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Topic Topic Starter Replies Views Last Post Another New Jersey neighbor tree dispute <Evan> 2 8459 Wednesday May 16, 2007 07:39 AM by <Evan> Liability Waivers <Mark Schneider> 0 1155 Tuesday April 24, 2007 11:46 AM NJ Tree Law Erik 2 4415 Friday December 01, 2006 04:06 PM by <Erik> tree cleanup from due to a hurricane <shon> 1 892 Sunday November 19, 2006 05:59 PM by Russ Carlson Trees pruned to view lake on subassociations property. <Nick> 1 1616 Sunday November 19, 2006 05:38 PM by Russ Carlson neighborhood assc. trim my pecan tree in Texas <Debbie A> 0 1626 Monday October 09, 2006 11:39 PM Insurance Survey Scott M. 0 785 Tuesday September 26, 2006 08:56 AM Removal of split tree <Robin> 1 912 Monday September 25, 2006 03:46 PM by Scott M. Spreading Disease Scott M. 0 667 Monday September 25, 2006 03:28 PM My neighbor ask me to cut down my tree and cut the branches hanging <bbunv> 1 7156 Tuesday May 30, 2006 09:34 PM by Russ Carlson cypress trees <jenkinsmdd> 1 1018 Friday March 10, 2006 05:46 PM by Russ Carlson Killer Tree Swing Stephan Zimmerman 1 3092 Friday March 10, 2006 05:32 PM by Russ Carlson Topping for Vista's SteveZ 1 985 Friday March 10, 2006 04:39 PM by Russ Carlson damage to my trees <Claude Gregory> 1 1353 Monday January 16, 2006 07:40 PM by Liz Karns Who Ownes a Fallen Tree <Don> 4 10917 Thursday December 22, 2005 05:02 PM by Russ Carlson Settling with neighbor <Libby> 1 1695 Friday December 02, 2005 05:34 PM by <tree312> Neighbor digging up roots and spraying <<guest>> 1 1760 Friday June 24, 2005 11:21 AM by SirAvalon valuing mature fruit trees <Steve Van Drake> 4 2842 Tuesday May 24, 2005 03:28 PM by <Passing by> Tree worker laws SirAvalon 4 2028 Friday May 20, 2005 07:22 PM by SirAvalon Neighbor and My Tree <Juliana Holt> 3 2866 Saturday July 17, 2004 10:34 AM by <guest> Landscape Board license needed to plant and transplant in Oregon M. D. Vaden of Oregon 0 1573 Monday February 23, 2004 02:58 AM Neighbor trespassed, destroyed tree and fence <Dana> 1 2325 Thursday October 30, 2003 07:32 AM by <Scott Cullen> Odd time Challange Gerry Kuta 0 1164 Tuesday October 28, 2003 11:51 AM neighbor cut trees nancy 2 2703 Monday October 13, 2003 08:08 PM by nancy Deadly Tree - No one will help us <Marilyn Delahoy> 3 4238 Thursday September 04, 2003 07:33 PM by <jess> Tree Disclosures <Duff> 3 1865 Sunday August 24, 2003 06:51 AM by <Scott> Death by chainsaw <Dan> 3 1891 Saturday August 16, 2003 04:08 AM by Stephen Wiley Moving company tree damage <Lisa Hempstead> 1 2535 Tuesday July 08, 2003 08:34 AM by <Scott> Church Parking Lot Paving - Damage to Leyland Cypress Tree Row <J Deardorff> 1 2151 Wednesday June 04, 2003 09:29 AM by <Guy> City tree fell on car <Guy Meilleur> 2 1839 Sunday May 25, 2003 07:01 AM by <Gi> Encroachment over property line <Wayne Cahilly> 11 13052 Friday May 16, 2003 01:32 AM by <David Canclini> Neighbor cut & sold my trees <Hannah> 2 1892 Tuesday May 13, 2003 11:52 AM by <Guy Meilleur> exposure to litigation <Mark Goodwin> 22 3659 Thursday May 01, 2003 07:07 AM by <Mark Goodwin> Ficus trees <Moshe Klien> 3 2516 Sunday April 27, 2003 01:46 AM by <Guy> Jury Award: 451,00000 <Glenn Asakawa> 3 3624 Wednesday March 12, 2003 09:07 AM by <Scott> Cutting neighbors tree roots Building a pool <David T> 1 3109 Tuesday January 14, 2003 12:22 PM by <Russ Carlson> Superior Court appeal of tree wardens decision <C Olsen> 1 1390 Sunday January 05, 2003 01:24 AM by <Scott> Burden of Proof that neighbor cut roots <W Trest> 1 1582 Thursday November 28, 2002 08:49 PM by <Scott Cullen> Trimming responsibilites <Bill Armour> 3 1927 Monday October 21, 2002 12:43 AM by <Guy> Neighbors Tree <Terry Damsky> 7 4458 Tuesday October 15, 2002 09:56 PM by <Guy> Legal Rights for Dripping Pine Sap <Just a Sap> 1 1911 Thursday October 10, 2002 10:24 AM by <Guy> Site with some case history of limb failure <JPS> 5 1810 Tuesday October 08, 2002 09:27 AM by <JPS> Tree damaged due to disease, is there a liability risk from neighbors <Staci Atwood> 10 3463 Thursday August 15, 2002 12:47 PM by <Reed> tree removal and lost value to private property <Dave Hawkins> 2 1682 Tuesday August 13, 2002 01:15 AM by <peg Byrnes> Municipal tree preservation court cases <Jim Rocca> 3 1694 Tuesday July 16, 2002 07:08 AM by <Jim Rocca> Fire Damage to trees <simone> 2 1694 Monday July 08, 2002 04:13 PM by <Guy> Neighbor and My Tree <Juliana Holt> 2 4312 Tuesday June 25, 2002 07:12 AM by <Scott Mosher> side trimming <Bill> 3 1509 Tuesday May 14, 2002 08:06 AM by <Lew Bloch> After telling them not to my neighbor cut 30 trees <Scott> 12 3185 Wednesday May 01, 2002 08:08 AM by <Bob Wulkowicz> Finding laws about trees <Bill> 0 1868 Tuesday April 23, 2002 11:24 AM