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 the license of the owner or legal occupant, any earth, soil, or stone.

(e)  Digging, taking, or carrying away from land in any city or town laid down on the map or plan of the city, or otherwise recognized or established as a street, alley, avenue, or park, without the license of the proper authorities, any earth, soil, or stone.

(f)  Maliciously tearing down, damaging, mutilating, or destroying any sign, signboard, or notice placed upon, or affixed to, any property belonging to the state, or to any city, county, city and county, town or village, or upon any property of any person, by the state or by an automobile association, which sign, signboard, or notice is intended to indicate or designate a road or a highway, or is intended to direct travelers from ....

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