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I have a neighbor that hits golf balls into my backyard.?

What legal recourse do I have to stop him or do I have to wait until there is a personal injury?

BTW, I live in California.

Thanks.


    




Tracy
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i would throw them back but mind the windows


paperback_writer2003
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Ask him nicely to stop. If he refuses, simply tell him that any golf balls that he hits into your yard will belong to you.

Golf balls are expensive. He'll stop.


AT6381
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Legal recourse?? They're golf balls, not suicide bombers


chris f
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collect them and sell em on ebay!!!! :)


Jackson
If you don't want them there, kindly tell him to stop hitting balls into your yard. If he persists, you can file a complaint and the police will have him stop. Or, you could wait until one catches you on the head and sue him for all he's worth.


fejji
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ask him to quit, if he doesn't then call you association or the local city.


comicards
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Collect & sell them.


coded62
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collect the balls then sell em back to him at a high price


Allie
Ask him to be careful not to let them come into your backyard. Why is he golfing in his backyard anyway. He shouldnt be doing that... but you can stop him from doing it.


baserunner316
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1) have a talk with him about it. if he persists do the following

2) keep every ball he shoots in your yard until he quits

3) go right up to him and snap his club in half


Missy Mystery xx
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Hmmm
well maybe you should just keep them all
and when he comes over to get them--tell him...no point waiting for a personal injury-he could knock you out.


Frank P
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First file a police report. Send the guy a copy. Second go to the local thrift store buy a cheap club, send him a bill for it. He don't get it? Take your cheap club and knock all his balls back. After all, your just 'returning' them. HeHeHe...Real life? tell him its driving you nuts.


Crapface
Who cares about legal recourse when we have personal vengeance? Start throwing dog crap and trash in his yard. See how he likes it!!!


Bronwen
First, you need to ask him to stop. He either will or will not comply with your request.

If he does not, call the police and ask what you can do. Golf balls are actually a hazard, as I know more than one person who has accidentally stepped on one and broken their foot. I should think you should be able to get the proper information from the police about how to proceed. It may come down to having to get the courts involved, but my guess is that if your polite request is ignored, a less polite request (more of a demand) from the police will be taken more seriously.

Also, don't throw the balls back into his yard. Keep them in yours. That alone may slow him down--I know it's California, and you grow a lot of stuff there, but last time I checked, there were no golf ball trees, and golf balls cost money. Maybe when he finds that he has $50 worth of golf balls in your yard he will come to his senses. Plus, if he comes into your yard to get them himself, that's trespassing, which is, naturally, illegal.

Good luck.


Phil M
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that has to be against a city ordinance of some type, its extremely dangerous!

Call your local police department and ask them about it. You may have to film him doing it or something first though.

Have you asked your neighbor to stop? Sometimes thats all it takes.


alsnowh
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1. Buy a dog
2. feed the dog until it drops dead
3. teach the dog to go to your neighbour's garden for the toilet, plus it's a great time now with christmas, put a red bow on your dog's crap

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WOW princess e... you're amazing... that's the lamest idea since the NASA decided to film the first moon landing in Nevada desert

and Jackson, how can he sue his neighbour for all he's worth if he's worth nothing :D


TheEmoFreak
shoot golfballs into his yard!


Joe Iwojima
Was he hitting a driver or a pitching wedge?


Dion J
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He's only doing it to find out if you've got the BALLS to stop him.
My suggestion is that you show him that you do.


princess e
collect all the stray balls then chuck them at his house in the middle of the night


lol!!!!!

EDIT _ EDIT _EDIT _ EDIT_

alsnowh your face is lame

oh p.s. -- so was ur idea-- sheer brilliance


you must be a direct decendant of Eienstien


double lol


Jager
Buy some cheap tennis balls and throw them into his yard..


Mom 2 a boy & a girl on the way!
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Call the police. Don't take the situation into your own hands or you will probably be the one getting the cops called on you.


johnnydangerously59
You could get him for littering.

You could toss them one by one onto his roof at night so they land in his gutters and make a hell of a racket.

You can do what I did with a neighbor that continued to throw a basketball in my back yard. I rolled the ball in dog poop and tossed it back into his yard.


Kristi
Keep the balls that end up in your yard and when you get a bunch, golf them back to his yard. Keep'em on display but don't give them back! I'm not sure about laws though, sorry.


ArtGuy
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Go round and confront the f*cker!!





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