Arkansas § 14-121-804 Landowner ditches draining into public ditches - Crossing lands of another

Arkansas Statutes

§ 14-121-804 — Landowner ditches draining into public ditches - Crossing lands of another

Arkansas § 14-121-804

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Ark. Code Ann. § 14-121-804 (2026).

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(a)Any landowner within the district may build ditches to drain his lands into the public ditches.

(b)If any intervening landowner should refuse permission to cross his lands with such ditch, the landowner seeking to construct the ditch may, by proceedings in the circuit court to be conducted in the same manner as condemnation proceedings instituted by railroad, telegraph, and telephone companies, condemn a right-of-way for the ditch.

(c)In those proceedings, the jury shall deduct from the damages the benefits that will accrue to the intervening landowner by the construction of the ditch, and the intervening landowner shall have the right to use the ditch for the drainage of his own lands.

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(a) Any landowner within the district may build ditches to drain his lands into the public ditches. (b) If any intervening landowner should refuse permission to cross his lands with such ditch, the landowner seeking to construct the ditch may, by proceedings in the circuit court to be conducted in the same manner as condemnation proceedings instituted by railroad, telegraph, and telephone companies, condemn a right-of-way for the ditch. (c) In those proceedings, the jury shall deduct from the damages the benefits that will accrue to the intervening landowner by the construction of the ditch, and the intervening landowner shall have the right to use the ditch for the drainage of his own lands.