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It's not illegal everywhere. I've looked & can't find any laws saying that you can't sleep in your car in Canada (I know certain cities will crack down if you don't have a home address, but overall it's not a problem).
<br><br>Ok, you just admitted to one certain illegal act in many jurisdiction. It's illegal to camp in your vehicle, even while on private home property, with the owner's permission. It should be the same with the parking lots of RV parks and Moose lodges too.<br><br></span>Van-Tramp: <span id="post_message_1279160768">I do not sleep in my van within city limits unless I am on private property with permission (Private home, RV park, Moose Lodge, etc).
<br><br>Haha, very good Holmes.....no kidding it's not illegal everywhere as such a condition would merely require ONE opposing case to be proven false. I bet you can sleep on a tree in Brazil if you wanted to also, but obviously most of us are talking about cities and medium sized towns in the USA....which is why stealthing is such a big deal for Vandwellers. <br></span><span id="post_message_1279162133">It's not illegal everywhere. I've looked & can't find any laws saying that you can't sleep in your car in Canada (I know certain cities will crack down if you don't have a home address, but overall it's not a problem).
<br><br>Not so. A city ordinance can, and often does, extend to overnight parking on private lands, as well. <span id="post_message_1279169486">Their city ordinances are for the PUBLIC lands, not private property.</span>
<br><br>I think that the zoning laws in most cities of any size would prohibit that if you wanted to do it for more than a few days. Just depends on where you are and who does or does not complain.It is not illegal to camp in a vehicle on private property... such as your own drive way. That is where it *is* legal.
<br><br>You don't know the law as much as you think you do. Not all cities, but most of those that have laws against living in cars, do not allow living in your car, even while parked on your own property. Obviously, this is rarely enforced and I'm not talking about the boonies neither, but medium size and larger cities and its suburbs. <br></span><span id="post_message_1279169486"><br></span><span id="post_message_1279169486"><span id="post_message_1279169486"><span id="post_message_1279169486">MK7, sorry bud, but it is not illegal to camp in a vehicle on private property... such as an RV park or your own drive way. That is where it *is* legal.
<br></span><br>This is a poor analogy, as gun laws are not the same.<br> </span><span id="post_message_1279169486"><br></span> </span> Just like gun laws... I can carry a loaded gun, without a permit, on my own land without risk of violating the state or local laws (even in California!). It is *my land* and they have no jurisdiction over it. Their city ordinances are for the PUBLIC lands, not private property. </span><span id="post_message_1279169486"><span id="post_message_1279169486">
<br><br>You do not need a state driver's license to drive on your own private property. Your car does not need to meet emissions requires to drive it on your own private property. Your vehicle does not need to be registered to drive on your own private property. The police have no authority to enforce traffic laws on your own private property. <br><br>I do see that in some cases it may very well be legal to drink and drive on your own land. That land must not be accessible by the public (completely fenced in). Would this apply to sleeping in a vehicle as well? <br><br><br><span id="post_message_1279169930">Try drinking a few beers and then driving your car on your own property. If a cop sees you do that, at least here in California, you will get a DUI so fast it will make your head spin. Some laws and ordinances do extend to private property.</span>
</span><br><br>Well you need to re-read what I said because you got it wrong. I said that, IN GENERAL, you cannot park in the parking lot of an RV park (even with permission) and sleep there. Sleeping in the actual RV designated lot, obviously, is fine as those are zoned and insured for residency....while the parking spaces out front are not. The RV park can get sued for allowing you to sleep there should your van catches on fire or if a drunk driver at night collides right into you, etc.<br><br></span><span id="post_message_1279173509"><span id="post_message_1279173509"><span id="post_message_1279173509"><span id="post_message_1279173509">MK7, so you are saying that camping at an RV Park (private property) within city limits it is illegal to sleep in an RV in your city? </span><span id="post_message_1279173509"><span id="post_message_1279173509">
<br><br>Spare me the melodrama and just re-read what I said. I clearly stated that if you live in the boonies, it's probably ok and/or rarely enforced even if it's illegal. I also clearly stated that this is the case in many places....which obviously means, NOT ALL... I obviously don't know where you live, so yeah, if your residence is in Sticksville somewhere, sure...no cop's going to bother you even if it is illegal.<br></span></span><br>Here's a case where a guy is living out of an RV on his own rural farmland is being evicted.<br><br><br><br>So what is your zipcode and we can figure this out if you know what you're talking about. You know, your real zipcode and not one that you're googling to find out the answer ahead of time.<br><br></span><span id="post_message_1279173509"><span id="post_message_1279173509"> </span><span id="post_message_1279173509"><span id="post_message_1279173509"><span id="post_message_1279173509"></span></span>And if you have a trailer parked on your farm land, an officer could enter your land (without consent) and harass you in your trailer? What *may be* illegal in your town is NOT illegal in mine. So please, do not call me a criminal based on what you believe your town ordinance is since. If your city does in fact have such laws, you guys seriously need to vote better in the next elections. You (as citizens of your city) clearly gave up your rights by voting for the wrong politicians. </span><span id="post_message_1279173509"><span id="post_message_1279173509"><span id="post_message_1279173509">
<br><br>Welcome to the internet. This is a discussion forum, where people discuss. If your answer to every argument that you're losing is this, then why have a forum to begin with?<br></span></span></span></span>And hey... if all else fails, get out of the city limits and you are no longer breaking the law/ordinance... so what's the problem?
<br> <br>Obviously, it depends on where he lives. <br><br>Notice how you got all wound up in the other post when you thought that I broad brushed my opposing comments to include your place of residence in Sticksville (when I didn't), yet here you are trying to tell this guy that he's wrong about what the law is in his zipcode based on what you think the law is in your hometown. See the hypocrisy? <br><br>Take the Baltimore, MD suburbs (where houses are $200k to $1 million+. It is ILLEGAL to own a vehicle that's not registered, tagged and insured. Therefore, it must me in emission compliant every 2 years. So owning an unregistered car w/o plates & insurance and keeping it inside an enclosed garage of your home is still ILLEGAL. <br><br></span>You do not need a state driver's license to drive on your own private property. Your car does not need to meet emissions requires to drive it on your own private property. Your vehicle does not need to be registered to drive on your own private property. The police have no authority to enforce traffic laws on your own private property.
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