I keep hearing this as if it's nothing. This isn't some traffic ticket that you can just poo poo. It effects your ability to legally meet several thresholds of legal defense while you are committing the offense.Owlan wrote:If my interpretation is correct, violation of 30.06 or 30.07 is criminal trespass, yes, but it is now only a Class C misdemeanor with a maximum $200 fine (still criminal trespass), unless verbal notice is given and the license holder fails to depart (in which case it is a Class A misdemeanor). Is this your interpretation as well, or no?Charles L. Cotton wrote:Violation of 30.06 or 30.07 is a criminal trespass whether it is a Class A or Class B misdemeanor.TexasRifleman wrote:As of January 1, unless it's a place otherwise prohibited, ignoring or not seeing a 30.06 or .07 sign is a Class C misdemeanor with a max $200 fine.
If you are verbally asked to leave and don't it's criminal trespass.
Chas.
I'm as irked as the next guy by the seemingly non necessity for a business to properly post and I understand fully the rights I have to ignore non-compliant signs. But I want to avoid a verbal notice like the plague, because of the three forms of notice that one is permanent. And then that would really become a hassel.
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