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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXI
DRAINAGE
Chapter 298
DRAINAGE AND WATER CONTROL
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F.S. 298.66
298.66 Obstruction of public drainage canals, etc., prohibited; damages; penalties.—
(1) A person may not willfully, or otherwise, obstruct any public canal, drain, ditch or watercourse or damage or destroy any public drainage works constructed in or maintained by any district.
(2) Any person who willfully obstructs any public canal, drain, ditch, or watercourse or damages or destroys any public drainage works constructed in or maintained by any district shall be liable to any person injured thereby for the full amount of the injury occasioned to any land or crops or other property by reason of such misconduct and shall be liable to the district constructing the drainage work for double the cost of removing such obstruction or repairing such damage.
(3) Any person who willfully, or otherwise, obstructs any public canal, drain, ditch, or watercourse, impedes or obstructs the flow of water therein, or damages or destroys any public drainage works constructed in or maintained by any district commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
History.—s. 5, ch. 6190, 1911; s. 52, ch. 6458, 1913; RGS 5293, 5294; ss. 1-3, ch. 10110, 1925; CGL 1518, 1519, 7413-7415; s. 163, ch. 71-136; s. 28, ch. 79-5; s. 48, ch. 2010-205.

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Amendments to 298.66


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 298.66
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S298.66 - DAMAGE PROP-PUBLIC - DAMAGE DESTROY IMPEDE DISTRICT WATER FLOW - F: T
S298.66 2 - DAMAGE PROP - RENUMBERED. SEE REC #7035 - F: T
S298.66 3 - DAMAGE PROP-PUBLIC - DAMAGE DESTROY IMPEDE DISTRICT WATER FLOW - F: T

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Cases Citing Statute 298.66

Total Results: 2

Roach v. Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1982-08-04T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 417 So. 2d 814, 1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 21194

Snippet: built so as not to obstruct or destroy canals. § 298.66, Fla. Stat. (1981). Thus, a landowner must construct

Levine v. IRE Properties, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1977-04-18T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 344 So. 2d 938

Snippet: Commission v. W.J. Howey Company, 328 U.S. 293, 298, 66 S.Ct. 1100, 90 L.Ed. 1244; Sunshine Kitchens v.