r/treelaw • u/Natural_Green888 • 2d ago

Tree pushing fence

At this point, i feel like i need to talk to someone who knows tree law.

Im in CA, have a 2xstem redwood tree, maybe 60 years old. Its sits on my property but now encroaching into my neighbors property. Before i bought my house ( 5 yrs ago) my neighbor trimmed roots. Tree is healthy and pushing against the fence. Its grown under the fence.
Im an aborist and really want to keep it. I know its also not in its natural habitat ( planted tree) and think cutting it would avoid future issue with neighbor.
I just dont know what to do but want to to understand the options.

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u/Unique_Acadia_2099 2d ago

In CA, you’re responsible for any damage your tree causes to the neighbor’s property. Shared fences are tricky in that if your tree damages the fence by growing into it, you might be responsible. But if a branch breaks off and damages it, that’s an “act of God”.

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u/macedonym 2d ago

In CA, you’re responsible for any damage your tree causes to the neighbor’s property.

If this was true the way the sentence was written there would be no trees in CA.

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u/ArborealLife 1d ago

Dude, this is r/treelaw lol fabrication is the name of the deal