contacting the police if we do not hand the phone over, but the thing is, we are all confused as to how the phone ended up in our house, supposedly. I say supposedly because this situation does not make sense. We only live next to two other houses. There's a main road that leads from the exit down past our house. We live off of a side road, and our house is the last house on the back of this road. I hope that makes sense, I don't really know how else to explain it. So, anyway, we contacted the people who left the note and they said they were going to the gas station that's near our house and it fell off the hood of their car. But they gave us their address and they live on the other side of town, no where near our house. Our house isn't even in the path to go to said gas station from where they live. I guess my question is, can police get a warrant sorely based off an app pinging the phone to our location? do they need more proof that the phone is at our house? We've looked everywhere near and in the house for the phone and we cannot find it. Location is Missouri. | icxsx7h | icxri4n | 1,655,642,609 | 1,655,641,672 | 90 | 59 | I suspect that people in the comments are right and it is a scam, but a technical glitch here is not unheard of. Reply all podcast did an episode on a similar situation a while back It removed the comment when I posted a link, but you can find it by googling: Reply All podcast the desert | I’ll make it short. Even if you did have it the cops won’t entertain that. Reminds me of the time someone broke in my car and I asked cop if they were going to dust for fingerprints. He laughed and told me I watch too much tv. Now had they had full proof you stole it then maybe. But someone saying their phone is pinging to your address just isn’t enough for them. That phone could be in the sewer below your house pinging off for all the cops know. They will tell them all we can do is make a report | 1 | 937 | 1.525424 |
vfs2kj | legaladvice_train | 0.98 | "Neighbor" left a note at our door stating their findmygoogle pinged a lost phone to our address. Hey all, I have a weird situation. About two days ago, my roommate answered the door to someone with a letter stating that the application findmyphone has pinged their phone to our address. The letter said they would be contacting the police if we do not hand the phone over, but the thing is, we are all confused as to how the phone ended up in our house, supposedly. I say supposedly because this situation does not make sense. We only live next to two other houses. There's a main road that leads from the exit down past our house. We live off of a side road, and our house is the last house on the back of this road. I hope that makes sense, I don't really know how else to explain it. So, anyway, we contacted the people who left the note and they said they were going to the gas station that's near our house and it fell off the hood of their car. But they gave us their address and they live on the other side of town, no where near our house. Our house isn't even in the path to go to said gas station from where they live. I guess my question is, can police get a warrant sorely based off an app pinging the phone to our location? do they need more proof that the phone is at our house? We've looked everywhere near and in the house for the phone and we cannot find it. Location is Missouri. | icxsx7h | icxqee4 | 1,655,642,609 | 1,655,640,915 | 90 | 24 | I suspect that people in the comments are right and it is a scam, but a technical glitch here is not unheard of. Reply all podcast did an episode on a similar situation a while back It removed the comment when I posted a link, but you can find it by googling: Reply All podcast the desert | The police will not get a warrant based on this. Nor will they bother you. They don't have time to look for a lost cell phone. | 1 | 1,694 | 3.75 |
vfs2kj | legaladvice_train | 0.98 | "Neighbor" left a note at our door stating their findmygoogle pinged a lost phone to our address. Hey all, I have a weird situation. About two days ago, my roommate answered the door to someone with a letter stating that the application findmyphone has pinged their phone to our address. The letter said they would be contacting the police if we do not hand the phone over, but the thing is, we are all confused as to how the phone ended up in our house, supposedly. I say supposedly because this situation does not make sense. We only live next to two other houses. There's a main road that leads from the exit down past our house. We live off of a side road, and our house is the last house on the back of this road. I hope that makes sense, I don't really know how else to explain it. So, anyway, we contacted the people who left the note and they said they were going to the gas station that's near our house and it fell off the hood of their car. But they gave us their address and they live on the other side of town, no where near our house. Our house isn't even in the path to go to said gas station from where they live. I guess my question is, can police get a warrant sorely based off an app pinging the phone to our location? do they need more proof that the phone is at our house? We've looked everywhere near and in the house for the phone and we cannot find it. Location is Missouri. | icxqee4 | icxri4n | 1,655,640,915 | 1,655,641,672 | 24 | 59 | The police will not get a warrant based on this. Nor will they bother you. They don't have time to look for a lost cell phone. | I’ll make it short. Even if you did have it the cops won’t entertain that. Reminds me of the time someone broke in my car and I asked cop if they were going to dust for fingerprints. He laughed and told me I watch too much tv. Now had they had full proof you stole it then maybe. But someone saying their phone is pinging to your address just isn’t enough for them. That phone could be in the sewer below your house pinging off for all the cops know. They will tell them all we can do is make a report | 0 | 757 | 2.458333 |
vfs2kj | legaladvice_train | 0.98 | "Neighbor" left a note at our door stating their findmygoogle pinged a lost phone to our address. Hey all, I have a weird situation. About two days ago, my roommate answered the door to someone with a letter stating that the application findmyphone has pinged their phone to our address. The letter said they would be contacting the police if we do not hand the phone over, but the thing is, we are all confused as to how the phone ended up in our house, supposedly. I say supposedly because this situation does not make sense. We only live next to two other houses. There's a main road that leads from the exit down past our house. We live off of a side road, and our house is the last house on the back of this road. I hope that makes sense, I don't really know how else to explain it. So, anyway, we contacted the people who left the note and they said they were going to the gas station that's near our house and it fell off the hood of their car. But they gave us their address and they live on the other side of town, no where near our house. Our house isn't even in the path to go to said gas station from where they live. I guess my question is, can police get a warrant sorely based off an app pinging the phone to our location? do they need more proof that the phone is at our house? We've looked everywhere near and in the house for the phone and we cannot find it. Location is Missouri. | icxv381 | icxumry | 1,655,643,961 | 1,655,643,687 | 41 | 21 | The way Apple’s FindMy network works when a devices is powered off or has no network connection (or even out of battery to turn on) is to use Bluetooth and piggyback a connection of almost literally any other apple device nearby. If you’re next to two houses and the only ones with Apple devices, your house is going to be its location if it’s both marked as stolen or being searched for and at your neighbors house. Android works in similar ways, flip the vendor. If you’ve got a more recent device and you’re the only one nearby with one, your phone will be that piggybacked host. | GPS tracking can be anywhere from 10 meters to 500 meters off. The only thing that COULD get a warrant is if the police track the phone themselves. | 1 | 274 | 1.952381 |
vfs2kj | legaladvice_train | 0.98 | "Neighbor" left a note at our door stating their findmygoogle pinged a lost phone to our address. Hey all, I have a weird situation. About two days ago, my roommate answered the door to someone with a letter stating that the application findmyphone has pinged their phone to our address. The letter said they would be contacting the police if we do not hand the phone over, but the thing is, we are all confused as to how the phone ended up in our house, supposedly. I say supposedly because this situation does not make sense. We only live next to two other houses. There's a main road that leads from the exit down past our house. We live off of a side road, and our house is the last house on the back of this road. I hope that makes sense, I don't really know how else to explain it. So, anyway, we contacted the people who left the note and they said they were going to the gas station that's near our house and it fell off the hood of their car. But they gave us their address and they live on the other side of town, no where near our house. Our house isn't even in the path to go to said gas station from where they live. I guess my question is, can police get a warrant sorely based off an app pinging the phone to our location? do they need more proof that the phone is at our house? We've looked everywhere near and in the house for the phone and we cannot find it. Location is Missouri. | icxv381 | icxqee4 | 1,655,643,961 | 1,655,640,915 | 41 | 24 | The way Apple’s FindMy network works when a devices is powered off or has no network connection (or even out of battery to turn on) is to use Bluetooth and piggyback a connection of almost literally any other apple device nearby. If you’re next to two houses and the only ones with Apple devices, your house is going to be its location if it’s both marked as stolen or being searched for and at your neighbors house. Android works in similar ways, flip the vendor. If you’ve got a more recent device and you’re the only one nearby with one, your phone will be that piggybacked host. | The police will not get a warrant based on this. Nor will they bother you. They don't have time to look for a lost cell phone. | 1 | 3,046 | 1.708333 |
vfs2kj | legaladvice_train | 0.98 | "Neighbor" left a note at our door stating their findmygoogle pinged a lost phone to our address. Hey all, I have a weird situation. About two days ago, my roommate answered the door to someone with a letter stating that the application findmyphone has pinged their phone to our address. The letter said they would be contacting the police if we do not hand the phone over, but the thing is, we are all confused as to how the phone ended up in our house, supposedly. I say supposedly because this situation does not make sense. We only live next to two other houses. There's a main road that leads from the exit down past our house. We live off of a side road, and our house is the last house on the back of this road. I hope that makes sense, I don't really know how else to explain it. So, anyway, we contacted the people who left the note and they said they were going to the gas station that's near our house and it fell off the hood of their car. But they gave us their address and they live on the other side of town, no where near our house. Our house isn't even in the path to go to said gas station from where they live. I guess my question is, can police get a warrant sorely based off an app pinging the phone to our location? do they need more proof that the phone is at our house? We've looked everywhere near and in the house for the phone and we cannot find it. Location is Missouri. | icxu8ai | icxqee4 | 1,655,643,439 | 1,655,640,915 | 43 | 24 | I am not a lawyer but I AM a slight tech nerd. GPS has about a 15 meter (about 50 ft) error radius *in an open field*. That means, with no obstruction, it can appear 50 ft from its actual location, with perfect "visibility " to the satellite. It can be worse. If this causes a search warrant, you may be able to argue against it in court with this logic. It could be in the front yard, in a drainage ditch, at the neighbor's house, across the street, a mile away, several miles away if it just pinged while they were driving down the road and didn't ping after cause the battery died. (Edited to add detail) | The police will not get a warrant based on this. Nor will they bother you. They don't have time to look for a lost cell phone. | 1 | 2,524 | 1.791667 |
vfs2kj | legaladvice_train | 0.98 | "Neighbor" left a note at our door stating their findmygoogle pinged a lost phone to our address. Hey all, I have a weird situation. About two days ago, my roommate answered the door to someone with a letter stating that the application findmyphone has pinged their phone to our address. The letter said they would be contacting the police if we do not hand the phone over, but the thing is, we are all confused as to how the phone ended up in our house, supposedly. I say supposedly because this situation does not make sense. We only live next to two other houses. There's a main road that leads from the exit down past our house. We live off of a side road, and our house is the last house on the back of this road. I hope that makes sense, I don't really know how else to explain it. So, anyway, we contacted the people who left the note and they said they were going to the gas station that's near our house and it fell off the hood of their car. But they gave us their address and they live on the other side of town, no where near our house. Our house isn't even in the path to go to said gas station from where they live. I guess my question is, can police get a warrant sorely based off an app pinging the phone to our location? do they need more proof that the phone is at our house? We've looked everywhere near and in the house for the phone and we cannot find it. Location is Missouri. | icxujle | icxqee4 | 1,655,643,633 | 1,655,640,915 | 41 | 24 | GPS locators can be notoriously inaccurate for a multitude of reasons, clock errors, ephemeris errors, atmospheric delays, multipathing and satellite geometry. https://esploro.libs.uga.edu/view/delivery/01GALI\_UGA/12662005260002959/13662233150002959 | The police will not get a warrant based on this. Nor will they bother you. They don't have time to look for a lost cell phone. | 1 | 2,718 | 1.708333 |
