If someone accidentally steps on your land is it considered trespassing?

Answer 1

Of course not you have to prove criminal intent first.

Answer 2

Technically, yes.

However, in a court of law, reasonableness may prevail. For example, if the land is not clearly delimited, not clearly marked, then it's likely that any charges of trespassing would be dismissed. Normally, ignorance is not a defense. However, it's the responsibility of the property owner to provide some indication where HIS land is and that it's private.

Answer 3

In the state where I works as a cop "criminal tresspass" had to involve either:
Climbing over a fence or going thru a barrier prohibiting unauthorized entry.
Remaining in defiance or a written or communicated order to leave.

Merely stepping onto somebody's land wouldn't constitute tresspasing. There has to be some indication of intent, i.e. fence or them telling you to leave and not come back.

Answer 4

In order to charge someone with "trespassing", they would have to have "knowingly and willingly" know there were trespassing, they have to have "intent", to commit the offense.

Answer 5

trespassing has to have intent
if it was done by accident , there is no intent

Answer 6

no... they have to see a sign saying no trespass and than deliberately go there.

Answer 7

Technically no. Your so called land owner does not really own the land. When he/she does not pay their taxes guess what, it gets taken away lol. Did I mention when you die you don't own it anymore, so therefore you don't really own it in the first place.

Answer 8

No and courts do not prosecute cases where people try to make such technical issues into crimes. If there is no harm, no intent and no repeat, its not a crime.

Answer 9

I wouldn't think so. Do you have NO TRESSPASSING signs posted? If not it is most definitely not tresspassing.