Can you trim a neighbor's tree from your yard in Illinois?

Illinoisans: do you have a branch hanging over your property that leaves you wondering if you have the legal right to lop it off?

Have you tried talking to your neighbor about it, without success?

Here's what we found about the law on this topic in the Prairie State. More: 'All hands on deck': Petersburg arboretum faces loss of historic trees

The law

If the law were located in a statute, it would likely be organized under the Wrongful Tree Cutting Act , though it may be instead determined by case law.

To give an overview, here's what two Illinois cities said about cutting a branch that hangs over your yard.

According to the City of Wheaton ; state law allows residents to cut, trim or prune overhanging branches and roots that spread onto their property from a neighbor’s property.