9mkahg | legaladvice_train | 0.91 | My neighbors dog poops in my yard exclusively. When I talked to him about it he threatened to get physical. So I've been having some issues with a neighbor. He has two dogs that he let's roam the neighborhood unsupervised, and recently I've noticed that they've been pooping in my yard. Not once in awhile either, they poop a lot, like multiple times a day, every day. One is a yellow lab with some pretty large dukes too... Anyways I talked with him last week about it and told him not to let them do that anymore. I was pretty nice about it, as nice as I could be anyways considering I had just gotten done picking up about 10 of his dog's turds. He was nice enough about it but didn't like that I wouldn't let them poop in my yard "even if he cleans it up right away". Whatever So today low and behold there are more dog turds in my yard. I counted up to 4 before I heard him come outside. I walked up to his porch and a little irritated told him there's still dog poop in my yard. First he says that's impossible. I told him I could show him. I just want to itterate all I said was "there's still poop in my yard" followed by "I can show you". At this point he gets up, gets in my face, and starts calling me an asshole before threatening to get physical. At this point I said "alright" which he took as another threat, called me some more names, and just generally acted hostile. I went back to my porch before the situation escalated any further. So I'm not really sure what to do. I'm not scared of him, he's pretty old, I don't want any drama, I just want the poop gone. I feel like calling animal control is a little extreme, I don't want to get his dog's taken away, again, I just want the poop gone. What can I do? | e7fa4lw | e7f8zet | 1,539,045,335 | 1,539,044,258 | 14 | 12 | Practical advice - if you search "motion activated water sprayer" on Amazon you will find some appliances that might help. Some cameras to catch the culprits in the act would be useful, too. If you call animal control this guy will swear up and down that his dogs are innocent, so video evidence would help. He also might retaliate, so the cameras would be evidence to that, too. | If you feel concerned for your safety from the threat, call the police. Assuming it is illegal for dogs to wander freely off-leash in your jurisdiction, if you see the dogs off-leash, call animal control. | 1 | 1,077 | 1.166667 |
60o4xj | legaladvice_train | 0.81 | [Oklahoma] Neighbor's dog poops in my front yard. What should I do? We live in a single family home in OKC. Our neighborhood has no HOA. My neighbor allows his mini poodle to go outside in his own front yard, off leash, to go to the bathroom. Of course, the dog does not stay in his own front yard and enjoys to use my own front yard as his personal commode. What should I do? I want the dog to stop pooping in my yard. I am not afraid of hurting feelings. As a pet owner I also take issue with how irresponsible this is. Maybe a strongly worded letter citing ordinances? Should I call animal control? Any advice is helpful. Thanks. | df7w7yk | df7whmf | 1,490,109,224 | 1,490,109,540 | 11 | 38 | Have you talked to your neighbor? | Gather the poop and return it to your neighbor in a pretty box. Report the dog to animal control. | 0 | 316 | 3.454545 |
60o4xj | legaladvice_train | 0.81 | [Oklahoma] Neighbor's dog poops in my front yard. What should I do? We live in a single family home in OKC. Our neighborhood has no HOA. My neighbor allows his mini poodle to go outside in his own front yard, off leash, to go to the bathroom. Of course, the dog does not stay in his own front yard and enjoys to use my own front yard as his personal commode. What should I do? I want the dog to stop pooping in my yard. I am not afraid of hurting feelings. As a pet owner I also take issue with how irresponsible this is. Maybe a strongly worded letter citing ordinances? Should I call animal control? Any advice is helpful. Thanks. | df84110 | df7w7yk | 1,490,117,951 | 1,490,109,224 | 20 | 11 | Not legal advice, but you can pour bacon grease on it. It will magically disappear shortly thereafter, possibly cleaned up by the "puppetrator" itself. | Have you talked to your neighbor? | 1 | 8,727 | 1.818182 |
60o4xj | legaladvice_train | 0.81 | [Oklahoma] Neighbor's dog poops in my front yard. What should I do? We live in a single family home in OKC. Our neighborhood has no HOA. My neighbor allows his mini poodle to go outside in his own front yard, off leash, to go to the bathroom. Of course, the dog does not stay in his own front yard and enjoys to use my own front yard as his personal commode. What should I do? I want the dog to stop pooping in my yard. I am not afraid of hurting feelings. As a pet owner I also take issue with how irresponsible this is. Maybe a strongly worded letter citing ordinances? Should I call animal control? Any advice is helpful. Thanks. | df7zft9 | df84110 | 1,490,112,888 | 1,490,117,951 | 5 | 20 | I would call animal control every time the dog is released off-leash. Now, in my town, animal control has short hours and even the police non-emergency told me there was nothing they could do for a pitbull that's a known biter that was out during the morning while kids were walking to school, so your mileage may vary. | Not legal advice, but you can pour bacon grease on it. It will magically disappear shortly thereafter, possibly cleaned up by the "puppetrator" itself. | 0 | 5,063 | 4 |
60o4xj | legaladvice_train | 0.81 | [Oklahoma] Neighbor's dog poops in my front yard. What should I do? We live in a single family home in OKC. Our neighborhood has no HOA. My neighbor allows his mini poodle to go outside in his own front yard, off leash, to go to the bathroom. Of course, the dog does not stay in his own front yard and enjoys to use my own front yard as his personal commode. What should I do? I want the dog to stop pooping in my yard. I am not afraid of hurting feelings. As a pet owner I also take issue with how irresponsible this is. Maybe a strongly worded letter citing ordinances? Should I call animal control? Any advice is helpful. Thanks. | df7yult | df84110 | 1,490,112,229 | 1,490,117,951 | 3 | 20 | I wonder if you can go check at a home improvement store/make your own cheap semi-decorative fence (doesn't have to be big, like a foot maybe?) Possibly the fence would convince the poodle to stay on his side of it. Maybe not (might jump it). Get a camera and call animal control and say you have proof of this guy letting his dog wander around without a leash and littering without cleaning up after it. | Not legal advice, but you can pour bacon grease on it. It will magically disappear shortly thereafter, possibly cleaned up by the "puppetrator" itself. | 0 | 5,722 | 6.666667 |
60o4xj | legaladvice_train | 0.81 | [Oklahoma] Neighbor's dog poops in my front yard. What should I do? We live in a single family home in OKC. Our neighborhood has no HOA. My neighbor allows his mini poodle to go outside in his own front yard, off leash, to go to the bathroom. Of course, the dog does not stay in his own front yard and enjoys to use my own front yard as his personal commode. What should I do? I want the dog to stop pooping in my yard. I am not afraid of hurting feelings. As a pet owner I also take issue with how irresponsible this is. Maybe a strongly worded letter citing ordinances? Should I call animal control? Any advice is helpful. Thanks. | df7zft9 | df8cy38 | 1,490,112,888 | 1,490,127,740 | 5 | 7 | I would call animal control every time the dog is released off-leash. Now, in my town, animal control has short hours and even the police non-emergency told me there was nothing they could do for a pitbull that's a known biter that was out during the morning while kids were walking to school, so your mileage may vary. | Motion sensor sprinkler https://www.amazon.com/ScareCrow-Motion-Activated-Animal-Repellent/dp/B000071NUS I've heard these are very effective at keeping stray cats out of yards, should work for "stray" poodles too. | 0 | 14,852 | 1.4 |
60o4xj | legaladvice_train | 0.81 | [Oklahoma] Neighbor's dog poops in my front yard. What should I do? We live in a single family home in OKC. Our neighborhood has no HOA. My neighbor allows his mini poodle to go outside in his own front yard, off leash, to go to the bathroom. Of course, the dog does not stay in his own front yard and enjoys to use my own front yard as his personal commode. What should I do? I want the dog to stop pooping in my yard. I am not afraid of hurting feelings. As a pet owner I also take issue with how irresponsible this is. Maybe a strongly worded letter citing ordinances? Should I call animal control? Any advice is helpful. Thanks. | df7yult | df8cy38 | 1,490,112,229 | 1,490,127,740 | 3 | 7 | I wonder if you can go check at a home improvement store/make your own cheap semi-decorative fence (doesn't have to be big, like a foot maybe?) Possibly the fence would convince the poodle to stay on his side of it. Maybe not (might jump it). Get a camera and call animal control and say you have proof of this guy letting his dog wander around without a leash and littering without cleaning up after it. | Motion sensor sprinkler https://www.amazon.com/ScareCrow-Motion-Activated-Animal-Repellent/dp/B000071NUS I've heard these are very effective at keeping stray cats out of yards, should work for "stray" poodles too. | 0 | 15,511 | 2.333333 |
60o4xj | legaladvice_train | 0.81 | [Oklahoma] Neighbor's dog poops in my front yard. What should I do? We live in a single family home in OKC. Our neighborhood has no HOA. My neighbor allows his mini poodle to go outside in his own front yard, off leash, to go to the bathroom. Of course, the dog does not stay in his own front yard and enjoys to use my own front yard as his personal commode. What should I do? I want the dog to stop pooping in my yard. I am not afraid of hurting feelings. As a pet owner I also take issue with how irresponsible this is. Maybe a strongly worded letter citing ordinances? Should I call animal control? Any advice is helpful. Thanks. | df7yult | df7zft9 | 1,490,112,229 | 1,490,112,888 | 3 | 5 | I wonder if you can go check at a home improvement store/make your own cheap semi-decorative fence (doesn't have to be big, like a foot maybe?) Possibly the fence would convince the poodle to stay on his side of it. Maybe not (might jump it). Get a camera and call animal control and say you have proof of this guy letting his dog wander around without a leash and littering without cleaning up after it. | I would call animal control every time the dog is released off-leash. Now, in my town, animal control has short hours and even the police non-emergency told me there was nothing they could do for a pitbull that's a known biter that was out during the morning while kids were walking to school, so your mileage may vary. | 0 | 659 | 1.666667 |
7ck6rh | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | (CA) Neighbors dog came onto my property and killed our beloved cat. We are devastated and facing an enormous vet bill. I live in rural California, way up in the Santa Cruz mountains where my neighbor let's her 4 rottweilers terrorize the neighborhood. Last night the one of the dogs wandered down to my cabin and mauled my 9 year old family cat. Needless to say we are devastated emotionally... These dogs have attacked other animals on the mountain and I have a witness who saw it happen. I suddently have 5k in vet bills and I lost my best friend in the process. What can I do? | dpqkkau | dpqkpof | 1,510,543,124 | 1,510,543,314 | 26 | 96 | find out what the laws are about firearms and wandering dangerous animals. Seems like a pack of semi-feral dogs needs to be put down, one way or another. Next they might come after people. animal control should round up the posse and keep them as dangerous dogs since the owner won't contain them. | My condolences. I would be devastated if this happened to my catboy. Call Animal Control. They may (or may not) care about one cat being killed, but if you can establish a history or the dogs acting as a destructive pack they should be more interested in the case. If there is no Animal Control, see if local/county law enforcement will address it as a public safety issue. Ask them to pay the vet bill. If they refuse, take them to small claims court. Any action by Animal Control will support your claim. | 0 | 190 | 3.692308 |
7ck6rh | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | (CA) Neighbors dog came onto my property and killed our beloved cat. We are devastated and facing an enormous vet bill. I live in rural California, way up in the Santa Cruz mountains where my neighbor let's her 4 rottweilers terrorize the neighborhood. Last night the one of the dogs wandered down to my cabin and mauled my 9 year old family cat. Needless to say we are devastated emotionally... These dogs have attacked other animals on the mountain and I have a witness who saw it happen. I suddently have 5k in vet bills and I lost my best friend in the process. What can I do? | dpqloxn | dpqkkau | 1,510,544,592 | 1,510,543,124 | 48 | 26 | Owners are legally responsible for the actions of their animals. If their animal causes damage to you then you can demand repayment of those damages, in this case your vet bills. If they decline then you can sue in small claims for said damages and let the judge make you whole. If you want to protect yourself from these dogs then the proper play is to contact the authorities. Your county should have an animal control office. Call them and let them know about this incident. They are basically the police but for pets and they can round up loose dogs should they be wandering unsecured in violate of state or local law. If you see the dogs loose then you could call them again to try to get them out there to pick up the dogs. Should you be attacked by these dogs you do have a right to defend yourself. But, do not go out looking for a fight. | find out what the laws are about firearms and wandering dangerous animals. Seems like a pack of semi-feral dogs needs to be put down, one way or another. Next they might come after people. animal control should round up the posse and keep them as dangerous dogs since the owner won't contain them. | 1 | 1,468 | 1.846154 |
