{"data":{"id":"us-de/7-del.-c.-4191","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"7 Del. C. § 4191","heading":"Ditches near highways.","body":"The Department of Transportation shall maintain the highway drainage system insofar as is possible in such manner as to prevent silt from such system from obstructing any part of a tax ditch. If silt enters from the highway system and obstructs a tax ditch the Department of Transportation shall remove the same within a reasonable time after being given notice of such obstruction by the ditch managers.","path":["Title 7. Conservation","Agricultural and Soil Conservation; Drainage and Reclamation of Lowlands","CHAPTER 41. Drainage of Lands and Management of Waters; Tax Ditches","Subchapter VI. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title7/c041/sc06/index.html#4191","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:09Z","sha256":"45ac6cbd33144887866476b49e60ff0ea9e77ab43a36f3a75f352b23a32d15e1","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/7-del.-c.-4190","next":"us-de/7-del.-c.-4192"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}