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Frequently Asked Questions: Can I Cut My Neighbor’s Tree Back From Our Property Line?

Paul Goeringer

Apr 19, 2017
2 min

Frequently Asked Questions: Can I Cut My Neighbor’s Tree Back From Our Property Line?

This is not a substitute for legal advice. See here for the site’s reposting policy. Many of you may have neighbors with trees or bushes growing near the property line. Branches might be impacting equipment you use in fields, growing into property line fences, or dropping branches on your property after storms. The question is often asked, “Can I trim my neighbor’s tree?” The answer, at least in Delaware and Maryland, is that a neighboring property owner has the right to

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Frequently Asked Questions: Difference Between an Animal Welfare Statute and a Right-to-Farm Statute

Paul Goeringer

Aug 18, 2015
4 min

Frequently Asked Questions: Difference Between an Animal Welfare Statute and a Right-to-Farm Statute

By Ashley Ellixson and Paul Goeringer This post should not be construed as legal advice. Introduction You often present us with questions looking to strengthen Maryland’s Right-to-Farm law or one of the county right-to-farm ordinances. Sometimes the questions relate to strengthening these laws in relationship to animal husbandry practices. For example, a cattle producer may have concerns that leaving young calves outside in the cold may draw complaints from neighbors or pas

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Frequently Asked Questions: Can I Use a Residential Lease to Rent Farmland?

Paul Goeringer

Apr 2, 2015
2 min

Frequently Asked Questions: Can I Use a Residential Lease to Rent Farmland?

This post should not be relied upon as legal advice. Before we start, let’s take a minute for a little review: the goals in leasing a house and farmland will be different. One is a place of residence and the other is a place an agricultural operation takes place on. Goals in a residence leasing relationship will be different than those in a lease for farmland. You should not laugh. Many new producers and new landlords make the common mistake of thinking they can just use a

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Frequently Asked Questions: Do I Have the Right to Growing Crops When the Lease Terminates?

Paul Goeringer

Jan 5, 2015
4 min

Frequently Asked Questions: Do I Have the Right to Growing Crops When the Lease Terminates?

This post should not be construed as legal advice. For those who have seen my leasing publication Agricultural Leasing in Maryland, you should realize I did not answer every question related to agricultural leasing. One of those questions is how to handle growing crops when a lease terminates. What rights does the tenant have in the growing crop? This question may be answered in multiple ways depending on the type of crops being grown, language in the lease, and other facto

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Frequently Asked Questions: Hanging No Trespassing Signs

Paul Goeringer

Sep 25, 2014
3 min

Frequently Asked Questions: Hanging No Trespassing Signs

This post should not be construed as legal advice. Hanging a “No Trespassing” sign is a good way to put the public on notice that your property is private and trespassers are not welcome. But how many “No Trespassing” signs should you hang? Is one enough? Two? Three? Or how many exactly should you hang? This is a question many of you ask me periodically. Let’s first talk about how many signs you should hang on your property. To start with, a trespasser is a person who en

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