244.130. Penalty for obstructing ditch--inspection of lands without owner's consent. - Missouri Statutes

Penalty for obstructing ditch--inspection of lands withoutowner's consent.

244.130. 1. Any person or persons, copartnership orcorporation willfully filling up or obstructing or impairing theusefulness of any ditch, tile or levee constructed under theprovisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of amisdemeanor, and upon conviction therefor shall be fined in a sumnot less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars foreach and every offense, or such person or persons, or the agentor agents of the copartnership or corporation responsible forsuch damage or injury having been wrought, may be confined in thecounty jail not less than thirty days nor more than six months.

2. The owner or owners of the land desired to be drainedshall have the right to go upon or send an engineer or surveyorupon the land through or upon which the ditch, tile or levee isto be built, without first obtaining consent from the owner orowners of such land, for the purpose of making measurements,running levels and obtaining other information to be used informing conclusions pertaining to the slope of the land, lengthof the improvements and proper location of the same; provided,that notice of the purpose and intention of such act be firstgiven in writing to the owner of the land through or across whichthe works are to be constructed.

(RSMo 1939 § 12467)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 10877; 1919 § 4572; 1909 § 5670