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Date:         Tue, 20 May 2008 09:20:20 -0700
Reply-To:     David Kao <dtkao0205@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Kao <dtkao0205@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Does anyone know if you can get a ticket for staying
              overnight in a NJ walmart lot?
Comments: To: Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <86476e250805200813r5b547477r6d0b0a02a06b3b76@mail.gmail.com>
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To avoid being accused of trespassing, you can walk into the store (Walmart) and buy something, such as a cup of coffee, and keep the receipt. That ought be enough to prove that you are there to give them a business although small.

David

--- Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> RE: Wallmart Parking > This original message seems to have been split into several threads but I'll > respond on the original. This is based on several responses from the past. > First, check with the Wallmart you are stopping at. > Second, based on the experience of one Westy driver, that may not always be > enough. One driver was hassled (threatened with a 'trespassing' ticket) in > the morning even after being told by the Wallmart management that it was > okay to park. Seemed to be a local ordnance thing in that city. > Third, several list members over the last couple of years have mentioned > lobbying by local commercial RV parks to outlaw any on street OR Wallmart > 'stealth' camping because they thought they were losing business. In fact > right now the city council in Olympia Wa (the State capitol no less) are > discussing just such an ordinance (though I have no info that the RV parks > owners have anything to do with that), they want to ban the parking of ANY > RV on the street overnight. > And last, and I hope there is a legal expert out there that will correct me > if I'm wrong on this, trespass is a civil issue between the property owner > (or owners agent) and the RV owner. The property owner would have to > complain to the police before the police could issue a ticket for trespass. > The police can't just drive up and start writing. I suppose a local > ordinance could be written in such a manner as to allow this but I don't see > how. Then again, a property owner could leave standing instructions with > the police stating that any vehicle in their parking lot was assumed to be > trespassing. > > BTW, and this is from a discussion about a year or two ago, one of the > Canadian provinces has a provincial law that states that no RV can be parked > overnight anywhere other than an approved park, public or private. The > catch on that one is that a dozen or so list members pointed out that they > have NEVER heard of that law being enforced. >


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