{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-17b-2a-211","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 17B-2a-211","heading":"Penalty for wrongfully damaging a district work.","body":"(1) A person who wrongfully and purposely fills, cuts, injures, destroys, or impairs the usefulness of a drain, ditch, or other work of a drainage district is guilty of a class C misdemeanor.\n(2) Each person who negligently, wrongfully, or purposely fills, cuts, injures, destroys, or impairs the usefulness of a drain, ditch, levee, or other work of a drainage district or obstructs or fills any natural stream or outlet used by a drainage district, whether inside or outside the district, shall be liable to the district for all resulting damages.","path":["Title 17B Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Special Districts","Chapter 17B-2a Provisions Applicable to Different Types of Special Districts","Part 17B-2a-2 Drainage District Act"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title17B/Chapter2a/17B-2a-S211.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"b83c57a428f4b41f41ed1eb6e0baef32dd69292d9e2eb965768409f4284514e7","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-17b-2a-210","next":"us-ut/utah-code-17b-2a-301"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}