Purple paint markings will soon mean no trespassing in Pennsylvania

[TexasTowelie]

If you are wandering about and come across purple stripes on a tree or post, don’t think of it as an unfinished paint job. Think “no trespassing” and walk away.

Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday signed into law a bill that allows property owners the option of using purple paint markings instead of “no trespassing” signs to mark their property boundaries.

This new law takes effect in 60 days. It was sponsored by Rep. Dawn Keefer, R-York County, who said, “this purple paint makes it easier to define property lines and provides a more visible notice that private property is not to be trespassed on.”

Until now, trespassing on agricultural and other open land is prohibited if the property is posted with signs that indicate no trespassing allowed. “However, these signs degrade over time, leaving the illegible and tattered or are removed either by nefarious acts or adverse weather conditions. Paint is a more permanent means of posting a property,” Keefer said.

Read more: https://www.pennlive.com/news/2019/11/purple-paint-markings-will-soon-mean-no-trespassing-in-pa.html

[hlthe2b]

1. So, that means they think Pennsylvanians are too ignorant to read?!

I do NOT think this, btw, but this symbolism is stupid. Is the rest of the nation supposed to know about their stupid "purple color scheme?"

[Arkansas Granny]

2. Purple paint has identified private property in our neck of the woods for decades.

It's faster, easier to use and less expensive than posting signs. You can apply it to fence posts, trees or even rocks and everyone knows what it means. Hardware and paint stores sell a paint called "privacy purple".

[hlthe2b]

3. I never saw it in rural areas in Missouri, Georgia, Louisiana, Colorado, Wyoming, and other

states I've spent considerable time or lived in. Is this a new trend?

I still think it is emblematic of the "dumbing down of America"... It may be cheaper, but really? Does this give landowners license to shoot those who don't know what the purple means? Of course, a country that elects Donald Trump-- hardly surprising.

[Arkansas Granny]

4. According to this article several states recognize purple paint laws.

Arkansas started using it in 1989.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wideopenspaces.com/know-use-purple-paint-posts-trees-texas/amp/

ETA: It doesn't give landowners any more right to shoot someone than a no trespassing sign would.

[Nay]

5. I've lived all over the South and West and never heard of the purple paint thing. Maybe

cuz I'm old.

[Farmer-Rick]

6. Ha...I just found out TN has gone to purple paint too.

It's expensive to constantly be replacing the no hunting signs. I was constantly chasing off deer hunters and their excuse? There was no sign there.

I have a weirdly shaped piece of property so posting it with signs every few yards was expensive. And they weathered easily and ripped off in bad weather.

Hunters constantly claimed the sign was gone...yeah, right because you tore it down.

Now, I only need one sign and purple paint.

Thanks for posting this. Cuts my work in half.

[TexasTowelie]

7. You're welcome.

Texas added the purple paint law in 1997.

[Amishman]

8. Good, can't tear down purple paint

I've heard plenty of stories of someone's 'no trespassing / no hunting' signs vanishing and then catching someone wandering around looking for ginseng. Wild ginseng can be worth hundreds of dollars per root.