North Dakota § 61-14-07 Unlawful interference with rights to use of water - Penalty

North Dakota Statutes

§ 61-14-07 — Unlawful interference with rights to use of water - Penalty

North Dakota § 61-14-07

Title 61Waters

Ch. 61-14General Rules Governing Irrigation

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N.D. Cent. Code § 61-14-07 (2026).

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Any person interfering with or injuring or destroying any headgate, weir, benchmark, well, or
other appliance or works for the appropriation, diversion, storage, apportionment, or
measurement of water, or for any hydrographic or hydrologic surveys, or interfering with any
person engaged in the discharge of duties connected with a headgate, weir, benchmark, well, or
other appliance or works for those purposes, is guilty of a class A misdemeanor and liable for
the injury or damage resulting from the unlawful act. The department of water resources and the
person in charge of an irrigation work, and their authorized assistants and agents, may enter
upon private property for the performance of their respective duties, but may not damage the
property unnecessarily.

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Any person interfering with or injuring or destroying any headgate, weir, benchmark, well, or
other appliance or works for the appropriation, diversion, storage, apportionment, or
measurement of water, or for any hydrographic or hydrologic surveys, or interfering with any
person engaged in the discharge of duties connected with a headgate, weir, benchmark, well, or
other appliance or works for those purposes, is guilty of a class A misdemeanor and liable for
the injury or damage resulting from the unlawful act. The department of water resources and the
person in charge of an irrigation work, and their authorized assistants and agents, may enter
upon private property for the performance of their respective duties, but may not damage the
property unnecessarily.