You’re out walking your dog on a nice Minnesota evening. Then it happens. Your dog stops to do his stinky business. You grab your poop bag and pick up the mess and continue walking. Then, you spot a trash can at someone’s home. You think to yourself, ‘Jackpot, I can just toss the bag in here and I don’t have to carry it anymore’.
Wrong. No, no, don’t even think about it. I’m looking at you, the lady who had the audacity to walk all the way up our driveway to the side of our house to put her dog’s poop in our trash bin. We, like most other people, have security cameras and saw you.
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It definitely feels like a weird invasion of privacy when someone does something like that. But is that technically illegal?
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Is It Illegal to Put Your Trash in Someone Else’s Trash Bin?
According to Minnesota Statute 609.68 , it’s against the law to dispose of trash on private property without permission. If you do this it’s considered a petty misdemeanor, which could cost you up to $300 . Here’s the whole thing in case you want all of the legal jargon:…