Posting Private Property?

coolspringoutfitters · Jan 1, 2010

Happy New Year Guys...
I need to know how close together "No Trespassing" signs need to be be legal, in Utah... We have a piece of property we don't want anyone on...
Thanks,
CSO

It's all about the good times...

mtmuley · Jan 1, 2010

I don't know the law in Utah, but, sadly, signs don't seem to deter most dirtbags here in Montana. We caught a few on our property red-handed this past year. Seems patrolling works well if you know the country, but their story is always the same. mtmuley

huntinfanatic · Jan 1, 2010

in utah your signs no longer need to be a certain distance apart. to be considered legally posted the property must be marked at every entrance and at every corner on the property.

sageadvice · Jan 1, 2010

Whatever the law is in any state, it may be effective if you're planning to prosicute after the fact but if you are really interested in keeping hunters off your property, i'd post it more often than just the corners. Say you have a section, that's 1 mile between signs if there are no gates along that boundry.

We always posted every 200-300yds or so and more often alongside any roads that may go thru or along the property. That way, they really did keep most hunters out and if someone was actually caught on the well posted property, you know they were intentional dirt bag poachers with no excuse or claim of ignorance or give a break to. Good luck with it!!

Joey

nochawk · Jan 1, 2010

?Properly posted? means that ?No Trespassing? signs?or a minimum of 100 square inches of bright yellow, bright orange or fluorescent paint?are displayed at all corners, on fishing streams crossing property lines, and on roads, gates and rights-of-way entering the land. If metal fence posts are used, the entire exterior side must be painted.

caddishatch · Jan 2, 2010

my understanding of private property rights in Utah is that it is not the landowners responsibility to post their land, the responsibility lands on the person trespassing to know where they are. That said, if I didnt want people on my land... I would probably post it every hundred yards.

nochawk · Jan 2, 2010

Trespassing
Utah Code ?? 23-20-14 and 23-20-3.5

While taking wildlife or engaging in wildlife-related activities, you may not do any of the following activities:
Enter upon privately owned land that is ? cultivated or properly posted without the permission of the owner or the person in charge of the land
Refuse to immediately leave the private ? land if requested to do so by the owner or person in charge
Obstruct any entrance or exit to
? private property
?Cultivated land? is land that is readily identifiable as land whose soil is loosened or broken upfor the raising of crops, land used for the raising of crops, or a pasture that is artificially irrigated.
?Permission? means written authorization from the owner or person in charge to enter
upon private land that is cultivated or properly posted. Permission must include all of the following details:
The signature of the owner or person
? in charge
The name of the person being given
? permission
The appropriate dates ?
A general description of the land ?
?Properly posted? means that ?No Trespassing? signs?or a minimum of 100 square inches of bright yellow, bright orange or fluorescent paint?are displayed at all corners, on fishing streams crossing property lines, and on roads, gates and rights-of-way entering the land. If metal fence posts are used, the entire exterior sidemust be painted.
You may not post private property you do not own or legally control or land that is open to the public as provided by Utah Code ? 23-21-4. In addition, it is unlawful to take protected wildlife or its parts while trespassing in violation of Utah Code ? 23-20-14.
You are guilty of a class B misdemeanor if you violate any provision described in this section. Your license, tag or permit privileges may also
be suspended.