DIVISION 2. WATER 1000-5976›PART 4. DISTRIBUTION OF WATER IN WATERMASTER SERVICE AREAS 4000-4407›CHAPTER 6. Offenses 4175-4178

§ 4175

California Water Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Every person who wilfully and without authority opens, closes, changes, or interferes with any headgate, waterbox, or measuring device while it is under the control of the wastermaster, or who wilfully takes or uses water which has been denied him by the watermaster under the provisions of this part is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

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