Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in North Carolina

I feed stray cats that have been there for years in a vacation rental neighborhood close to where I live.The owners of the houses know me and allow me to feed the cats on their properties.The rental management company is banning me from being on ANY property they manage regardless of permission by the owners and will have me arrested for trespassing.They claim their management contract overrides the owners permission-is that true?Can they bar me from doing business with these homeowners?Can they just single out a person and ban them because they do not like cats?

Likewise,a homeowners association is banning me from going into the neighborhood for the same reason that has a public road run through it,has no markings of being private or exclusive,and has a public access easement to the National Park in it-can they do that?

Do I have any rights concerning the cats who are now tame to me and I have had to feed for two years to keep them from starving?Now these people are using the cats to emotionally blackmail me into paying to fix a problem that they caused-can they do that?


Asked on 8/03/13, 9:43 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Kenneth Love Ken Love Law

As to the first issue...yes they can do this. You are not doing business with the owners so there is no interference of business with them. If the property managers have told you to leave, you must leave as the owners have given them authority to make these decisions.

As tot he HOA, again, if there has been an issue where they feel your activities may harm someone or the property, they can ban you from using the road through the neighborhood.

You seem to love these cats, it seems the solution is to get the cats at take them near your home where you can feed them and no one can claim that they are a nuisance.

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Answered on 8/06/13, 6:53 pm


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