I don't get the unnecessary do-gooders remark. In my opinion, don't hire anyone who comes to your door without you calling them. That's how to stop that activity.

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It's amazing how a post on window washers gets hijacked to trespass arguments.

People who fall prey to scams end up wondering how they allowed themselves to be scammed, and usually realize that lack of awareness was at the forefront.

Allowing strangers access to your home is detrimental to your personal security.

Situational awareness is something that needs to be practiced at all times.
Learn to think like a criminal ..... Look for escape routes ..... backdoors and fire exits.

You've worked hard for what you have. Don't let it get taken because you were negligent.

Exactly! Thank you for the reasonable post. That's all i was trying to do was warn people, but i had the Popcorn ready for the others LOL

Are you trying to scam me? It is 2024 do it is no longer valid

(sarcasm)

Thank you I didn’t know that. Nevertheless, they are a nuisance! It’s like advertisement, we pay extra for streaming to get no advertisement.

Using an electrical outlet without permission is theft of electricity. Trespassing was a nicer way to tell him to leave & not return IMO

People who wander around looking for work are showing you they are DESPERATE, right up front. So if you assume they may do DESPERATE things—that is logical—not judgmental.

So true finally someone that gets it!!!!! Thank you

Possibly, but I really don't think the manager cared about the electricity. He just didn't want the guy hanging around, and didn't want to confront him. I don't think a business needs any specific reason to enforce the trespassing law.

aye aye yi
If asked to leave a no trespassing area, and they leave when asked, they are not trespassing?
What kind of logic is that ?

When a solicitor comes to my door, I ask for their card, ask them why I would do business with people that break our rules?
Tell them I will report, and take a picture of them.
At least they move to the next street.

This is a gated community. We are not getting all the security we're paying for.

You are very confused. Suggest you read some of the threads about this being a gated community, no solicitation, and criminal trespassing. Knowledge is a wonderful thing

That's correct. If there were a litmus test available on the spot, we could all work within the results. But there isn't and The Villages aged population is a target for certain crimes with easy money. If legitimate laborers need work, they should get the required permit and there should be a law where the permit must be provided to potential customers before requesting any work.

I think the cautionary post from the OP was a good idea.

Seems people aren't understanding what "trespassing" means, and are interpreting a regulation without checking the legal definition of the word first. So - Chapter 810, Section 09 of the Florida Statutes:

This is what Florida law defines as trespassing on the property of someone's home, who hasn't yet entered the dwelling itself yet (there's a different trespassing law for entering structures and dwellings, this isn't that regulation).

The bolded part "willfully enters upon OR remains" - means the person is trespassing BEFORE anyone tells them to get lost. They are trespassing because they came onto the property in the first place.

The underlined part, refers to the land immediately surrounding the structure/dwelling. So if someone owned a few acres of wooded land and crossed into the woods behind someone's house, and didn't get there by entering the yardage immediately surrounding the house (if they came in from next door or the block behind them, for example), then this law would NOT apply.

But walking up to someone's front door, if you are uninvited, unauthorized, and don't have a license to do so? That is - legally - according to Florida Statute quoted above - trespassing.

"Being trespassed" is a term that refers to the consequence of trespassing, if the authorized agent/owner of the property complains about it to the police. It means you receive an official warning. You get a warning because you have already broken the law, and a warning is the first step in the process.