01-27-2010, 09:01 AM
Kathy, I think the owner is the one who has to file Simple Trespass charges. The friend, unless the owner has given him POA to act on his behalf, is not the owner. The person on the property could always claim that the "friend" and "owner" gave permission, so it's up to the owner to counter that the "friend" had no licncese to grant permission to be on the property and that as "owner" they also gave no such license.
Since their is a cloud over if the person was granted a license to be on the property, the police hands are tied because it becomes a civil landlord tenant issue. Without the owner present or a POA to dispute the statement of the person on the property, there is a unanswered question about what license (if any) the person had to be on the property.
Since their is a cloud over if the person was granted a license to be on the property, the police hands are tied because it becomes a civil landlord tenant issue. Without the owner present or a POA to dispute the statement of the person on the property, there is a unanswered question about what license (if any) the person had to be on the property.