Trespass Statutes

Trespass Statutes

RC Phillips, DDA, Ret.
October, 2021

§ 602. Trespasses; What acts included; Punishment

Except as provided in subdivision (u), subdivision (v), subdivision (x), and Section 602.8, every person who willfully commits a trespass by any of the following acts is guilty of a misdemeanor:

(a)  Cutting down, destroying, or injuring any kind of wood or timber standing or growing upon the lands of another.

(b)  Carrying away any kind of wood or timber lying on those lands.

(c)  Maliciously injuring or severing from the freehold of another anything attached to it, or its produce.

(d)  Digging, taking, or carrying away from any lot situated within the limits of any incorporated city, without ....