Idaho Code

Idaho Code § 18-4306 (2026)

Injuries to ditches, canals, laterals, drains and appurtenances.

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Injuries to ditches, canals, laterals, drains and appurtenances.

Any person or persons, who shall willfully cut, break, damage, or in any way interfere with any ditch, canal, lateral, drain, headgate, or any other works in or appurtenant thereto, the property of another person, irrigation district, drainage district, canal company, corporation, or association of persons, and whereby water is conducted to any place for beneficial use or purposes, and when said canal, headgate, ditch, lateral, drain, dam, or appurtenance is being used or is to be used for said conduct or drainage of water, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2002–2003 · leading case: Camp v. East Fork Ditch Co., Ltd., 55 P.3d 304 (Idaho 2002).

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Camp v. East Fork Ditch Co., Ltd., 55 P.3d 304 (Idaho 2002). · cites it 2× “In 1997, Camp was issued two misdemeanor citations for injury to a ditch in violation of Idaho Code § 18-4306 . Anneliese Turner, the president of East Fork Ditch Company, Limited, (Ditch Company) had signed the citations.”

State v. Suiter, 67 P.3d 1274 (Idaho Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “See I.C. § 18-4306. Suiter contends that if the legislature wanted any canal to be included in the felony statute, it would have used the term “canal” followed by the broad “beneficial use” language of the *670 misdemeanor statute.”

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