re: Neighbor Troubles

4278.1. Trees, cutting without consent; co-owners and co-heirs; penalty
A.(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to cut, fell, destroy, remove, or to divert for sale or use, any trees, or to authorize or direct his agent or employee to cut, fell, destroy, remove, or to divert for sale or use, any trees, growing or lying on the land of another, without the consent of, or in accordance with the direction of, the owner or legal possessor, or in accordance with specific terms of a legal contract or agreement.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any co-owner or co-heir to cut, fell, destroy, remove, or to divert for sale or use, any trees, or to authorize or direct his agent or employee to cut, fell, destroy, remove, or to divert for sale or use, any trees, growing or lying on co-owned land, without the consent of, or in accordance with the direction of, the other co-owners or co-heirs, or in accordance with specific terms of a legal contract or agreement. The provisions of this Paragraph shall not apply to the sale of an undivided timber interest pursuant to R.S. 3:4278.2.
B. Whoever willfully and intentionally violates the provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall be liable to the owner, co-owner, co-heir, or legal possessor of the trees for civil damages in the amount of three times the fair market value of the trees cut, felled, destroyed, removed, or diverted, plus reasonable attorney fees and costs.
C. Whoever violates the provisions of Subsection A of this Section in good faith shall be liable to the owner, co-owner, co-heir, or legal possessor of the trees for three times the fair market value of the trees cut, felled, destroyed, removed, or diverted, if circumstances prove that the violator should have been aware that his actions were without the consent or direction of the owner, co-owner, co-heir, or legal possessor of the trees.

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I told her that if I were to call the police they would arrest her not me. Regretfully, I didn’t as she would have lost her bail license for being under the influence and she would’ve have had to have sold. I was trying to keep my shite together.

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Big mistake, you should let LE deal with her. I say that based on similar experience app 10 years ago, things may be different now.

Get a survey.
If law enforcement comes out they need documentation and to know where the lines are.
If not they will say it is a civil issue.

Consult an attorney who specializes in this especially when they cut some trees down.

I been through this before.
My neighbor tried to take 4ft of my
property, cut my trees, and claimed they took care of the property over x years to try to take it.

Sued tree service as they were licensed, called LA dept of Agriculture as they also fined the licensed arborist, sued the neighbor, filed trespass charges, and put up a fence.

Did not want to go this route.
They were trying to take 4ft of my property.

You can take someone out the ghetto but you can't take the ghetto out of them

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Regretfully, I didn’t as she would have lost her bail license for being under the influence and she would’ve have had to have sold. I was trying to keep my shite together.

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You can lose your bail license for drinking?

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so that should tell you everything

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Bail bondsmen are known for accidently getting their neighbor's lot mowed?

shut the frick up chris

With yours, the old lady's, the mowers, and the lumber people all involved this is a pretty open and shut case. If your lawyer subpoenas the lumber company on who told them to cut what lot it's game over for her and you're getting paid.

Well, DV dude,
Louisiana is here. Plently of links you need to follow, plenty of people you need to call, etc.

Or, Texas done online.

If you have a degree, and can't get through government forms, you need to question either your government or your education.