# Lawyers: private property, tresspassing... **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 19, 2007, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-private-property-tresspassing/408566 "2007-06-19T09:17:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![human\_extinction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/839c29/32.png) [@human\_extinction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/human_extinction)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-private-property-tresspassing/408566/1 "2007-06-19T09:17:11Z")
I recently heard that a friend is being prosecuted for walking through a private property on train tracks (which I don’t think are active anymore). They are trying to stick him with “criminal trespassing” and a $1000 fine. Furthermore, I seem to remember some laws that entail the following: train tracks through private property are state owned and you could actually walk through private properties legally that way (as long as you stayed within a certain (~ft?) range of the train tracks). I’m pretty sure the police scared him a ways off of this legal zone (if it exists). Does he have any defense? ---
**Author:** ![human\_extinction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/839c29/32.png) [@human\_extinction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/human_extinction)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-private-property-tresspassing/408566/2 "2007-06-19T09:20:28Z")
Opps. Please delete this duplicate… I’m blaming it on the currently slow page load times of the straight dope forums. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-private-property-tresspassing/408566/3 "2007-06-19T09:31:28Z")
\ Duplicate Closed. \