If You Walk Up On A Post Painted Purple… You Should Get Away Immediately

[parabelum]

I have to admit, this is the first time I read about this. Very interesting.

Is this true?

"If you’ve ever seen a post or tree with a purple stripe painted on it but don’t know exactly what it meant, you should keep your distance.

The color means means no trespassing."

“It holds the same weight and the same law violations apply. It’s no trespassing period,” Ashley Pellerin, an agent for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s extension service in Prairie View, Texas, told KETK."

http://conservativetribune.com/post-pai ... -get-away/

[Lynyrd]

Yep, got more than a few purple trees myself.

[Greybeard]

Yep, it's been in Penal code 30.05 for years.

[Pawpaw]

Straight out of your CHL-16:

PC §30.05. CRIMINAL TRESPASS.
(a) A person commits an offense if the person enters or remains on or in property of another, including residential land, agricultural land, a recreational vehicle park, a building, or an aircraft or other vehicle, without effective consent and the person:
(1) had notice that the entry was forbidden; or
(2) received notice to depart but failed to do so.
(b) For purposes of this section:
(1) “Entry” means the intrusion of the entire body.
(2) “Notice” means:
(A) oral or written communication by the owner or someone with apparent authority to act for the owner;
(B) fencing or other enclosure obviously designed to exclude intruders or to contain livestock;
(C) a sign or signs posted on the property or at the entrance to the building, reasonably likely to come to the attention of intruders, indicating that entry is forbidden;
(D) the placement of identifying purple paint marks on trees or posts on the property, provided that the marks are:
(i) vertical lines of not less than eight inches in length and not less than one inch in width;
(ii) placed so that the bottom of the mark is not less than three feet from the ground or more than five feet from the ground; and
(iii) placed at locations that are readily visible to any person approaching the property and no more than:
(I) 100 feet apart on forest land; or
(II) 1,000 feet apart on land other than forest land; or
(E) the visible presence on the property of a crop grown for human consumption that is under cultivation, in the process of being harvested, or marketable if harvested at the time of entry.

[parabelum]

Straight out of your CHL-16:

PC §30.05. CRIMINAL TRESPASS.
(a) A person commits an offense if the person enters or remains on or in property of another, including residential land, agricultural land, a recreational vehicle park, a building, or an aircraft or other vehicle, without effective consent and the person:
(1) had notice that the entry was forbidden; or
(2) received notice to depart but failed to do so.
(b) For purposes of this section:
(1) “Entry” means the intrusion of the entire body.
(2) “Notice” means:
(A) oral or written communication by the owner or someone with apparent authority to act for the owner;
(B) fencing or other enclosure obviously designed to exclude intruders or to contain livestock;
(C) a sign or signs posted on the property or at the entrance to the building, reasonably likely to come to the attention of intruders, indicating that entry is forbidden;
(D) the placement of identifying purple paint marks on trees or posts on the property, provided that the marks are:
(i) vertical lines of not less than eight inches in length and not less than one inch in width;
(ii) placed so that the bottom of the mark is not less than three feet from the ground or more than five feet from the ground; and
(iii) placed at locations that are readily visible to any person approaching the property and no more than:
(I) 100 feet apart on forest land; or
(II) 1,000 feet apart on land other than forest land; or
(E) the visible presence on the property of a crop grown for human consumption that is under cultivation, in the process of being harvested, or marketable if harvested at the time of entry.

Learn something new everyday.

Thank you Sir

Now, off to get some purple paint...

[Dadtodabone]

I hope this doesn't encourage threads about non-conforming stripes....

[bayou]

It's more of a lighter shade of purple than a dark purple that is used. I don't know if there is a standard width but it seems like a 10" ring is painted about 4' off the ground.

[imkopaka]

I hope this doesn't encourage threads about non-conforming stripes....

[bayou]

Hopefully not

[Lynyrd]

Measuring the stripes can be about as dangerous as counting the rattles.

[Vol Texan]

I can't wait to tell my neighbor about his non-compliant stripes.

[parabelum]

I can't wait to tell my neighbor about his non-compliant stripes.

[The Annoyed Man]

It's a 30.O'Purple sign.........

[gljjt]

I can't wait to tell my neighbor about his non-compliant stripes.

Maybe he knows they are not compliant but his insurance requires him to put up purple stripes.