7ck6rh | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | (CA) Neighbors dog came onto my property and killed our beloved cat. We are devastated and facing an enormous vet bill. I live in rural California, way up in the Santa Cruz mountains where my neighbor let's her 4 rottweilers terrorize the neighborhood. Last night the one of the dogs wandered down to my cabin and mauled my 9 year old family cat. Needless to say we are devastated emotionally... These dogs have attacked other animals on the mountain and I have a witness who saw it happen. I suddently have 5k in vet bills and I lost my best friend in the process. What can I do? | dpqzel9 | dpqp6we | 1,510,573,085 | 1,510,549,519 | 13 | 4 | As others have stated, call animal control. Send a demand letter for the bill with a reasonable time to pay. You want to send it through a lawyer, as the letterhead carries a certain "we mean business" air to it. Include any and all property damage, not just the vet bills! If they don't respond in the time you provide, sue for the demand and your court costs. Lastly -- don't let somebody else's aggressive dog terrorize you. If it comes in your property again, take a picture of it and just shoot it. I might take some flak for this one, but an aggressive dog isn't a pet. | Same thing happened to my family a couple months ago. Same location too (Santa Cruz, CA.) So sorry about your cat! | 1 | 23,566 | 3.25 |
7ck6rh | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | (CA) Neighbors dog came onto my property and killed our beloved cat. We are devastated and facing an enormous vet bill. I live in rural California, way up in the Santa Cruz mountains where my neighbor let's her 4 rottweilers terrorize the neighborhood. Last night the one of the dogs wandered down to my cabin and mauled my 9 year old family cat. Needless to say we are devastated emotionally... These dogs have attacked other animals on the mountain and I have a witness who saw it happen. I suddently have 5k in vet bills and I lost my best friend in the process. What can I do? | dpqp6we | dpr36wj | 1,510,549,519 | 1,510,580,490 | 4 | 7 | Same thing happened to my family a couple months ago. Same location too (Santa Cruz, CA.) So sorry about your cat! | Absolutely call animal control. Those dogs may move onto killing people. When I was living in Athens, GA there was a really shocking case just outside of town. A woman taking a walk and later her husband who went looking for her were killed by a pack of out of control dogs. At first they thought there was a serial killer on the lose. http://onlineathens.com/stories/081809/new_482836253.shtml#.Wgmgq4-PLs0 | 0 | 30,971 | 1.75 |
7b6kfp | legaladvice_train | 0.96 | TX - Pitbulls escaped from neighbors yard and attacked me this time. Forced to kill dogs. I post this a few days ago about an issue with this. The police were informed of the attack and did not really do much as the video was pretty dark. The solution we came up with was trail cameras on the property closer to the front. I was helping to install them when I was attacked. I looked up to see the two dogs running at me full bore. Running as not an option as they were on me pretty quickly. I kicked at one and they both ran away but turned around and growled at me. I pulled out my pistol and pointed it at them. My brother in law came out the house and fired off 2 rounds of birdshot into the air to try to scare them off. This made them run away. I put away my pistol and went back to work. About 5 minutes later I hear my brother in law call out to me and suddenly I am on the ground with a dog trying to bite my face. I was able to get my gun out and shoot it a few times in the stomach. I was unharmed but my shirt was covered in the dogs blood. We called the police. The second dog shooting they witnessed as the second dog came back as they were literally driving down the driveway. The second dog came up and latched itself onto my brother in law's pants leg and would not let go. Police started speeding down the driveway, long driveway, and my brother in law tried hitting the dog. The dog let go for just enough time to actually grab some meat this time. I pulled out the pistol again and shot the second dog in time to see the officers running up. They had me put my pistol away and called out an ambulance for my BIL's leg. Animal control was called. Unfortunately the dogs were not up to date on their rabies. Well anything really the owners did not give them any shots at all. The owners are currently MIA and the police are looking for them. They did have home owners insurance though. Is it possible to make a claim against their insurance with them being MIA? How would we even do that? We know the company that provided the insurance, but not the policy number. Also no. I am not in trouble for shooting the dogs. Police saw the second one and saw the camera footing, form 4 different angles, of the first one. | dpflyer | dpfrq3a | 1,509,989,784 | 1,509,995,817 | 171 | 239 | Your in the country so a lot of people tend to have local agents. Maybe see if your insurance agent knows or can call around and find out? | Make sure you back up your footage on a seperate storage media. The last thing you want is your best evidence to go away just because your harddrive failed or something. | 0 | 6,033 | 1.397661 |
7b6kfp | legaladvice_train | 0.96 | TX - Pitbulls escaped from neighbors yard and attacked me this time. Forced to kill dogs. I post this a few days ago about an issue with this. The police were informed of the attack and did not really do much as the video was pretty dark. The solution we came up with was trail cameras on the property closer to the front. I was helping to install them when I was attacked. I looked up to see the two dogs running at me full bore. Running as not an option as they were on me pretty quickly. I kicked at one and they both ran away but turned around and growled at me. I pulled out my pistol and pointed it at them. My brother in law came out the house and fired off 2 rounds of birdshot into the air to try to scare them off. This made them run away. I put away my pistol and went back to work. About 5 minutes later I hear my brother in law call out to me and suddenly I am on the ground with a dog trying to bite my face. I was able to get my gun out and shoot it a few times in the stomach. I was unharmed but my shirt was covered in the dogs blood. We called the police. The second dog shooting they witnessed as the second dog came back as they were literally driving down the driveway. The second dog came up and latched itself onto my brother in law's pants leg and would not let go. Police started speeding down the driveway, long driveway, and my brother in law tried hitting the dog. The dog let go for just enough time to actually grab some meat this time. I pulled out the pistol again and shot the second dog in time to see the officers running up. They had me put my pistol away and called out an ambulance for my BIL's leg. Animal control was called. Unfortunately the dogs were not up to date on their rabies. Well anything really the owners did not give them any shots at all. The owners are currently MIA and the police are looking for them. They did have home owners insurance though. Is it possible to make a claim against their insurance with them being MIA? How would we even do that? We know the company that provided the insurance, but not the policy number. Also no. I am not in trouble for shooting the dogs. Police saw the second one and saw the camera footing, form 4 different angles, of the first one. | dpfrq3a | dpfq0mj | 1,509,995,817 | 1,509,994,010 | 239 | 127 | Make sure you back up your footage on a seperate storage media. The last thing you want is your best evidence to go away just because your harddrive failed or something. | In addition to the excellent advice about seeing a doctor, you might want to consider seeing a therapist, too. What you did was absolutely justified, but it's still traumatic and sad that the dogs had such shitty owners and came to a bad end. Your BIL might want to talk with a therapist, too. | 1 | 1,807 | 1.88189 |
ja2a1u | legaladvice_train | 0.87 | My neighbor has a large dead oak tree that leans over the property fence and my driveway, we have asked it to be removed but is there a legal way to compel them to action? We noticed in the Spring, saw a truck come out and inspect it, but 6 months later it's still there with winter snow just around the corner. This tree is large enough that if it fell in the wrong direction it could easily crush my car and bedroom. Michigan. | g8nduu0 | g8nexih | 1,602,551,592 | 1,602,552,215 | 6 | 16 | Check your city bylaws, there may be something in there. If not, there may not be anything you can do. If it does fall, he'll have to pay for any damage/removal, if you can prove he knows it was a danger. You can send him a letter via certified mail, or pay a lawyer a couple of hundred bucks to send him a letter saying the tree is a danger and you would like it removed. It won't *force* him to remove it, but will give you great evidence if you have to take him to court. | Have an arborist come write a report on the state of the tree, even if they can’t access the property they can say whether or not it is a risk to person or property. Inform the neighbors in the most polite way possible. If they won’t act you have the right in most states to prune back to the property line. Either way contact a certified arborist with preferably a risk assessment certification. Also explain this on the phone to make sure you will get someone with experience in this situation. Also take documentation of the state of the tree and records of you notifying the owner. Pictures and time and date these things were brought up. Also be kind. No one likes to be told you have to spend a ton of money unexpectedly. Work toward a solution for both of you not just yourself. Good luck | 0 | 623 | 2.666667 |
4miw21 | legaladvice_train | 0.93 | My neighbor has a large berry-producing tree that hangs over onto our yard. Do I have any "rights" to the berries on my side of the fence? Tennessee. This is a ridiculous question. But if the berries/branches hang over (like *a lot* of this tree hangs over our side) to our side, are we allowed to harvest/use/keep the berries? Similarly- If I do have the right to use them, and I use them for commercial purposes where I make a profit, does my neighbor have any claim to the money? | d3vtmp9 | d3vtdn4 | 1,465,056,507 | 1,465,056,055 | 91 | 11 | Looks like you cannot harvest the fruit, but you can collect it after it falls. I am not a lawyer > Litter Litter from trees, such as leaves, twigs and small branches are considered natural, general nuisance with no particular owner. We are not expected to pick up after our trees. Fruit-bearing trees are a bit different in that the fruit belongs to the tree owner while attached to the tree and can be claimed after it falls. Quoted from here: TN.EDU | Your neighbor owns the tree and all parts of it because the trunk is growing on their property. You may be able to talk to him/her and make a deal about using berries though. | 1 | 452 | 8.272727 |
chqrbm | legaladvice_train | 0.94 | Daughter was bit by dog at a neighbors My daughter was playing at a neighbors house last week and was bit by their dog. It is a severe bite. She had surgery on Tuesday via a plastic surgeon. And she is most likely going to need additional surgeries later this year. I'm also considering therapy for her. She us still not herself yet, but I also realize this just happened. My neighbors have yet to mention anything about homeowners insurance. I'm not sure how to proceed here. Would attempting to resolve this with the first be best or would contacting a lawyer right away be the better option? We live in Indiana | euwpcvy | euwmhkl | 1,564,077,953 | 1,564,076,972 | 36 | 13 | You can contact a lawyer for advice, but it's not explicitly necessary unless the neighbors and their insurance are trying to dodge liability. You should expect that the neighbors' homeowners' insurance will pay for all costs including lost time on your part to care for your daughter. Therapy is not unreasonable in my opinion, but I am not them. | What were the circumstances of the bite? Was she invited over? Did she just wander over? | 1 | 981 | 2.769231 |
4b8cu1 | legaladvice_train | 0.91 | I was carrying Costco groceries, a neighbor's dog that was unleashed came and bit me, I punted the shit out of the dog...California Sorry for the terrible username. I was carrying Costco and my neighbor who was smoking a cig and on the cell phone, had their ~10lb dog out. Dog was not leashed. It came up to me as I was walking on the apartment pathway and bit me. As a natural reaction, I punted the shit out of the dog, kicking it many feet out of the way. Now my neighbor mailed me a letter for vet fees. Am I liable to pay these fees? | d17gvrj | d17k003 | 1,458,530,398 | 1,458,537,191 | 4 | 7 | >Sorry for the terrible username. Best thread title ever though. | 1. Get medical treatment immediately. Absolutely immediately. 2. File a police report. Immediately, but not *as* immediately as seeking medical treatment. Show them the pictures as well as any other evidence you are able. 3. Call your insurance provider and fill them in on the situation. 4. Call animal control. 5. Attempt to locate a local attorney that specializes in dog bite cases, then go in for a consultation. California has strict laws in place regarding bites as well as leashes. For the safety of yourself as well as any other people that this dog may bite in the future, it is my *opinion* that you have an obligation to pursue this matter in the hope of preventing another bite from happening. | 0 | 6,793 | 1.75 |
4b8cu1 | legaladvice_train | 0.91 | I was carrying Costco groceries, a neighbor's dog that was unleashed came and bit me, I punted the shit out of the dog...California Sorry for the terrible username. I was carrying Costco and my neighbor who was smoking a cig and on the cell phone, had their ~10lb dog out. Dog was not leashed. It came up to me as I was walking on the apartment pathway and bit me. As a natural reaction, I punted the shit out of the dog, kicking it many feet out of the way. Now my neighbor mailed me a letter for vet fees. Am I liable to pay these fees? | d174m8o | d17k003 | 1,458,509,631 | 1,458,537,191 | 4 | 7 | What are the leash laws in your area? | 1. Get medical treatment immediately. Absolutely immediately. 2. File a police report. Immediately, but not *as* immediately as seeking medical treatment. Show them the pictures as well as any other evidence you are able. 3. Call your insurance provider and fill them in on the situation. 4. Call animal control. 5. Attempt to locate a local attorney that specializes in dog bite cases, then go in for a consultation. California has strict laws in place regarding bites as well as leashes. For the safety of yourself as well as any other people that this dog may bite in the future, it is my *opinion* that you have an obligation to pursue this matter in the hope of preventing another bite from happening. | 0 | 27,560 | 1.75 |
