With the recent high winds in Boise and the subsequent falling of many trees and tree limbs, I’ve been looking at the law related to tree ownership and rights of neighbors regarding trees. Ownership: If you own land, and a tree’s trunk is entirely on your land, then you own that tree, too. The key is the trunk — not the canopy or roots. Even if most of the canopy or roots extend off your land, the tree is still yours. Where the tree straddles a boundary line, it becomes the shared ...
