wrote in message
oups.com...
We bought a new house last year and there were two large gas tanks that
were full of propane for a gas fireplace that came with the house.
This morning a gas company came onto our property without our
permission and took the tanks away. They were at least half full of
$300+ in propane. As far as I knew these tanks were owned by the
previous homeowners and were ours.

Does this gas company (in Virginia) have any right to:

A) Come onto my property (inside by FENCED BACKYARD) without my
permission.
B) Take half full tanks without contacting me.

Odds are the tanks were property of the gas company; you got to use them if
you bought gas regularly. Since you didn't...
Happened to me with a large full tank.

Or, they might just have stolen the tanks. Give them a call and ask them to
document their right to do it.