Tennessee Statutes
§ 69-1-108 — Diverting water from main channel
Tennessee § 69-1-108
JurisdictionTennessee
Title69
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 69-1-108 (2026).
Text
(a)No person, upon pretense of having a right to the flow of water through a sluice of a navigable watercourse, on which sluice such person has built a mill, shall divert the water from the main channel into the sluice, so as to obstruct or impede the navigation of the main channel.
(b)A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
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Legislative History
Code 1858, § 1306; Shan., § 1816; Code 1932, § 3082; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-108; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
Nearby Sections
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§ 69-1-101
Navigable waters are highways§ 69-1-102
Opening and cleaning navigable streams§ 69-1-104
Working on streams as public roads§ 69-1-106
Compensation of supervisor§ 69-1-107
Obstructing river - Penalty§ 69-1-108
Diverting water from main channel§ 69-1-109
Temporary diversion from sluice§ 69-1-110
Damages for diversion of stream§ 69-1-111
County may permit or remove improvements§ 69-1-112
Commissioners of watercourses§ 69-1-113
Forfeiture for obstructing stream§ 69-1-114
Railroad drawbridges - Operation§ 69-1-115
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Bluebook (online)
Tennessee § 69-1-108, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/69-1-108.