{"code":"WAT","codeName":"Water Code","section":"22088","citation":"Wat. Code, § 22088","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 11. IRRIGATION DISTRICTS [20500. - 29978.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-11"},{"name":"PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [22075. - 22982.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-11/part-5"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [22075. - 22186.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-11/part-5/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1.5. Watermaster Service [22080. - 22089.5.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-11/part-5/chapter-1/article-1.5"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 780, Sec. 1.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Every person who willfully and without authority closes, changes, or interferes with any headgate, waterbox, or measuring device while it is under the control of the watermaster, or who willfully takes or uses water which has been denied him by the watermaster under the provisions of this part is guilty of a misdemeanor.</p>","text":"Every person who willfully and without authority closes, changes, or interferes with any headgate, waterbox, or measuring device while it is under the control of the watermaster, or who willfully takes or uses water which has been denied him by the watermaster under the provisions of this part is guilty of a misdemeanor.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/watermaster-service-22088","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}