Trespassing Charges in St. Louis, MO - for as Little as $450

If you are charged with trespassing in St. Louis, the police officer who issued the citation will most likely have found you on someone else’s property when you should not have been. This is typically described as “unlawful entry upon a building, inhabitable structure, or real property.” This type of charge can carry heavy fines, leave a bad mark on your permanent record, and in some cases (depending on the severity of the charges) jail time.

Charges of trespassing (in St. Louis County, Jefferson County, or St. Charles County) can always be challenged (especially if in fact you did not make an unlawful encroachment upon the property of someone else). But in all honesty, the standard for proving the elements of a St. Louis trespass are fairly low. Indeed, even if your actions put you onto the property of someone else unintentionally, you are more often than not are considered to have trespassed upon that property. For instance, if you out on a walk one morning on a trial through the woods by your house, but you accidentally take a wrong turn on the path and unintentionally end up on the property of someone else, you are technically liable for trespassing.

The more likely scenario is that you have entered into the structure or dwelling of someone else (whether the structure or dwelling is a private or public place), and owner or proprietor does not like your presence there. That individual calls the police, and the next thing you know, you are being charged with trespass.

But just because you have been cited with such an infraction does not mean that you have to settle for it. The experienced St. Louis criminal defense attorneys at The Bankruptcy Company have been helping people fight back against trespassing (and a variety of other criminal offenses) for years. Our goal is to make sure that your constitutional rights are upheld at all stages of the process, work closely at all times with the prosecutor and court to reduce the charges or have them thrown out, and to be at all times attentive to your needs and concerns. We recognize that the criminal court system can be intimidating and scary. And this is exactly why we feel it is so important to take the time to fully explain how things work, answer all of your questions, and make sure that you understand your full range of options.

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