4b8cu1 | legaladvice_train | 0.91 | I was carrying Costco groceries, a neighbor's dog that was unleashed came and bit me, I punted the shit out of the dog...California Sorry for the terrible username. I was carrying Costco and my neighbor who was smoking a cig and on the cell phone, had their ~10lb dog out. Dog was not leashed. It came up to me as I was walking on the apartment pathway and bit me. As a natural reaction, I punted the shit out of the dog, kicking it many feet out of the way. Now my neighbor mailed me a letter for vet fees. Am I liable to pay these fees? | d174m8o | d179bc1 | 1,458,509,631 | 1,458,517,456 | 4 | 10 | What are the leash laws in your area? | get a tetanus shot if the dog broke through your skin | 0 | 7,825 | 2.5 |
4b8cu1 | legaladvice_train | 0.91 | I was carrying Costco groceries, a neighbor's dog that was unleashed came and bit me, I punted the shit out of the dog...California Sorry for the terrible username. I was carrying Costco and my neighbor who was smoking a cig and on the cell phone, had their ~10lb dog out. Dog was not leashed. It came up to me as I was walking on the apartment pathway and bit me. As a natural reaction, I punted the shit out of the dog, kicking it many feet out of the way. Now my neighbor mailed me a letter for vet fees. Am I liable to pay these fees? | d174m8o | d17fq0v | 1,458,509,631 | 1,458,528,314 | 4 | 8 | What are the leash laws in your area? | Do you have homeowners or renters insurance? Report this to them. The claim adjuster will be able to give to decent guidance. Depending on your carrier, if they have house counsel, you might even get a lawyer to tell you the answer. | 0 | 18,683 | 2 |
4b8cu1 | legaladvice_train | 0.91 | I was carrying Costco groceries, a neighbor's dog that was unleashed came and bit me, I punted the shit out of the dog...California Sorry for the terrible username. I was carrying Costco and my neighbor who was smoking a cig and on the cell phone, had their ~10lb dog out. Dog was not leashed. It came up to me as I was walking on the apartment pathway and bit me. As a natural reaction, I punted the shit out of the dog, kicking it many feet out of the way. Now my neighbor mailed me a letter for vet fees. Am I liable to pay these fees? | d17p0uw | d17gvrj | 1,458,555,919 | 1,458,530,398 | 6 | 4 | > I was carrying costco ? | >Sorry for the terrible username. Best thread title ever though. | 1 | 25,521 | 1.5 |
4b8cu1 | legaladvice_train | 0.91 | I was carrying Costco groceries, a neighbor's dog that was unleashed came and bit me, I punted the shit out of the dog...California Sorry for the terrible username. I was carrying Costco and my neighbor who was smoking a cig and on the cell phone, had their ~10lb dog out. Dog was not leashed. It came up to me as I was walking on the apartment pathway and bit me. As a natural reaction, I punted the shit out of the dog, kicking it many feet out of the way. Now my neighbor mailed me a letter for vet fees. Am I liable to pay these fees? | d174m8o | d17p0uw | 1,458,509,631 | 1,458,555,919 | 4 | 6 | What are the leash laws in your area? | > I was carrying costco ? | 0 | 46,288 | 1.5 |
iwm7ln | legaladvice_train | 0.77 | Dog attacked by neighbor's dog in our own yard This happened in Virginia. I live in a suburban neighborhood in a house with a fenced in yard. Our backyard is abuts other fenced in yards from houses on the street behind us, and our neighbor diagonally behind us has a few dogs, once of which is a pitbull that has shown aggressive tendencies in the past -- he has previously barked at our dog aggressively and tried to get across the fence that separates our yards. (To be clear, I have no prejudice against pitbulls as a breed -- I have know and loved many loving, gentle pitbulls. This one seems genuinely aggressive.) Our dog is a labradoodle and is incredibly mellow. Even when the other neighbor dogs are barking at her she stays cool as a cucumber and just does her thing. The other night our dog was standing near the middle of our yard (easily 20-25 ft from the fence), minding her business, when our neighbor's dog broke through the fence from its fenced in yard into our fenced in yard. My parents were on our back porch and my mom screamed for my dog, so my dog started running away from the pitbull back towards the house. The other dog caught up and bit her on the side before my dad made it to the yard and shouted at it to scare him off. My dog had to have a minor surgical procedure and a drain put in. She will likely make a full recovery but she is a bit traumatized from the incident and obviously has a long road of recovery ahead. Luckily she was running away and the pitbull only managed a glancing bite or the damage might have been much worse. Since the incident the other family has offered to pay her vet bills, and my parents have put in additional wiring to get rid of any gaps in the fence, but at this point none of us feel comfortable with her being in the backyard alone. She might have been killed if she had been in the yard alone. After conversations with other neighbors, we've learned that the dog has bit a person in the past, and some other neighbors have also seen it scale the fence -- so even without a gap, it might be able to get through. At this point I feel that there is no way this dog should continue to be kept in such a densely populated suburban area. My question is, what recourse do we have if the neighbors refuse to take appropriate action with their dog? | g61aleu | g619f2g | 1,600,638,896 | 1,600,638,409 | 18 | 14 | In addition to reporting them to animal control I would also consult a lawyer. I would get the full information from your other neighbors about the prior incident. The owners knew that the dog was aggressive and are fully responsible. | Don't wait to see if the neighbors take appropriate action. After this dog has bitten other people and scaled the fence they still haven't properly contained it. IOW, they either don't take this seriously or don't care. So you can't rely on them to handle this. Report it to animal control. Now. If you don't report it (and if the other people the dog bit didn't report it) then there's no record of this animal being a problem. And it's clearly a problem. You want to establish the record of the escalating issues so they will take care of it, you do not want the first report to be when it kills your dog and the reply is, "huh, this is the first report we've had"... | 1 | 487 | 1.285714 |
6n4cb5 | legaladvice_train | 0.81 | TN - Unhelpful neighbors let dog roam, dog is nearly run over on our busy street constantly. No animal control or animal shelter; non-aggressive roaming dogs aren't a police issue in this rural area. No concrete evidence of actual neglect or abuse. How to save dog? Small Tennessee town. My next door neighbors aren’t very good animal owners. Our street is short and residential but busy because it’s a “short cut” road through town. They have a chihuahua that roams pretty freely. It roams into our fenced in driveway/yard and chases squirrels and birds. It’s not destructive, just annoying, but it’s not my biggest concern. That poor sweet dumbass escapes death by moving car at least 5 times per day. At least 3 or 4 times per week, I’m sprinting outside toward the street, arms waving, looking *insane* to get the attention of a driver who can’t see that 50 feet ahead over the small hill, there’s an idiot dog the same color as the road laying in their lane, eating butterflies or doing some other unhelpful deathwish shit. I see cars swerve dangerously close to mailboxes and the sidewalks, and slam brakes when they see the dog in their paths. I’ve gone to my neighbors about it specifically 4 times in the last 8 months, not counting the times I’ve knocked on their door to physically return the animal to them after finding it napping in the road or similarly not ideal place. The first 2 times, they acted surprised but willing to work on it. The last 2 times, the last one being 4 days ago, they switched up to saying that they don’t keep him fenced in because “he just barks and gets the other dog goin’” and that he’d be fine if I just left him alone; he’s only been hit once! They were really irritated that I had bothered them and questioned their actions. They *have* a fenced in back yard **where they keep another dog**! It’s just insanity. The solution is obviously animal control, or finding some legal variation of “Oh look at this lost dog I found and have never seen before, better take him to the animal shelter…?” but neither our city or county have an animal control unit for strays or an animal shelter. The next largest county over has both, but animal control won’t travel out of county and the animal shelter only accepts surrenders/drop offs if you live in the county. It’s not something I want to ‘take to the police’ necessarily, mostly because this area of the state is generally super rural, meaning roaming animals are normal, and the police definitely already know about this dog (from having to navigate their cars around it or hit their siren/horn to get it to move). What can I do to save this dog? | dk6w6ae | dk6o7mi | 1,499,989,603 | 1,499,979,873 | 15 | 4 | Not your problem. Unless there is a law that requires dogs to be fenced or leashed then the owners are completely within their rights to let the dog roam free. Not everything stupid is illegal. | Do you have an HOA? | 1 | 9,730 | 3.75 |
6n4cb5 | legaladvice_train | 0.81 | TN - Unhelpful neighbors let dog roam, dog is nearly run over on our busy street constantly. No animal control or animal shelter; non-aggressive roaming dogs aren't a police issue in this rural area. No concrete evidence of actual neglect or abuse. How to save dog? Small Tennessee town. My next door neighbors aren’t very good animal owners. Our street is short and residential but busy because it’s a “short cut” road through town. They have a chihuahua that roams pretty freely. It roams into our fenced in driveway/yard and chases squirrels and birds. It’s not destructive, just annoying, but it’s not my biggest concern. That poor sweet dumbass escapes death by moving car at least 5 times per day. At least 3 or 4 times per week, I’m sprinting outside toward the street, arms waving, looking *insane* to get the attention of a driver who can’t see that 50 feet ahead over the small hill, there’s an idiot dog the same color as the road laying in their lane, eating butterflies or doing some other unhelpful deathwish shit. I see cars swerve dangerously close to mailboxes and the sidewalks, and slam brakes when they see the dog in their paths. I’ve gone to my neighbors about it specifically 4 times in the last 8 months, not counting the times I’ve knocked on their door to physically return the animal to them after finding it napping in the road or similarly not ideal place. The first 2 times, they acted surprised but willing to work on it. The last 2 times, the last one being 4 days ago, they switched up to saying that they don’t keep him fenced in because “he just barks and gets the other dog goin’” and that he’d be fine if I just left him alone; he’s only been hit once! They were really irritated that I had bothered them and questioned their actions. They *have* a fenced in back yard **where they keep another dog**! It’s just insanity. The solution is obviously animal control, or finding some legal variation of “Oh look at this lost dog I found and have never seen before, better take him to the animal shelter…?” but neither our city or county have an animal control unit for strays or an animal shelter. The next largest county over has both, but animal control won’t travel out of county and the animal shelter only accepts surrenders/drop offs if you live in the county. It’s not something I want to ‘take to the police’ necessarily, mostly because this area of the state is generally super rural, meaning roaming animals are normal, and the police definitely already know about this dog (from having to navigate their cars around it or hit their siren/horn to get it to move). What can I do to save this dog? | dk6yk0s | dk6o7mi | 1,499,992,822 | 1,499,979,873 | 11 | 4 | Have you considered making the owner of the dog an offer of purchase? | Do you have an HOA? | 1 | 12,949 | 2.75 |
6n4cb5 | legaladvice_train | 0.81 | TN - Unhelpful neighbors let dog roam, dog is nearly run over on our busy street constantly. No animal control or animal shelter; non-aggressive roaming dogs aren't a police issue in this rural area. No concrete evidence of actual neglect or abuse. How to save dog? Small Tennessee town. My next door neighbors aren’t very good animal owners. Our street is short and residential but busy because it’s a “short cut” road through town. They have a chihuahua that roams pretty freely. It roams into our fenced in driveway/yard and chases squirrels and birds. It’s not destructive, just annoying, but it’s not my biggest concern. That poor sweet dumbass escapes death by moving car at least 5 times per day. At least 3 or 4 times per week, I’m sprinting outside toward the street, arms waving, looking *insane* to get the attention of a driver who can’t see that 50 feet ahead over the small hill, there’s an idiot dog the same color as the road laying in their lane, eating butterflies or doing some other unhelpful deathwish shit. I see cars swerve dangerously close to mailboxes and the sidewalks, and slam brakes when they see the dog in their paths. I’ve gone to my neighbors about it specifically 4 times in the last 8 months, not counting the times I’ve knocked on their door to physically return the animal to them after finding it napping in the road or similarly not ideal place. The first 2 times, they acted surprised but willing to work on it. The last 2 times, the last one being 4 days ago, they switched up to saying that they don’t keep him fenced in because “he just barks and gets the other dog goin’” and that he’d be fine if I just left him alone; he’s only been hit once! They were really irritated that I had bothered them and questioned their actions. They *have* a fenced in back yard **where they keep another dog**! It’s just insanity. The solution is obviously animal control, or finding some legal variation of “Oh look at this lost dog I found and have never seen before, better take him to the animal shelter…?” but neither our city or county have an animal control unit for strays or an animal shelter. The next largest county over has both, but animal control won’t travel out of county and the animal shelter only accepts surrenders/drop offs if you live in the county. It’s not something I want to ‘take to the police’ necessarily, mostly because this area of the state is generally super rural, meaning roaming animals are normal, and the police definitely already know about this dog (from having to navigate their cars around it or hit their siren/horn to get it to move). What can I do to save this dog? | dk6yk0s | dk6xsnm | 1,499,992,822 | 1,499,991,784 | 11 | 3 | Have you considered making the owner of the dog an offer of purchase? | Another Tennessee native here. I went to animallaw and, unfortunately, I don't think there's anything you can do. Maybe I missed something, so here's the link. I wish the best for that dog. https://www.animallaw.info/statutes/us/tennessee | 1 | 1,038 | 3.666667 |
