Penalty for wrongfully damaging a district work.

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  • (1) A person who wrongfully and purposely fills, cuts, injures, destroys, or impairs the usefulness of a drain, ditch, or other work of a drainage district is guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
  • (2) Each person who negligently, wrongfully, or purposely fills, cuts, injures, destroys, or impairs the usefulness of a drain, ditch, levee, or other work of a drainage district or obstructs or fills any natural stream or outlet used by a drainage district, whether inside or outside the district, shall be liable to the district for all resulting damages.




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