Idaho § 18-4309 - Unauthorized tampering with measuring devices
Full text of Idaho Idaho Statutes § 18-4309 — Unauthorized tampering with measuring devices, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 18-4309. Unauthorized tampering with measuring devices
Every person who shall willfully waste water for irrigation, or who shall willfully open, close, change or disturb, or interfere with, any headgate or water box or valve or measuring or regulating device, without authority, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The water masters or their assistants, within their district, shall have power to arrest any person or persons offending and turn them over to the sheriff or the nearest peace officer of the county in which such offense is committed, and immediately upon delivering such person so arrested into the custody of either of such officers, it shall be the duty of the water master making such arrest to make complaint, in writing and under oath, before the magistrate judge of such county, against the person so arrested.
[I.C., sec. 18-4309, as added by 1972, ch. 336, sec. 1, p. 935; am. 2012, ch. 20, sec. 3, p. 67.]
Source: official Idaho text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Idaho Statutes § 18-4309 cover?
Section 18-4309 ("Unauthorized tampering with measuring devices") is part of the Idaho Statutes, the codified statutory law of Idaho. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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