Rummaging in front of the neighbors -- why don't they care?
Lorelei:
It varies as to what their reaction is. Your chances are much probably greater of getting an annoying interruption if you've queued 7 more houses after the one at which you're currently bin-rummaging, because all the queued bins-to-rummage will drop out of queue. Rawr.
"Pardon me, I cannot pause to be Mildly Insulted / Invited Inside at the moment, as I am v. v. busy messing about with your trash."
Bass Junkie:
Quote from: SimDebster on 2009 June 30, 19:27:02
Actually, trash, once put on the curb becomes public, so the police would probably not do anything since they can legally go through your trash for evidence without a warrant. Yet it would seem that if caught doing it by the sim that lives there, I would think they would say something.
There is a crime called theft by finding in Australia, I'm fairly certain that there are similar laws in the U.S. and the U.K. It is illegal to take something from the street and claim it as your own, you are required to submit the items to the police, so the owner has a chance to claim them. You may claim them if the owner does not attempt to make contact with the police after a set period of time.
GloamingMerle:
Quote from: Bass Junkie on 2009 July 01, 04:19:03
Quote from: SimDebster on 2009 June 30, 19:27:02
Actually, trash, once put on the curb becomes public, so the police would probably not do anything since they can legally go through your trash for evidence without a warrant. Yet it would seem that if caught doing it by the sim that lives there, I would think they would say something.
There is a crime called theft by finding in Australia, I'm fairly certain that there are similar laws in the U.S. and the U.K. It is illegal to take something from the street and claim it as your own, you are required to submit the items to the police, so the owner has a chance to claim them. You may claim them if the owner does not attempt to make contact with the police after a set period of time.
In the U.S., if your trash is no longer on your property, it is no longer your property. You cannot steal what isn't owned. You can only 'liberate' it. There's also a saying, "One man's trash is another man's treasure".. It never says anything about the poor guy getting tossed in jail.
bartleby:
Quote from: Doc Doofus on 2009 June 30, 00:55:02
But shouldn't the neighbors do something when they can clearly see you rummaging in their trash?
Yesterday my ghost harvested all Riverview gardens and no neighbour complained or got scared. "Oh, look, there's a ghost stealing all our apples". No.
morriganrant:
Quote from: Bass Junkie on 2009 July 01, 04:19:03
Quote from: SimDebster on 2009 June 30, 19:27:02
Actually, trash, once put on the curb becomes public, so the police would probably not do anything since they can legally go through your trash for evidence without a warrant. Yet it would seem that if caught doing it by the sim that lives there, I would think they would say something.
There is a crime called theft by finding in Australia, I'm fairly certain that there are similar laws in the U.S. and the U.K. It is illegal to take something from the street and claim it as your own, you are required to submit the items to the police, so the owner has a chance to claim them. You may claim them if the owner does not attempt to make contact with the police after a set period of time.
I believe it depends on where you are in the US. I'm pretty certain that trash put out in front of your own house here is still your property until it is taken away. The area between your yard and road is still yours to maintain, trash on your property, is your property. They can only rummage if you give consent. Dumpster diving is very illegal here. People will still rummage through other people's trash though, most people do not care. I think the law against rummaging was put into effect after a man threw away a lottery ticket that turned out to be a winner, when he'd gone looking for it there was a man who had liberated it from the trash standing there.
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