Legal Question in Constitutional Law in Tennessee

garbage laws

can i be arrested if i go into a dumpster/garbage bin and salavage useable items ?


Asked on 6/30/02, 6:52 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Charles Aspinwall Charles S. Aspinwall, J.D., LLC

Re: garbage laws

Taking unwanted items left for the trash collectors is not a crime, but trespassing upon private property is. You are between a rock and a hard place when you dumpster dive if the property is posted or if you have been told not to trespass.

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Answered on 7/01/02, 5:01 am


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