US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  18
                            CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
                                  CHAPTER 43
                               IRRIGATION WORKS
    18-4301.  INTERFERENCE WITH DITCHES, CANALS, LATERALS, DRAINS OR
RESERVOIRS. Every person who shall, without authority of the owner or managing
agent, and with intent to defraud, take water from any canal, ditch, lateral,
drain, flume or reservoir, used for the purpose of holding, draining or
conveying water for manufacturing, agricultural, mining, or domestic uses, or
who shall, without like authority, raise, lower, or otherwise disturb, any
gate or other appurtenance thereof used for the control or measurement of
water, or who shall empty or place, or cause to be emptied or placed, into any
such canal, ditch, lateral, drain, flume, or reservoir, any rubbish, filth, or
obstruction to the free flow of water, is guilty of a misdemeanor.