Do you support a proposed York County law that would fine or jail people who ride ATVs on someone's property without permission?

strategically placed on the "trail" through your property might discourage idiot as well.

A trespasser carrying a gun onto your property sounds like an armed intruder to me. Maybe you shoud invoke your 2nd amendment right.

*Disclaimer: The author of this post does not suggest, advise or consent to the use of excessive force or violence against any idiots riding illegally on elighten's property. All diplomatic efforts should be taken to resolve the issue.

I had no idea they existed. If idiot finds it he will destroy it. He has cut trees on my property and used them to build a fence on his lot. I thank you for the idea...are they expensive?

Reading about this new proposed ordinance, not law, seems odd in it self. There are already laws that address these issues. They seem to be wanting to pass an ordinance that covers all of this rolled into one. First one being trespassing. Land in SC does not have to be posted in order for an person to be charged with trespassing. It must be a Sheriff Dept. policy not to charge people without it being posted or a warning first. That is not state law. There is also a law against driving through a planted field/food plot etc. and another law that says it is illegal to destroy timber like running over it to create new trail etc. Unless the new ordinance states the suspect MUST pay for any damages,which I doubt it can,the damages could only be recouped in a civil suit. The proposed ordinance also they would like to include motorcycles. Well the trespassing covers everything not just motor vehicles. Either walking,horseback riding, moped, driving anything onto another person's land without permission is illegal. It is illegal to go onto another persons property for any reason whether it be posted or not. If you don't own it or have asked permission you can not go onto the property for any reason even to retrieve downed game that may have run over a property line. You must ask the propery owner first for permission before retrieving your game. I guess in all this would only give the sheriff's dept the right to charge the first time they catch someone instead of worrying about signs and warnings for first offenses. Seems it would be easier to change the Dept. policy about trespassing than to pass a county ordinance to address it. Just let the Dept. charge them like the DNR does. If the landowner is willing to procecute them in court,and I mean signing a statement to that fact,charge the subjects at that time and be done with it. If the Sheriffs dept goes around and started charging everyone they see riding atvs on peoples property without written permission may cause a proplem. The landowner may not want someone charged thinking the subjects might come back for revenge on the landowner wanting to get back at them for charging them. Many landowners are afraid of the riders and what they might do if they charge them. Lots of time they just want the police to tell them to leave and not come back without charging them. This whole thing seems to be a big waste of time and effort when only a minor change to the way the Sheriff Dept. handles these calls would solve the whole thing. As far as parents being held responsible for their kids with ATVs here is what seems to work best. When their kid is caught either in the highway or on someones elses property on an atv call a wrecker to tow the atv back to their house while the police escourt the juvenile home and tell the parents where they were and what they were doing and if it happens again they will have to pay another tow bill. After the parents get tired of having to pay for getting the atv towed they will keep their kids in the yard or on their own property.