gz0zhi | legaladvice_train | 0.9 | Neighbor trouble: Property line from 90 years ago doesn't allow room for modern vehicles in the driveway, fence runs around a tree effectively fencing off a portion of neighbor's yard on our side where he dumps his trash and other items of refuse. Please help me in Oklahoma! So I've lived in my home for over 10 years and I'm so tired of dealing with it! This morning I went to MY backyard and found an old broom and an old yard decoration along with old plastic light bulbs and tree trimmings. This happens regularly as the fence in the backyard does not sit on the property line. Years ago before we bought our home, neighbor built a fence, but there was and still is a huge elm tree on the property line so he built the fence about 3 feet onto his property to avoid the tree. There is no way for him to access this property as the tree blocks access and our small garage prevent him from walking around - he'd have to trespass or jump the fence to get to it In the front of the properties our driveway butts directly up to the property line. Essentially, when anyone gets out of a car in our driveway from the passenger side ,they step out onto his property.. he has planted saplings along the property line to further inconvenience us in addition to the big elm and another small elm. He doesn't trim any of them. Just let's them fall and collects insurance. In fact the large elm dropped a huge limb on our garage and destroyed the roof. In college I took a real estate law class and remember something, (maybe an easement?) where you can say that you need a small part of adjacent land in order to have full access to your own land. Can someone please explain what options I might have in getting this awful neighbor to stop being such an asshat? I would really love to take that strip from him. Also, side note, he recently listed his home for sale. Thanks in advance for any guidance you may have for me! | ftdllrm | ftds7fi | 1,591,630,246 | 1,591,633,577 | 8 | 29 | Order a land survey and see what it says. | You are not going to get an easement to allow the use of his land because your driveway was built on the property line. If you wanted space to step out on the passenger side, the driveway should be set back from the property line. He can plant trees on "your" side of the fence, as it is his property. You can trim them, as long as it does not harm the trees. | 0 | 3,331 | 3.625 |
gz0zhi | legaladvice_train | 0.9 | Neighbor trouble: Property line from 90 years ago doesn't allow room for modern vehicles in the driveway, fence runs around a tree effectively fencing off a portion of neighbor's yard on our side where he dumps his trash and other items of refuse. Please help me in Oklahoma! So I've lived in my home for over 10 years and I'm so tired of dealing with it! This morning I went to MY backyard and found an old broom and an old yard decoration along with old plastic light bulbs and tree trimmings. This happens regularly as the fence in the backyard does not sit on the property line. Years ago before we bought our home, neighbor built a fence, but there was and still is a huge elm tree on the property line so he built the fence about 3 feet onto his property to avoid the tree. There is no way for him to access this property as the tree blocks access and our small garage prevent him from walking around - he'd have to trespass or jump the fence to get to it In the front of the properties our driveway butts directly up to the property line. Essentially, when anyone gets out of a car in our driveway from the passenger side ,they step out onto his property.. he has planted saplings along the property line to further inconvenience us in addition to the big elm and another small elm. He doesn't trim any of them. Just let's them fall and collects insurance. In fact the large elm dropped a huge limb on our garage and destroyed the roof. In college I took a real estate law class and remember something, (maybe an easement?) where you can say that you need a small part of adjacent land in order to have full access to your own land. Can someone please explain what options I might have in getting this awful neighbor to stop being such an asshat? I would really love to take that strip from him. Also, side note, he recently listed his home for sale. Thanks in advance for any guidance you may have for me! | ftds7fi | ftdma2w | 1,591,633,577 | 1,591,630,594 | 29 | 8 | You are not going to get an easement to allow the use of his land because your driveway was built on the property line. If you wanted space to step out on the passenger side, the driveway should be set back from the property line. He can plant trees on "your" side of the fence, as it is his property. You can trim them, as long as it does not harm the trees. | This has several legal questions in it. I have no idea what you mean by your neighbor “collecting insurance”. The neighbor should usually be liable for their tree hitting your roof/garage. Most people would like an MS paint drawing here as the property line and lot dimensions might be relevant. You could build a fence on your property on the other side of the elm tree. Would this fix some of your issues? | 1 | 2,983 | 3.625 |
gz0zhi | legaladvice_train | 0.9 | Neighbor trouble: Property line from 90 years ago doesn't allow room for modern vehicles in the driveway, fence runs around a tree effectively fencing off a portion of neighbor's yard on our side where he dumps his trash and other items of refuse. Please help me in Oklahoma! So I've lived in my home for over 10 years and I'm so tired of dealing with it! This morning I went to MY backyard and found an old broom and an old yard decoration along with old plastic light bulbs and tree trimmings. This happens regularly as the fence in the backyard does not sit on the property line. Years ago before we bought our home, neighbor built a fence, but there was and still is a huge elm tree on the property line so he built the fence about 3 feet onto his property to avoid the tree. There is no way for him to access this property as the tree blocks access and our small garage prevent him from walking around - he'd have to trespass or jump the fence to get to it In the front of the properties our driveway butts directly up to the property line. Essentially, when anyone gets out of a car in our driveway from the passenger side ,they step out onto his property.. he has planted saplings along the property line to further inconvenience us in addition to the big elm and another small elm. He doesn't trim any of them. Just let's them fall and collects insurance. In fact the large elm dropped a huge limb on our garage and destroyed the roof. In college I took a real estate law class and remember something, (maybe an easement?) where you can say that you need a small part of adjacent land in order to have full access to your own land. Can someone please explain what options I might have in getting this awful neighbor to stop being such an asshat? I would really love to take that strip from him. Also, side note, he recently listed his home for sale. Thanks in advance for any guidance you may have for me! | fte028d | ftedk0r | 1,591,637,446 | 1,591,644,123 | 4 | 5 | build (or plant bushes) on your own fence at the property line. | >I would really love to take that strip from him. Also, side note, he recently listed his home for sale. I am not a lawyer. In since he is selling his house, you could attempt to buy the strip of land from him, although transferring land between lots can be an expensive process. Even "taking" the land can be an expensive process, usually involving lawyers and lawyers fees, assuming you even win, so you'd probably come out ahead by just buying the land anyway. I don't see anything in your post that would qualify as a way to outright take the land under the law or make an easement. So if you feel really irritated about this, make an offer. | 0 | 6,677 | 1.25 |
o0yehx | legaladvice_train | 0.99 | Neighbors built a fence in the middle of our driveway and are blocking access to our garage. One of our cars is trapped in garage and we can not get it out. This is in CA. Our most recent neighbors have been living next door for about three years. The driveway is shared and sits between both of the houses. The gap between the houses is rather small so the driveway is narrow and long. Because of this, if a car was parked on the driveway, then we would not be able to get our vehicles out. Our garage sits at the end of the driveway. The neighbors began to park their vehicles on the driveway and would block our access. Their guests would also block our driveway. The neighbor is a tow ruck driver and he would park his tow truck on the street blocking the entrance of the driveway and would park it in the driveway as well. At some point we asked them to please stop blocking the driveway. The situation escalated to them building a fence in the middle of the driveway. We now do not have access to use our driveway and one of our vehicles is trapped in the garage. | h1y0e95 | h1yfta0 | 1,623,828,814 | 1,623,842,680 | 981 | 4,856 | It sounds like you have a right of access via an easement. I agree with the previous comment about getting a land survey but those are ridiculously expensive and likely (hopefully) someone did it already. First, research your property on a parcel map. It should be recorded with the county. This should reveal whether an easement exists. This is usually illustrated with a dotted line. If it already does then you are within your rights to tear the fence down. If it doesn’t, it sounds like you can create one. | Talk to your local building code department. I doubt they applied for the proper permits for the fence. | 0 | 13,866 | 4.950051 |
o0yehx | legaladvice_train | 0.99 | Neighbors built a fence in the middle of our driveway and are blocking access to our garage. One of our cars is trapped in garage and we can not get it out. This is in CA. Our most recent neighbors have been living next door for about three years. The driveway is shared and sits between both of the houses. The gap between the houses is rather small so the driveway is narrow and long. Because of this, if a car was parked on the driveway, then we would not be able to get our vehicles out. Our garage sits at the end of the driveway. The neighbors began to park their vehicles on the driveway and would block our access. Their guests would also block our driveway. The neighbor is a tow ruck driver and he would park his tow truck on the street blocking the entrance of the driveway and would park it in the driveway as well. At some point we asked them to please stop blocking the driveway. The situation escalated to them building a fence in the middle of the driveway. We now do not have access to use our driveway and one of our vehicles is trapped in the garage. | h1xwtr9 | h1yfta0 | 1,623,825,725 | 1,623,842,680 | 112 | 4,856 | I suggest having a land survey done as soon as possible. Find out exactly where the property line is. Would widening the driveway on your side make your garage accessible? | Talk to your local building code department. I doubt they applied for the proper permits for the fence. | 0 | 16,955 | 43.357143 |
o0yehx | legaladvice_train | 0.99 | Neighbors built a fence in the middle of our driveway and are blocking access to our garage. One of our cars is trapped in garage and we can not get it out. This is in CA. Our most recent neighbors have been living next door for about three years. The driveway is shared and sits between both of the houses. The gap between the houses is rather small so the driveway is narrow and long. Because of this, if a car was parked on the driveway, then we would not be able to get our vehicles out. Our garage sits at the end of the driveway. The neighbors began to park their vehicles on the driveway and would block our access. Their guests would also block our driveway. The neighbor is a tow ruck driver and he would park his tow truck on the street blocking the entrance of the driveway and would park it in the driveway as well. At some point we asked them to please stop blocking the driveway. The situation escalated to them building a fence in the middle of the driveway. We now do not have access to use our driveway and one of our vehicles is trapped in the garage. | h1yfta0 | h1yfno8 | 1,623,842,680 | 1,623,842,559 | 4,856 | 103 | Talk to your local building code department. I doubt they applied for the proper permits for the fence. | Chances are local zoning may require a permit for the fence, I would be give your municipality a call and go from there. | 1 | 121 | 47.145631 |
o0yehx | legaladvice_train | 0.99 | Neighbors built a fence in the middle of our driveway and are blocking access to our garage. One of our cars is trapped in garage and we can not get it out. This is in CA. Our most recent neighbors have been living next door for about three years. The driveway is shared and sits between both of the houses. The gap between the houses is rather small so the driveway is narrow and long. Because of this, if a car was parked on the driveway, then we would not be able to get our vehicles out. Our garage sits at the end of the driveway. The neighbors began to park their vehicles on the driveway and would block our access. Their guests would also block our driveway. The neighbor is a tow ruck driver and he would park his tow truck on the street blocking the entrance of the driveway and would park it in the driveway as well. At some point we asked them to please stop blocking the driveway. The situation escalated to them building a fence in the middle of the driveway. We now do not have access to use our driveway and one of our vehicles is trapped in the garage. | h1yfta0 | h1yecpa | 1,623,842,680 | 1,623,841,556 | 4,856 | 96 | Talk to your local building code department. I doubt they applied for the proper permits for the fence. | Search for an easement made by the previous owners, and see if they got a permit for installation of the fence. | 1 | 1,124 | 50.583333 |
