Title 16, Chapter 7, Section 21
( 16-7-21)
(a) A person commits the offense of criminal trespass when he or she
intentionally damages any property of another without consent of
that other person and the damage thereto is $500.00 or less or
knowingly and maliciously interferes with the possession or use of
the property of another person without consent of that person. (b) A person commits the offense of criminal trespass when he or she
knowingly and without authority: (1) Enters upon the land or premises of another person or into any
part of any vehicle, railroad car, aircraft, or watercraft of
another person for an unlawful purpose; (2) Enters upon the land or premises of another person or into any
part of any vehicle, railroad car, aircraft, or watercraft of
another person after receiving, prior to such entry, notice from
the owner, rightful occupant, or, upon proper identification, an
authorized representative of the owner or rightful occupant that
such entry is forbidden; or (3) Remains upon the land or premises of another person or within
the vehicle, railroad car, aircraft, or watercraft of another
person after receiving notice from the owner, rightful occupant,
or, upon proper identification, an authorized representative of
the owner or rightful occupant to depart. (c) For the purposes of subsection (b) of this Code section,
permission to enter or invitation to enter given by a minor who is
or is not present on or in the property of the minor's parent or
guardian is not sufficient to allow lawful entry of another person
upon the land, premises, vehicle, railroad car, aircraft, or
watercraft owned or rightfully occupied by such minor's parent or
guardian if such parent or guardian has previously given notice that
such entry is forbidden or notice to depart. (d) A person who commits the offense of criminal trespass shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor. (e) A person commits the offense of criminal trespass when he or she
intentionally defaces, mutilates, or defiles any grave marker,
monument, or memorial to one or more deceased persons who served in
the military service of this state, the United States of America or
any of the states thereof, or the Confederate States of America or
any of the states thereof, or a monument, plaque, marker, or
memorial which is dedicated to, honors, or recounts the military
service of any past or present military personnel of this state, the
United States of America or any of the states thereof, or the
Confederate States of America or any of the states thereof if such
grave marker, monument, memorial, plaque, or marker is privately
owned or located on land which is privately owned. |