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Purple Paint Means No Trepassing
CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois landowners have a new way to tell people to stay off their property.

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is letting people know about a new law that lets landowners use purple paint on trees and posts to warn people about trespassing. The law doesn't apply in Chicago.

But landowners can't stop posting ``no trespassing'' signs just yet. Until Jan. 1, 2013, property owners using purple marks still need to give the ``no trespassing'' warning on a sign at the main entrance to their property or in some other written or spoken way.

The purple markings that mean ``no trespassing'' are vertical lines at least 8-inches long and colored post caps.

People who trespass can be charged with a misdemeanor.

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