o0yehx | legaladvice_train | 0.99 | Neighbors built a fence in the middle of our driveway and are blocking access to our garage. One of our cars is trapped in garage and we can not get it out. This is in CA. Our most recent neighbors have been living next door for about three years. The driveway is shared and sits between both of the houses. The gap between the houses is rather small so the driveway is narrow and long. Because of this, if a car was parked on the driveway, then we would not be able to get our vehicles out. Our garage sits at the end of the driveway. The neighbors began to park their vehicles on the driveway and would block our access. Their guests would also block our driveway. The neighbor is a tow ruck driver and he would park his tow truck on the street blocking the entrance of the driveway and would park it in the driveway as well. At some point we asked them to please stop blocking the driveway. The situation escalated to them building a fence in the middle of the driveway. We now do not have access to use our driveway and one of our vehicles is trapped in the garage. | h1yo5e1 | h1y0e95 | 1,623,848,058 | 1,623,828,814 | 1,854 | 981 | I'm a lawyer. I'm not your lawyer. You should definitely speak to a land use attorney local to your jurisdiction in California. You have gotten some good advice on this. Definitely you need a survey, you need to check if they pulled a proper permit, and you need to find out about set backs for fences. I would recommend you not spend money on a survey before speaking to an attorney. It may not be necessary if there is a recent one recorded. Until you've talked to attorney, I would check your documents or with the county about a platt. While it won't have the details of a survey, it should have the basic property lines and will likely show you recorded easments. It won't be dispositive of all the details, but it should give you a place to start before you start pouring money out the door. Three things, I would also do. First is call local code enforcement. This kind of fence without notice is an issue. They are going to be the ones who can likely deal with this fastest. Second, I tend to believe you have an easement either by prescription or by law because of the way you describe your situation. But you really need to talk to attorney and tell him your story. The attorney should specialize in real estate/land use and where locally to where you live. They will have the specific knowledge that will solve this the quickest. Third, this is hyper aggressive what happened. Obviously, I don't know the particulars, but people when they have these sorts of issues don't usually go this hard this fast. I would make sure you call local law enforcement to let them know this happened. This is the kind of stuff that can escalate and I would want them aware of this. Also, my gut says that this kind of aggressive and antagonistic building of a fence is usually met with push back from the law. It may be too late if the project is complete, but the reason we have a process and posting notices etc. is to avoid exactly these kinds of events. If they have the right to do it, you should have time to at least move a car from being trapped. I'm sorry this has happened to you. I hope this gets you started to a better resolution. Good luck. Edit: forgot the word your when saying I’m not OP’s lawyer | It sounds like you have a right of access via an easement. I agree with the previous comment about getting a land survey but those are ridiculously expensive and likely (hopefully) someone did it already. First, research your property on a parcel map. It should be recorded with the county. This should reveal whether an easement exists. This is usually illustrated with a dotted line. If it already does then you are within your rights to tear the fence down. If it doesn’t, it sounds like you can create one. | 1 | 19,244 | 1.889908 |
o0yehx | legaladvice_train | 0.99 | Neighbors built a fence in the middle of our driveway and are blocking access to our garage. One of our cars is trapped in garage and we can not get it out. This is in CA. Our most recent neighbors have been living next door for about three years. The driveway is shared and sits between both of the houses. The gap between the houses is rather small so the driveway is narrow and long. Because of this, if a car was parked on the driveway, then we would not be able to get our vehicles out. Our garage sits at the end of the driveway. The neighbors began to park their vehicles on the driveway and would block our access. Their guests would also block our driveway. The neighbor is a tow ruck driver and he would park his tow truck on the street blocking the entrance of the driveway and would park it in the driveway as well. At some point we asked them to please stop blocking the driveway. The situation escalated to them building a fence in the middle of the driveway. We now do not have access to use our driveway and one of our vehicles is trapped in the garage. | h1yh9tx | h1yo5e1 | 1,623,843,726 | 1,623,848,058 | 263 | 1,854 | This is ridiculous. We share a start of the driveway with our neighbour then it branches off into two separate driveways. We both have easement documents and there’s no way they can just straight up build a fence blocking us off. Call your bylaw and county for their fence permit. | I'm a lawyer. I'm not your lawyer. You should definitely speak to a land use attorney local to your jurisdiction in California. You have gotten some good advice on this. Definitely you need a survey, you need to check if they pulled a proper permit, and you need to find out about set backs for fences. I would recommend you not spend money on a survey before speaking to an attorney. It may not be necessary if there is a recent one recorded. Until you've talked to attorney, I would check your documents or with the county about a platt. While it won't have the details of a survey, it should have the basic property lines and will likely show you recorded easments. It won't be dispositive of all the details, but it should give you a place to start before you start pouring money out the door. Three things, I would also do. First is call local code enforcement. This kind of fence without notice is an issue. They are going to be the ones who can likely deal with this fastest. Second, I tend to believe you have an easement either by prescription or by law because of the way you describe your situation. But you really need to talk to attorney and tell him your story. The attorney should specialize in real estate/land use and where locally to where you live. They will have the specific knowledge that will solve this the quickest. Third, this is hyper aggressive what happened. Obviously, I don't know the particulars, but people when they have these sorts of issues don't usually go this hard this fast. I would make sure you call local law enforcement to let them know this happened. This is the kind of stuff that can escalate and I would want them aware of this. Also, my gut says that this kind of aggressive and antagonistic building of a fence is usually met with push back from the law. It may be too late if the project is complete, but the reason we have a process and posting notices etc. is to avoid exactly these kinds of events. If they have the right to do it, you should have time to at least move a car from being trapped. I'm sorry this has happened to you. I hope this gets you started to a better resolution. Good luck. Edit: forgot the word your when saying I’m not OP’s lawyer | 0 | 4,332 | 7.04943 |
o0yehx | legaladvice_train | 0.99 | Neighbors built a fence in the middle of our driveway and are blocking access to our garage. One of our cars is trapped in garage and we can not get it out. This is in CA. Our most recent neighbors have been living next door for about three years. The driveway is shared and sits between both of the houses. The gap between the houses is rather small so the driveway is narrow and long. Because of this, if a car was parked on the driveway, then we would not be able to get our vehicles out. Our garage sits at the end of the driveway. The neighbors began to park their vehicles on the driveway and would block our access. Their guests would also block our driveway. The neighbor is a tow ruck driver and he would park his tow truck on the street blocking the entrance of the driveway and would park it in the driveway as well. At some point we asked them to please stop blocking the driveway. The situation escalated to them building a fence in the middle of the driveway. We now do not have access to use our driveway and one of our vehicles is trapped in the garage. | h1ymihs | h1yo5e1 | 1,623,847,128 | 1,623,848,058 | 168 | 1,854 | My lake property has right of way access written into the deed for situations like this and as many have said there likely is an easement here. One thing you may want to check for is specific language on weather you are required to have a specific amount of space for access and what type of access. Our easement specifically states a 5' gap for WALKING access must be maintained. We used to drive a riding lawn mower down to the property to mow. New Neighbor built a wall with a 5' entrance to our property and was able to tell us to pound rocks when we said our mower doesn't fit anymore. | I'm a lawyer. I'm not your lawyer. You should definitely speak to a land use attorney local to your jurisdiction in California. You have gotten some good advice on this. Definitely you need a survey, you need to check if they pulled a proper permit, and you need to find out about set backs for fences. I would recommend you not spend money on a survey before speaking to an attorney. It may not be necessary if there is a recent one recorded. Until you've talked to attorney, I would check your documents or with the county about a platt. While it won't have the details of a survey, it should have the basic property lines and will likely show you recorded easments. It won't be dispositive of all the details, but it should give you a place to start before you start pouring money out the door. Three things, I would also do. First is call local code enforcement. This kind of fence without notice is an issue. They are going to be the ones who can likely deal with this fastest. Second, I tend to believe you have an easement either by prescription or by law because of the way you describe your situation. But you really need to talk to attorney and tell him your story. The attorney should specialize in real estate/land use and where locally to where you live. They will have the specific knowledge that will solve this the quickest. Third, this is hyper aggressive what happened. Obviously, I don't know the particulars, but people when they have these sorts of issues don't usually go this hard this fast. I would make sure you call local law enforcement to let them know this happened. This is the kind of stuff that can escalate and I would want them aware of this. Also, my gut says that this kind of aggressive and antagonistic building of a fence is usually met with push back from the law. It may be too late if the project is complete, but the reason we have a process and posting notices etc. is to avoid exactly these kinds of events. If they have the right to do it, you should have time to at least move a car from being trapped. I'm sorry this has happened to you. I hope this gets you started to a better resolution. Good luck. Edit: forgot the word your when saying I’m not OP’s lawyer | 0 | 930 | 11.035714 |
o0yehx | legaladvice_train | 0.99 | Neighbors built a fence in the middle of our driveway and are blocking access to our garage. One of our cars is trapped in garage and we can not get it out. This is in CA. Our most recent neighbors have been living next door for about three years. The driveway is shared and sits between both of the houses. The gap between the houses is rather small so the driveway is narrow and long. Because of this, if a car was parked on the driveway, then we would not be able to get our vehicles out. Our garage sits at the end of the driveway. The neighbors began to park their vehicles on the driveway and would block our access. Their guests would also block our driveway. The neighbor is a tow ruck driver and he would park his tow truck on the street blocking the entrance of the driveway and would park it in the driveway as well. At some point we asked them to please stop blocking the driveway. The situation escalated to them building a fence in the middle of the driveway. We now do not have access to use our driveway and one of our vehicles is trapped in the garage. | h1yo5e1 | h1xwtr9 | 1,623,848,058 | 1,623,825,725 | 1,854 | 112 | I'm a lawyer. I'm not your lawyer. You should definitely speak to a land use attorney local to your jurisdiction in California. You have gotten some good advice on this. Definitely you need a survey, you need to check if they pulled a proper permit, and you need to find out about set backs for fences. I would recommend you not spend money on a survey before speaking to an attorney. It may not be necessary if there is a recent one recorded. Until you've talked to attorney, I would check your documents or with the county about a platt. While it won't have the details of a survey, it should have the basic property lines and will likely show you recorded easments. It won't be dispositive of all the details, but it should give you a place to start before you start pouring money out the door. Three things, I would also do. First is call local code enforcement. This kind of fence without notice is an issue. They are going to be the ones who can likely deal with this fastest. Second, I tend to believe you have an easement either by prescription or by law because of the way you describe your situation. But you really need to talk to attorney and tell him your story. The attorney should specialize in real estate/land use and where locally to where you live. They will have the specific knowledge that will solve this the quickest. Third, this is hyper aggressive what happened. Obviously, I don't know the particulars, but people when they have these sorts of issues don't usually go this hard this fast. I would make sure you call local law enforcement to let them know this happened. This is the kind of stuff that can escalate and I would want them aware of this. Also, my gut says that this kind of aggressive and antagonistic building of a fence is usually met with push back from the law. It may be too late if the project is complete, but the reason we have a process and posting notices etc. is to avoid exactly these kinds of events. If they have the right to do it, you should have time to at least move a car from being trapped. I'm sorry this has happened to you. I hope this gets you started to a better resolution. Good luck. Edit: forgot the word your when saying I’m not OP’s lawyer | I suggest having a land survey done as soon as possible. Find out exactly where the property line is. Would widening the driveway on your side make your garage accessible? | 1 | 22,333 | 16.553571 |
