However, this is Minnesota.
The new neighbor had best not park any nice vehicles outside...
In my state, you have the absolute right to remove the root system from your own property, even if it destroys the tree. Don’t know the law in Minnesota.
I’m wondering the same thing. Roots run as deep as the tree is tall. And as wide underground as above ground.
Of course this story is about someone from Reddit, which means you’re not getting all the facts, and that the complainer is just a wild loon of sorts.
The advisors allowed him onstage for more than three minutes, and without a teleprompter. Clear political malpractice.
So hateful to kill an old oak tree. We need millions more trees planted to beautify and oxygenate the world. The anti- CO2 zealots should be doing this, instead of forcing taxpayers to blow trillions on harebrained solar and wind projects. Via tax breaks and subsidies. EV tax breaks too.
Minnesota Statutes
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/561.04
561.04 TRESPASS; TREBLE DAMAGES.
Whoever without lawful authority cuts down or carries off any wood, underwood, tree, or timber, or girdles or otherwise injures any tree, timber, or shrub, on the land of another person, or in the street or highway in front of any person's house, city lot, or cultivated grounds, or on the commons or public grounds of any city or town, or in the street or highway in front thereof, is liable in a civil action to the owner of such land, or to such city or town, for treble the amount of damages which may be assessed therefor, unless upon the trial it appears that the trespass was casual or involuntary, or that the defendant had probable cause to believe that the land on which the trespass was committed was the defendant's, or that of the person in whose service or by whose direction the act was done, in which case judgment shall be given for only the single damages assessed. This section shall not authorize the recovery of more than the just value of timber taken from uncultivated woodland for the repair of a public highway or bridge upon or adjoining the land.
Hadn’t thought of this before, but yeah, I’d assume that if a neighbor wanted to do something on their property that impacted your tree’s roots growing on that property—it’d be tough noogies for you.