In Virginia you can go to jail if you don't plant your trees in the right place.
I'm sorry that you live there. Remember that incident a few years back where the guy lost some property to a river swell so he later dumped some soil to recover it and was hauled into court? The result was dead police officers, dead DA, wounded judge and others. I can't remember all the details. They pulled him over under the guise of truck bed rust in order to serve a warrant. His AR-15 had other plans.
So, tree police you say? Sounds lucrative. What will stop this ride to insanity?