Iowa § 468.148 Injuring or diverting — damages

Iowa Statutes

§ 468.148 — Injuring or diverting — damages

Iowa § 468.148

Title XINATURAL RESOURCES

Ch. 468LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND IMPROVEMENTS

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Iowa Code § 468.148 (2026).

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Any person who shall willfully break down or through or injure any levee or bank of a
settling basin, or who shall dam up, divert, obstruct, or willfully injure any ditch, drain, or
otherdrainageimprovementauthorizedbylawshallbeliabletothepersonorpersonsowning
or possessing the lands for which such improvements were constructed in double the amount
of damages sustained by such owner or person in possession; and in case of a subsequent
offense by the same person, the person shall be liable in treble the amount of such damages.

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Any person who shall willfully break down or through or injure any levee or bank of a
settling basin, or who shall dam up, divert, obstruct, or willfully injure any ditch, drain, or
otherdrainageimprovementauthorizedbylawshallbeliabletothepersonorpersonsowning
or possessing the lands for which such improvements were constructed in double the amount
of damages sustained by such owner or person in possession; and in case of a subsequent
offense by the same person, the person shall be liable in treble the amount of such damages.