After several weeks, one of their tree limbs falls, damaging your vehicle.
Tree fell on power lines & neighbors' properties at E Broad St Richmond, Virginia: Property owner at E Broad St was negligent in addressing a leaning tree for months.
At 4 am on Sat, May 27, the tree fell across two neighbors yards -- & E Broad St -- and is laying on power lines and took down the Verizon Fios cable line to E Broad St. Aug 21, Anyway, it's definitely sitting on my power line (from the main line to my house) so i emailed the power company, letting them know.
I figured that they would come and trim the limbs back from the line, done deal. My GF said the neighbor was very apologetic to her the other day saying she was worried about the tree and that she was looking into. Dec 12, If a tree falls on power lines, then the electric utility company that owns the lines is generally responsible for repairing them and restoring power.
Aug 20, In addition, if you enter your neighbor’s property in order to trim, cut down, or otherwise damage their tree, you may run afoul of several other laws, specifically those found in VA Code § through VA Code § These laws concern “timber Estimated Reading Time: 8 mins. If the trunk of the tree on your neighbors' property, they own it, no matter how much of the canopy overhangs the property line.
In other words, you could and, as the other side will likely argue, should have cut the overhanging branches yourself.
If the trunk of the tree is directly on the property line (a"boundary tree"), both you and your neighbors jointly own the tree. (See articles on"Neighbors Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins.