Trees

I have an old oak tree whose trunk is about 2 feet from my neighbors property. About half of the tree's branches hang over their property including over one of their driveways. They are now sweeping any acorns and branches/twigs out of their yard and putting them in a pile on the street in front of my house for me to clean up stating they are from my tree and are my responsibility to clean up; they shouldn't have to do it. The tree has been maintained throughout the years with the branches that are dead or encroaching on our and the neighbor's roof removed/trimmed back. My question is who is legally responsible for clean up of acorns, leaves, twigs and branches that fall on their property and how much of the trees branches can they remove from their property since that is what they want to do?

I read the statement below on your website. I need to know if it applies specifically to my city and state Murray, Utah). Our neighbor, without warning or consultation, cut a substantial number of limbs off our 20 year old cherry tree, and in the process, went 2 feet over the property line on our side. He also topped an aspen tree that was growing at a slight angle toward his fence, killing the tree, again going over the property line. What are the location specific legal guidelines in cutting a neighbor's tree? 'A property owner who finds a neighbor's tree encroaching must first warn or give notice to the tree owner prior to commencing work and give the tree owner the chance to correct the problem. If the tree owner does nothing, the tree can still be trimmed. As a general rule, a property owner who trims an encroaching tree belonging to a neighbor can trim only up to the boundary line and must obtain permission to enter the tree owner's property, unless the limbs threaten to cause imminent and grave harm. Additionally, the property owner cannot cut the entire tree down and cannot destroy the structural integrity or the cosmetic symmetry and appeal of a tree by improper trimming.

Neighbor denies large tree is on their property. Our builder told us when we bought the house that it was the neighbors tree.. Recent survey says it is on their property and the survey markers are still there. A small part of the roots is on our property. Their fence was placed on the other side of this tree, making it appear to be in our yard. The tree was brought down by recent storms. It fell across their fence and is stuck in trees in their back yard. It has been 3 days and they have not come out to talk or look at problem. I know they are waiting for us to clean it up, but it is not our tree. They are not very friendly neighbors and complain about everything, (don't like our mulch, plantings, etc). It will cost about $2000.00 to remove this tree, not counting replacing the fence. Any suggestions? We are willing to share in some of the costs but not the entire cost. Will homeowners cover this since it is on the fence?

The land lord to my next door neighbor wants me to pay for tree limb removal over her property. I have voluntarily removed limbs that over hanged her property before however now she claims that her insurance company will not insure the house with out all of the limbs over her house removed and the tree limbs trimmed back up to the property line. She wants me to pay for this, and says that it is my responsibility. I want to know what my rights are and if I truly am responsible to pay. The tree is in good health and does not pose a risk other than possible act of god issues. Therefor, do I have to pay for tree trimming services for my neighbors property when the limbs overhang the home and property?

Several years ago our neighbor built a 5-6' high cinderblock wall a foot or so in their side of the property line. They cut several limbs off of our pine trees to create clearance for the wall. However they left one limb on one of our pine trees and built their wall so that its top was just inches under the remaining limb. (This is a large limb approximately 15 inches in diameter. Now the limb and tree have grown so that the limb is now making contact with their wall. They are demanding we cut the limb at our expense so it doesn't damage their wall. We feel they should have either trimmed this limb as they did the others to allow room for their wall or they should have allowed more clearance. If the limb does end out damaging their wall who is responsible?