Is putting a card on someone's car window considered vandalism?

Question

Like the question says, is putting a card/paper on someone's car considered vandalism? People do it to my car all the time. When I'm parked on campus people always put flyers under my wiper blade to advertise events.

If I were to put some of those cards that say "Hey, you suck at parking" on a person's car, is that considered vandalism?

The real reason I'm asking is that there's these girls at my apartment complex that park like absolute dog****. I'm want to protect my car and my gf's car from dings and dents as much as possible. But it's such an inconvenience to have to park far away from my apartment, because these girls part their stupid Jeeps over the line, or they park so close to you you can't even open your door. I've even seen them open their doors wide open into other people's cars and not even care.

I want them to get the message, but I don't want to get into trouble since they're all pretty much my neighbors.

Mark IX · Answer

Wow, love the passive-aggressive thing you've got going here.  Maybe you could stand at your window and glower at them every time they pass (just don't let them see you)

Of course putting a card on someone's car isn't vandalism.

? · Answer

Passive aggressive much? If they don't care about hitting a car with their door, they certainly aren't going to care about a note on their window. If you see them hit a car, go take a picture of it and then you can sue them for damages.

But go ahead. It's not vandalism.

But go ahead.  It's not vandalism.

STEVEN F · Answer

Unless they physically damage the vehicle, that is not legally vandalism.
In the case you describe, I have seen anonymous notes apologizing for non-existent damage to the person's vehicle.  The idea is to drive them nuts trying to find damage that isn't there to find.

Anonymous · Answer

Im not sure if its vandalism or not. I used to enjoy doing that to people all the time lol. I once pasted note on my neighbors car window saying Stop Gossiping. Another time when i pasted a note telling a different neighbor to watch out for pedestrians cause she was always driving to fast at the curb where their was no sidewalk. i never got in trouble for it but like i said idk

Trending News

Is putting a card on someone's car window considered vandalism?

4 Answers