o0yehx | legaladvice_train | 0.99 | Neighbors built a fence in the middle of our driveway and are blocking access to our garage. One of our cars is trapped in garage and we can not get it out. This is in CA. Our most recent neighbors have been living next door for about three years. The driveway is shared and sits between both of the houses. The gap between the houses is rather small so the driveway is narrow and long. Because of this, if a car was parked on the driveway, then we would not be able to get our vehicles out. Our garage sits at the end of the driveway. The neighbors began to park their vehicles on the driveway and would block our access. Their guests would also block our driveway. The neighbor is a tow ruck driver and he would park his tow truck on the street blocking the entrance of the driveway and would park it in the driveway as well. At some point we asked them to please stop blocking the driveway. The situation escalated to them building a fence in the middle of the driveway. We now do not have access to use our driveway and one of our vehicles is trapped in the garage. | h1yfno8 | h1yo5e1 | 1,623,842,559 | 1,623,848,058 | 103 | 1,854 | Chances are local zoning may require a permit for the fence, I would be give your municipality a call and go from there. | I'm a lawyer. I'm not your lawyer. You should definitely speak to a land use attorney local to your jurisdiction in California. You have gotten some good advice on this. Definitely you need a survey, you need to check if they pulled a proper permit, and you need to find out about set backs for fences. I would recommend you not spend money on a survey before speaking to an attorney. It may not be necessary if there is a recent one recorded. Until you've talked to attorney, I would check your documents or with the county about a platt. While it won't have the details of a survey, it should have the basic property lines and will likely show you recorded easments. It won't be dispositive of all the details, but it should give you a place to start before you start pouring money out the door. Three things, I would also do. First is call local code enforcement. This kind of fence without notice is an issue. They are going to be the ones who can likely deal with this fastest. Second, I tend to believe you have an easement either by prescription or by law because of the way you describe your situation. But you really need to talk to attorney and tell him your story. The attorney should specialize in real estate/land use and where locally to where you live. They will have the specific knowledge that will solve this the quickest. Third, this is hyper aggressive what happened. Obviously, I don't know the particulars, but people when they have these sorts of issues don't usually go this hard this fast. I would make sure you call local law enforcement to let them know this happened. This is the kind of stuff that can escalate and I would want them aware of this. Also, my gut says that this kind of aggressive and antagonistic building of a fence is usually met with push back from the law. It may be too late if the project is complete, but the reason we have a process and posting notices etc. is to avoid exactly these kinds of events. If they have the right to do it, you should have time to at least move a car from being trapped. I'm sorry this has happened to you. I hope this gets you started to a better resolution. Good luck. Edit: forgot the word your when saying I’m not OP’s lawyer | 0 | 5,499 | 18 |
o0yehx | legaladvice_train | 0.99 | Neighbors built a fence in the middle of our driveway and are blocking access to our garage. One of our cars is trapped in garage and we can not get it out. This is in CA. Our most recent neighbors have been living next door for about three years. The driveway is shared and sits between both of the houses. The gap between the houses is rather small so the driveway is narrow and long. Because of this, if a car was parked on the driveway, then we would not be able to get our vehicles out. Our garage sits at the end of the driveway. The neighbors began to park their vehicles on the driveway and would block our access. Their guests would also block our driveway. The neighbor is a tow ruck driver and he would park his tow truck on the street blocking the entrance of the driveway and would park it in the driveway as well. At some point we asked them to please stop blocking the driveway. The situation escalated to them building a fence in the middle of the driveway. We now do not have access to use our driveway and one of our vehicles is trapped in the garage. | h1yo5e1 | h1yecpa | 1,623,848,058 | 1,623,841,556 | 1,854 | 96 | I'm a lawyer. I'm not your lawyer. You should definitely speak to a land use attorney local to your jurisdiction in California. You have gotten some good advice on this. Definitely you need a survey, you need to check if they pulled a proper permit, and you need to find out about set backs for fences. I would recommend you not spend money on a survey before speaking to an attorney. It may not be necessary if there is a recent one recorded. Until you've talked to attorney, I would check your documents or with the county about a platt. While it won't have the details of a survey, it should have the basic property lines and will likely show you recorded easments. It won't be dispositive of all the details, but it should give you a place to start before you start pouring money out the door. Three things, I would also do. First is call local code enforcement. This kind of fence without notice is an issue. They are going to be the ones who can likely deal with this fastest. Second, I tend to believe you have an easement either by prescription or by law because of the way you describe your situation. But you really need to talk to attorney and tell him your story. The attorney should specialize in real estate/land use and where locally to where you live. They will have the specific knowledge that will solve this the quickest. Third, this is hyper aggressive what happened. Obviously, I don't know the particulars, but people when they have these sorts of issues don't usually go this hard this fast. I would make sure you call local law enforcement to let them know this happened. This is the kind of stuff that can escalate and I would want them aware of this. Also, my gut says that this kind of aggressive and antagonistic building of a fence is usually met with push back from the law. It may be too late if the project is complete, but the reason we have a process and posting notices etc. is to avoid exactly these kinds of events. If they have the right to do it, you should have time to at least move a car from being trapped. I'm sorry this has happened to you. I hope this gets you started to a better resolution. Good luck. Edit: forgot the word your when saying I’m not OP’s lawyer | Search for an easement made by the previous owners, and see if they got a permit for installation of the fence. | 1 | 6,502 | 19.3125 |
o0yehx | legaladvice_train | 0.99 | Neighbors built a fence in the middle of our driveway and are blocking access to our garage. One of our cars is trapped in garage and we can not get it out. This is in CA. Our most recent neighbors have been living next door for about three years. The driveway is shared and sits between both of the houses. The gap between the houses is rather small so the driveway is narrow and long. Because of this, if a car was parked on the driveway, then we would not be able to get our vehicles out. Our garage sits at the end of the driveway. The neighbors began to park their vehicles on the driveway and would block our access. Their guests would also block our driveway. The neighbor is a tow ruck driver and he would park his tow truck on the street blocking the entrance of the driveway and would park it in the driveway as well. At some point we asked them to please stop blocking the driveway. The situation escalated to them building a fence in the middle of the driveway. We now do not have access to use our driveway and one of our vehicles is trapped in the garage. | h1yo5e1 | h1yn7o5 | 1,623,848,058 | 1,623,847,531 | 1,854 | 61 | I'm a lawyer. I'm not your lawyer. You should definitely speak to a land use attorney local to your jurisdiction in California. You have gotten some good advice on this. Definitely you need a survey, you need to check if they pulled a proper permit, and you need to find out about set backs for fences. I would recommend you not spend money on a survey before speaking to an attorney. It may not be necessary if there is a recent one recorded. Until you've talked to attorney, I would check your documents or with the county about a platt. While it won't have the details of a survey, it should have the basic property lines and will likely show you recorded easments. It won't be dispositive of all the details, but it should give you a place to start before you start pouring money out the door. Three things, I would also do. First is call local code enforcement. This kind of fence without notice is an issue. They are going to be the ones who can likely deal with this fastest. Second, I tend to believe you have an easement either by prescription or by law because of the way you describe your situation. But you really need to talk to attorney and tell him your story. The attorney should specialize in real estate/land use and where locally to where you live. They will have the specific knowledge that will solve this the quickest. Third, this is hyper aggressive what happened. Obviously, I don't know the particulars, but people when they have these sorts of issues don't usually go this hard this fast. I would make sure you call local law enforcement to let them know this happened. This is the kind of stuff that can escalate and I would want them aware of this. Also, my gut says that this kind of aggressive and antagonistic building of a fence is usually met with push back from the law. It may be too late if the project is complete, but the reason we have a process and posting notices etc. is to avoid exactly these kinds of events. If they have the right to do it, you should have time to at least move a car from being trapped. I'm sorry this has happened to you. I hope this gets you started to a better resolution. Good luck. Edit: forgot the word your when saying I’m not OP’s lawyer | Notify the fire dept! Not having access to your house via the driveway during an emergency is a huge problem. | 1 | 527 | 30.393443 |
o0yehx | legaladvice_train | 0.99 | Neighbors built a fence in the middle of our driveway and are blocking access to our garage. One of our cars is trapped in garage and we can not get it out. This is in CA. Our most recent neighbors have been living next door for about three years. The driveway is shared and sits between both of the houses. The gap between the houses is rather small so the driveway is narrow and long. Because of this, if a car was parked on the driveway, then we would not be able to get our vehicles out. Our garage sits at the end of the driveway. The neighbors began to park their vehicles on the driveway and would block our access. Their guests would also block our driveway. The neighbor is a tow ruck driver and he would park his tow truck on the street blocking the entrance of the driveway and would park it in the driveway as well. At some point we asked them to please stop blocking the driveway. The situation escalated to them building a fence in the middle of the driveway. We now do not have access to use our driveway and one of our vehicles is trapped in the garage. | h1ymfeo | h1yo5e1 | 1,623,847,078 | 1,623,848,058 | 24 | 1,854 | Do you have a title report? If so, check it for easements. You should almost certainly have an easement for access. If that is so, it cannot be blocked and you can take legal action against them | I'm a lawyer. I'm not your lawyer. You should definitely speak to a land use attorney local to your jurisdiction in California. You have gotten some good advice on this. Definitely you need a survey, you need to check if they pulled a proper permit, and you need to find out about set backs for fences. I would recommend you not spend money on a survey before speaking to an attorney. It may not be necessary if there is a recent one recorded. Until you've talked to attorney, I would check your documents or with the county about a platt. While it won't have the details of a survey, it should have the basic property lines and will likely show you recorded easments. It won't be dispositive of all the details, but it should give you a place to start before you start pouring money out the door. Three things, I would also do. First is call local code enforcement. This kind of fence without notice is an issue. They are going to be the ones who can likely deal with this fastest. Second, I tend to believe you have an easement either by prescription or by law because of the way you describe your situation. But you really need to talk to attorney and tell him your story. The attorney should specialize in real estate/land use and where locally to where you live. They will have the specific knowledge that will solve this the quickest. Third, this is hyper aggressive what happened. Obviously, I don't know the particulars, but people when they have these sorts of issues don't usually go this hard this fast. I would make sure you call local law enforcement to let them know this happened. This is the kind of stuff that can escalate and I would want them aware of this. Also, my gut says that this kind of aggressive and antagonistic building of a fence is usually met with push back from the law. It may be too late if the project is complete, but the reason we have a process and posting notices etc. is to avoid exactly these kinds of events. If they have the right to do it, you should have time to at least move a car from being trapped. I'm sorry this has happened to you. I hope this gets you started to a better resolution. Good luck. Edit: forgot the word your when saying I’m not OP’s lawyer | 0 | 980 | 77.25 |
