72-7-303. Escaping water and other obstructions — Injuring or obstructing highway — Penalty for violations.
- (1) A person may not willfully or carelessly:
- (a) obstruct or damage any public highway by causing or permitting flow or seepage of water;
- (b) permit water under the person’s control to escape in any manner that results in damage to a public highway;
- (c) place or leave, or cause to be placed or left, anything upon a public highway in a way that obstructs travel or that endangers property or persons passing on the highway.
- (2) A person who violates this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 270, 1998 General Session