Thread: Dumpster Diving
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Unread 02-06-2006, 01:01
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Re: Dumpster Diving

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Originally Posted by MattK
Dumpster Diving in NH could go either way. Its considered private property if its in a sealed opaque container (IE double bagged with black trash bags) but its on the side of the road with the trash in plain view its my understanding that its free for the taking (or at least my law teacher thinks so!)

This was all decided when the police in NH went through a suspects trash without asking or a warrant...

That is by no means a one time incident. I recall a big raucous raised over a Dartmouth College security guard going through a friend's garbage looking for some stolen college property he suspected the kid had taken and then ditched when the cops started asking people about it. He found it, but later in court defeated the charges as Dartmouth security had no right to go through his family trash.

In another incident involving my favorite rent-a-cops, a different friend was found rummaging through a dumpster on campus. He was looking for old computer stuff, but there happened to be a nice collection of old student data on some ancient dot matrix style printer paper. He didn't care about it at the time, but it was a huge possible source of embarrassment for the college which is probably why it stayed out of the courts. He is still forbidden from campus grounds.

Don't get caught, even if you are sure it's legal where you live.

-Andy A.
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