My question involves criminal law for the state of: New Mexico
Unauthorized use of my driveway for a neighbor who despite repeated requests continues to use rather than his own driveway. Several weeks ago he was blocking my drive as I was leaving and took an inordinate amount of time to move. This man has no drivers license due to multiple DUIs, was in a borrowed vehicle, and is the scourge of the neighborhood. Today, coming home from a shopping trip, my handcarved address sign was destroyed and thrown to the ground. I can't prove it was him, but all points to him. What can I do?
How to Stop Unauthorized Use of My Driveway
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03-23-2015, 08:32 PMmynemisisHow to Stop Unauthorized Use of My Driveway
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03-23-2015, 08:39 PMMr. KnowitallRe: Unauthorized Use of My Driveway
You can stop by the police station to discuss whether they can assist with the use of your driveway, and also to make a report on the property damage; without evidence about who committed the act, though, nothing is going to come of the report on the damaged sign.
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03-23-2015, 08:47 PMDisagreeableRe: Unauthorized Use of My Driveway
Also put up a no trespassing sign, so you can file charges against him.
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03-23-2015, 10:13 PMJohn_28Re: Unauthorized Use of My DrivewayQuote:
Quoting mynemisis
Don't touch the sign. Ask the police to take fingerprints from the sign, and hope that your crazy neighbor's fingerprints show up on the sign. -
03-24-2015, 06:58 AMDeputyDogRe: Unauthorized Use of My DrivewayYou must say some of the things you do on here just to be funny.Quote:
Quoting John_28
There's not likely to be any fingerprints able to be lifted from a wooden sign and even if there were, the chances that the police would dust for fingerprints in a case like this, even in the smallest of villages where they have nothing better to do, are non existent. -
03-24-2015, 08:53 AMadjusterjackRe: Unauthorized Use of My DrivewayCall the police when his car blocks or is in your driveway.Quote:
Quoting mynemisis
Call the police when he drives off so they can catch him driving without a license.
Set up a hidden video camera to record what he's doing.
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03-24-2015, 07:57 PMWho'sThatGuyRe: Unauthorized Use of My DrivewayI would hate to see what the tax payers in this town pay...Quote:
Quoting John_28
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03-24-2015, 08:13 PMcdwjavaRe: Unauthorized Use of My Driveway
They're simply NOT going to print a downed sign for this sort of a call.
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03-25-2015, 07:57 PMmynemisisRe: Unauthorized Use of My DrivewayI'm 15-30 min response time at best for police. I tried a game cam and he disabled/destroyed it-managed to get it open and removed the SD card.Quote:
Quoting adjusterjack
I'll post the property/drive with No trespass sign, reinstall an address sign and can only hope to catch him. I will have my cell camera on when I go down the drive.
I'm very rural, drive is 1/4 mi. long and over a mile from the highway. Few neighbors, most older and not close enough to have a visual to alert me. -
03-25-2015, 08:08 PMjkRe: Unauthorized Use of My Driveway
I thought I posted to this the other day but apparently something happened to it so, I'll ask again:
does your driveway lead to his home also?Quote:
Unauthorized use of my driveway for a neighbor who despite repeated requests continues to use rather than his own driveway.
If so, usually this sort if thing doesn't happen unless there was either permissive use or an easement. Can you explain how he uses your driveway to access his home? and are you certain there is no easement?