Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Washington

Re: Home Security Camera

Neighbor disputes are awful. Everybody has an agenda and neither of you will ever win unless you break the stalemate.

They can call the police - reports to police are privledged and they can say whatever they want in those reports.

The fact that you were not contacted by the police but by private counsel suggests that they attempted to have you arrested but the prosecutor declined to prosecute the case. I don't know for sure, but that's what it sounds like.

The attorney is getting paid for his opinion, and can make whatever conclusions he wants, that doesn't mean a judge is going to agree with him, and in the end analysis, his conclusion is pretty worthless when the prosecutor and the sheriff don't back him up.

If they really had a case, you would face criminal sanctions, not a civil lawsuit.

You are making the error of assuming that "everything you have read" is the state of the law in Washington regarding surveillance is correct. That may or may not be true, and Google is not your friend when it comes to determining the law, unfortunately. What if you were referring to a statute in Wisconsin, but didn't know that? Or a Washington statute that was overturned by recent caselaw? You cannot know without checking with a lawyer.

The city or county where you live likely has an ordinance about garbage - dumping, and a method to enforce compliance.

Review that and contact the appropriate officials regarding your proof of your neigbor's wilful garbage tossing.

The "communication from an attorney" that you need to pay attention to is a summons and complaint.

You can lawyer up and have your lawyer write a letter demanding that your neighbor stop tossing trash on your property.

Or you can make a concerted effort to get over yourselves (I am not trying to be rude, just ruthlessly realistic) or finally, you can move.

Hope this helps.

Powell