TN Purple Paint law

[JDS]

Does any one have any details on the law. I know it has to be a 1in by 8in line minimum at a height of 3-5ft but is that horizontal or vertical? How far apart does the lines need to be, 50 yds, 100yds, 500yds? Is there a particular shade of purple or will any shade do? I have tried to find this but can't seem to find much. Do signs needs to be so far apart and then purple in between or signs only at entry/exit points? Thanks

 

[ImThere]

I didn't know it was law but my F250 super duty is Purple!!!


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[Southern Sportsman]

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[Southern Sportsman]

TCA 39-14-405(c)

Verticle lines. Bottom of the line between 3 and 5 feet from the ground. Any shade of purple is fine. You only have to have one sign at a major point of ingress indicating that the purple paint denotes no trespassing. As for how far apart the paint stripes need to be, the statute says "placed at locations that are reasonably likely to come to the attention of a person entering the property." That's a little vague, but I would walk the line and paint a tree every 10 yards or so. That's the good thing about paint. It's cheap enough to spray every tree along the line if you want.

 

[JDS]

Awesome thank you for the reply and link.

 

[Southern Sportsman]

:tu:

It will come up plenty more as we get closer to season.

 

[csi-tech]

We bought our land back in 1951. There are very few fences left and what are out there are under the leaf litter. I'm going to need a bunch of paint and a survey.

 

[Old cull buck hunter]

I put signs up referencing the TCA code and used the paint. I made it such that you could always see purple when entering property.

 

[Hardwoodmaterials]

I have seen some of the purple paint around but I wished it was the Yellow or Orange paint law. The Purple is hard to see on trees even if your fairly close to it during the day. I imagine it would be near impossible in the early morning or late evening.

 

[Southern Sportsman]

I have seen some of the purple paint around but I wished it was the Yellow or Orange paint law. The Purple is hard to see on trees even if your fairly close to it during the day. I imagine it would be near impossible in the early morning or late evening.

Yellow paint is often used to mark state and federal land boundaries. And orange is commonly used for all sorts of markings. I think they wanted a unique color so it wouldn't be confused for timber or other markings.

 

[MUP]

Neon Lime Green would have been my choice. :)

 

[TLRanger]

Light Blue would have been my choice.....My property has a common border with Natchez Trace State Forest. They use Red to mark the property line.

Some of the Timber Companies in that area mark their lines with White.

Purple is almost impossible to see in poor light conditions. Nothing that the TWRA and TWRC does surprises me anymore.

 

[MickThompson]

Light Blue would have been my choice.....My property has a common border with Natchez Trace State Forest. They use Red to mark the property line.

Some of the Timber Companies in that area mark their lines with White.

Purple is almost impossible to see in poor light conditions. Nothing that the TWRA and TWRC does surprises me anymore.

Blue is commonly used to mark the boundaries of timber harvests. Imagine that nightmare.


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[Southern Sportsman]

Light Blue would have been my choice.....My property has a common border with Natchez Trace State Forest. They use Red to mark the property line.

Some of the Timber Companies in that area mark their lines with White.

Purple is almost impossible to see in poor light conditions. Nothing that the TWRA and TWRC does surprises me anymore.

Blue is commonly used to mark the boundaries of timber harvests. Imagine that nightmare.


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And, there is already a "blue paint law." By statute, blue paint (accompanied by appropriate signage) designates that the property is "hunting by written permission only."

 

[Southern Sportsman]

Purple is almost impossible to see in poor light conditions. Nothing that the TWRA and TWRC does surprises me anymore.

TWRA and FWC had noting to do with this one. The "purple paint law" is state statute. Enacted by the General Assembly and signed into law by Haslam.

 

[Hardwoodmaterials]

I don't mind the law I just think they picked a stupid color for it. They might as well have picked brown but that's what you get when a bunch of suit wearing city idiots make a law for the outdoors.

 

[MUP]

:D

 

[Southern Sportsman]

I don't mind the law I just think they picked a stupid color for it. They might as well have picked brown but that's what you get when a bunch of suit wearing city idiots make a law for the outdoors.

I agree with this. But I also think we all agree that trespassing should be more easily prosecuted even if there is NO paint or markers. Learn where the lines are. The purple paint law simply makes it easier to prosecute trespassers. If you mark your property appropriately with purple paint and someone is caught trespassing, the "But I didn't see the paint" argument is not going to help them.

 

[MUP]

Where I hunt at, on my property, it will not matter in the least what color my lines are painted, the trespasser/poacher/methhead/thieves couldn't care less where they're trespassing, or who they're trespassing on.

 

[double browtine]

Look on Amazon for Rustoleum Satin French Lilac.
It is like a pastel purple. I think it would probably show up real good on any tree.

 

[Old cull buck hunter]

I used Rust-oleum fluorescent purple, it shows up pretty good.

 

[gator-n-buck]

Light Blue would have been my choice.....My property has a common border with Natchez Trace State Forest. They use Red to mark the property line.

Some of the Timber Companies in that area mark their lines with White.

Purple is almost impossible to see in poor light conditions. Nothing that the TWRA and TWRC does surprises me anymore.

Blue is commonly used to mark the boundaries of timber harvests. Imagine that nightmare.


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This.....

 

[TLRanger]

Light Blue would have been my choice.....My property has a common border with Natchez Trace State Forest. They use Red to mark the property line.

Some of the Timber Companies in that area mark their lines with White.

Purple is almost impossible to see in poor light conditions. Nothing that the TWRA and TWRC does surprises me anymore.

Blue is commonly used to mark the boundaries of timber harvests. Imagine that nightmare.


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This.....

All the timber companies around my area use orange paint to mark their boundaries along with red surveyors tape at the corners...

 

[HOOK]

I painted my entire boarder at the end of season last year...