o0yehx | legaladvice_train | 0.99 | Neighbors built a fence in the middle of our driveway and are blocking access to our garage. One of our cars is trapped in garage and we can not get it out. This is in CA. Our most recent neighbors have been living next door for about three years. The driveway is shared and sits between both of the houses. The gap between the houses is rather small so the driveway is narrow and long. Because of this, if a car was parked on the driveway, then we would not be able to get our vehicles out. Our garage sits at the end of the driveway. The neighbors began to park their vehicles on the driveway and would block our access. Their guests would also block our driveway. The neighbor is a tow ruck driver and he would park his tow truck on the street blocking the entrance of the driveway and would park it in the driveway as well. At some point we asked them to please stop blocking the driveway. The situation escalated to them building a fence in the middle of the driveway. We now do not have access to use our driveway and one of our vehicles is trapped in the garage. | h1y0e95 | h1xwtr9 | 1,623,828,814 | 1,623,825,725 | 981 | 112 | It sounds like you have a right of access via an easement. I agree with the previous comment about getting a land survey but those are ridiculously expensive and likely (hopefully) someone did it already. First, research your property on a parcel map. It should be recorded with the county. This should reveal whether an easement exists. This is usually illustrated with a dotted line. If it already does then you are within your rights to tear the fence down. If it doesn’t, it sounds like you can create one. | I suggest having a land survey done as soon as possible. Find out exactly where the property line is. Would widening the driveway on your side make your garage accessible? | 1 | 3,089 | 8.758929 |
o0yehx | legaladvice_train | 0.99 | Neighbors built a fence in the middle of our driveway and are blocking access to our garage. One of our cars is trapped in garage and we can not get it out. This is in CA. Our most recent neighbors have been living next door for about three years. The driveway is shared and sits between both of the houses. The gap between the houses is rather small so the driveway is narrow and long. Because of this, if a car was parked on the driveway, then we would not be able to get our vehicles out. Our garage sits at the end of the driveway. The neighbors began to park their vehicles on the driveway and would block our access. Their guests would also block our driveway. The neighbor is a tow ruck driver and he would park his tow truck on the street blocking the entrance of the driveway and would park it in the driveway as well. At some point we asked them to please stop blocking the driveway. The situation escalated to them building a fence in the middle of the driveway. We now do not have access to use our driveway and one of our vehicles is trapped in the garage. | h1xwtr9 | h1yh9tx | 1,623,825,725 | 1,623,843,726 | 112 | 263 | I suggest having a land survey done as soon as possible. Find out exactly where the property line is. Would widening the driveway on your side make your garage accessible? | This is ridiculous. We share a start of the driveway with our neighbour then it branches off into two separate driveways. We both have easement documents and there’s no way they can just straight up build a fence blocking us off. Call your bylaw and county for their fence permit. | 0 | 18,001 | 2.348214 |
o0yehx | legaladvice_train | 0.99 | Neighbors built a fence in the middle of our driveway and are blocking access to our garage. One of our cars is trapped in garage and we can not get it out. This is in CA. Our most recent neighbors have been living next door for about three years. The driveway is shared and sits between both of the houses. The gap between the houses is rather small so the driveway is narrow and long. Because of this, if a car was parked on the driveway, then we would not be able to get our vehicles out. Our garage sits at the end of the driveway. The neighbors began to park their vehicles on the driveway and would block our access. Their guests would also block our driveway. The neighbor is a tow ruck driver and he would park his tow truck on the street blocking the entrance of the driveway and would park it in the driveway as well. At some point we asked them to please stop blocking the driveway. The situation escalated to them building a fence in the middle of the driveway. We now do not have access to use our driveway and one of our vehicles is trapped in the garage. | h1yfno8 | h1yh9tx | 1,623,842,559 | 1,623,843,726 | 103 | 263 | Chances are local zoning may require a permit for the fence, I would be give your municipality a call and go from there. | This is ridiculous. We share a start of the driveway with our neighbour then it branches off into two separate driveways. We both have easement documents and there’s no way they can just straight up build a fence blocking us off. Call your bylaw and county for their fence permit. | 0 | 1,167 | 2.553398 |
o0yehx | legaladvice_train | 0.99 | Neighbors built a fence in the middle of our driveway and are blocking access to our garage. One of our cars is trapped in garage and we can not get it out. This is in CA. Our most recent neighbors have been living next door for about three years. The driveway is shared and sits between both of the houses. The gap between the houses is rather small so the driveway is narrow and long. Because of this, if a car was parked on the driveway, then we would not be able to get our vehicles out. Our garage sits at the end of the driveway. The neighbors began to park their vehicles on the driveway and would block our access. Their guests would also block our driveway. The neighbor is a tow ruck driver and he would park his tow truck on the street blocking the entrance of the driveway and would park it in the driveway as well. At some point we asked them to please stop blocking the driveway. The situation escalated to them building a fence in the middle of the driveway. We now do not have access to use our driveway and one of our vehicles is trapped in the garage. | h1yh9tx | h1yecpa | 1,623,843,726 | 1,623,841,556 | 263 | 96 | This is ridiculous. We share a start of the driveway with our neighbour then it branches off into two separate driveways. We both have easement documents and there’s no way they can just straight up build a fence blocking us off. Call your bylaw and county for their fence permit. | Search for an easement made by the previous owners, and see if they got a permit for installation of the fence. | 1 | 2,170 | 2.739583 |
o0yehx | legaladvice_train | 0.99 | Neighbors built a fence in the middle of our driveway and are blocking access to our garage. One of our cars is trapped in garage and we can not get it out. This is in CA. Our most recent neighbors have been living next door for about three years. The driveway is shared and sits between both of the houses. The gap between the houses is rather small so the driveway is narrow and long. Because of this, if a car was parked on the driveway, then we would not be able to get our vehicles out. Our garage sits at the end of the driveway. The neighbors began to park their vehicles on the driveway and would block our access. Their guests would also block our driveway. The neighbor is a tow ruck driver and he would park his tow truck on the street blocking the entrance of the driveway and would park it in the driveway as well. At some point we asked them to please stop blocking the driveway. The situation escalated to them building a fence in the middle of the driveway. We now do not have access to use our driveway and one of our vehicles is trapped in the garage. | h1xwtr9 | h1ymihs | 1,623,825,725 | 1,623,847,128 | 112 | 168 | I suggest having a land survey done as soon as possible. Find out exactly where the property line is. Would widening the driveway on your side make your garage accessible? | My lake property has right of way access written into the deed for situations like this and as many have said there likely is an easement here. One thing you may want to check for is specific language on weather you are required to have a specific amount of space for access and what type of access. Our easement specifically states a 5' gap for WALKING access must be maintained. We used to drive a riding lawn mower down to the property to mow. New Neighbor built a wall with a 5' entrance to our property and was able to tell us to pound rocks when we said our mower doesn't fit anymore. | 0 | 21,403 | 1.5 |
o0yehx | legaladvice_train | 0.99 | Neighbors built a fence in the middle of our driveway and are blocking access to our garage. One of our cars is trapped in garage and we can not get it out. This is in CA. Our most recent neighbors have been living next door for about three years. The driveway is shared and sits between both of the houses. The gap between the houses is rather small so the driveway is narrow and long. Because of this, if a car was parked on the driveway, then we would not be able to get our vehicles out. Our garage sits at the end of the driveway. The neighbors began to park their vehicles on the driveway and would block our access. Their guests would also block our driveway. The neighbor is a tow ruck driver and he would park his tow truck on the street blocking the entrance of the driveway and would park it in the driveway as well. At some point we asked them to please stop blocking the driveway. The situation escalated to them building a fence in the middle of the driveway. We now do not have access to use our driveway and one of our vehicles is trapped in the garage. | h1ymihs | h1yfno8 | 1,623,847,128 | 1,623,842,559 | 168 | 103 | My lake property has right of way access written into the deed for situations like this and as many have said there likely is an easement here. One thing you may want to check for is specific language on weather you are required to have a specific amount of space for access and what type of access. Our easement specifically states a 5' gap for WALKING access must be maintained. We used to drive a riding lawn mower down to the property to mow. New Neighbor built a wall with a 5' entrance to our property and was able to tell us to pound rocks when we said our mower doesn't fit anymore. | Chances are local zoning may require a permit for the fence, I would be give your municipality a call and go from there. | 1 | 4,569 | 1.631068 |
o0yehx | legaladvice_train | 0.99 | Neighbors built a fence in the middle of our driveway and are blocking access to our garage. One of our cars is trapped in garage and we can not get it out. This is in CA. Our most recent neighbors have been living next door for about three years. The driveway is shared and sits between both of the houses. The gap between the houses is rather small so the driveway is narrow and long. Because of this, if a car was parked on the driveway, then we would not be able to get our vehicles out. Our garage sits at the end of the driveway. The neighbors began to park their vehicles on the driveway and would block our access. Their guests would also block our driveway. The neighbor is a tow ruck driver and he would park his tow truck on the street blocking the entrance of the driveway and would park it in the driveway as well. At some point we asked them to please stop blocking the driveway. The situation escalated to them building a fence in the middle of the driveway. We now do not have access to use our driveway and one of our vehicles is trapped in the garage. | h1yecpa | h1ymihs | 1,623,841,556 | 1,623,847,128 | 96 | 168 | Search for an easement made by the previous owners, and see if they got a permit for installation of the fence. | My lake property has right of way access written into the deed for situations like this and as many have said there likely is an easement here. One thing you may want to check for is specific language on weather you are required to have a specific amount of space for access and what type of access. Our easement specifically states a 5' gap for WALKING access must be maintained. We used to drive a riding lawn mower down to the property to mow. New Neighbor built a wall with a 5' entrance to our property and was able to tell us to pound rocks when we said our mower doesn't fit anymore. | 0 | 5,572 | 1.75 |
o0yehx | legaladvice_train | 0.99 | Neighbors built a fence in the middle of our driveway and are blocking access to our garage. One of our cars is trapped in garage and we can not get it out. This is in CA. Our most recent neighbors have been living next door for about three years. The driveway is shared and sits between both of the houses. The gap between the houses is rather small so the driveway is narrow and long. Because of this, if a car was parked on the driveway, then we would not be able to get our vehicles out. Our garage sits at the end of the driveway. The neighbors began to park their vehicles on the driveway and would block our access. Their guests would also block our driveway. The neighbor is a tow ruck driver and he would park his tow truck on the street blocking the entrance of the driveway and would park it in the driveway as well. At some point we asked them to please stop blocking the driveway. The situation escalated to them building a fence in the middle of the driveway. We now do not have access to use our driveway and one of our vehicles is trapped in the garage. | h1ymihs | h1ymfeo | 1,623,847,128 | 1,623,847,078 | 168 | 24 | My lake property has right of way access written into the deed for situations like this and as many have said there likely is an easement here. One thing you may want to check for is specific language on weather you are required to have a specific amount of space for access and what type of access. Our easement specifically states a 5' gap for WALKING access must be maintained. We used to drive a riding lawn mower down to the property to mow. New Neighbor built a wall with a 5' entrance to our property and was able to tell us to pound rocks when we said our mower doesn't fit anymore. | Do you have a title report? If so, check it for easements. You should almost certainly have an easement for access. If that is so, it cannot be blocked and you can take legal action against them | 1 | 50 | 7 |
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