In part one of our three-part series on Tree Trouble, my colleague David Silver wrote about Timber Trespass. In this post, I’m going to discuss self-help. Self-help is the legal term that describes “taking the law into your own hands”—literally. In this context, it would include a property owner getting out their pruning shears or shovel and cutting or trimming parts of a neighbor’s tree that infringe upon his or her property. You may be surprised to hear that in Washington, such conduct has been endorsed by the courts. Read the article………….
Related Post
November 12, 2019
November 16, 2016
April 11, 2016
Comments are closed.