Is parking on a vacant private lot considered trespassing?

**vinj** · September 5th, 2012 07:59 PM

Originally Posted by lowslowbenz

IMHO, if you were not able to talk personally to the lot owner, no written paperwork, no contact whatsoever. It is best to leave that vacant lot alone. We may all assume for the best, or for the worst, but at the end of the day, it's still his "vacant lot". And we can only hope and pray that one day he shows up and sticks a for rent/lease/sale sign on his property. Until then I'd leave it well alone.

For all we know, the owner is posting on some other forum: "Help, what can i do with my vacant lot?"

But yeah, looks like you have to leave it alone for time being just to be sure.

**Monseratto** · September 5th, 2012 08:09 PM

Kung ayaw mo ng sakit sa ulo in the future.

**jon777** · September 6th, 2012 02:39 PM

Originally Posted by boybi

Nope, haven't parked anything in that lot, not even a bicycle

sorry, misunderstood your post. akala ko naka park na truck mo sa lote

by the way, do you still have your Pajero BK? or pinalitan mo na? Proud owner of black Pajero BK here

**boybi** · September 6th, 2012 04:00 PM

Originally Posted by jon777

sorry, misunderstood your post. akala ko naka park na truck mo sa lote

by the way, do you still have your Pajero BK? or pinalitan mo na? Proud owner of black Pajero BK here

Yes, the BK is still with me.

**ab_initio** · September 7th, 2012 02:05 AM

Is it fenced? Is there a sign saying: NO TRESPASSING?

Does the owner assign a caretaker? There is such a thing as Trespass to Property punished under the Revised Penal Code.

**vinj** · September 7th, 2012 09:38 AM

The irony of it all: Law abiding, tax paying citizens like Boybi who have good intentions on using the lot where he intends to pay for the upkeep and rent are careful to make sure they don't get into trouble with the owner while on the other hand, squatters just enter and destroy any property they can get their grubby hands on and demand for payment and consuelo just to move out.

**boybi** · September 7th, 2012 10:06 AM

Originally Posted by ab_initio

Is it fenced? Is there a sign saying: NO TRESPASSING?

Does the owner assign a caretaker? There is such a thing as Trespass to Property punished under the Revised Penal Code.

No fence, no signs of whatever warnings, no caretaker. Just a vacant lot right beside my property.

**boybi** · September 7th, 2012 10:08 AM

Originally Posted by vinj

The irony of it all: Law abiding, tax paying citizens like Boybi who have good intentions on using the lot where he intends to pay for the upkeep and rent are careful to make sure they don't get into trouble with the owner while on the other hand, squatters just enter and destroy any property they can get their grubby hands on and demand for payment and consuelo just to move out.

Because we have a lot to lose if we break the law.

**ab_initio** · September 7th, 2012 05:14 PM

If it is not fenced, there is no Trespassing to a Fenced Estate or Property to speak of. But, yes, good human relations would always tell us it is not just to violate one's feelings.

**ab_initio** · September 7th, 2012 05:23 PM

For purposes of academic discussion:

When you can't find the lot owner and if you happened to utilize the lot for parking, you can always set up a defense that you are securing it from the lurking squatters. As you said you are willing to pave it and if it happens that the lot owner likes the improvement and considers the same as necessary, then a relationship called Negotiorum Gestio is created. So if he wants you to pay for the rent before the court, then you can ask the court for a just and reasonable rent payment. Offset it with the expenses on the improvement.