{"code":"WAT","codeName":"Water Code","section":"4175","citation":"Wat. Code, § 4175","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. WATER [1000. - 5951.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-2"},{"name":"PART 4. DISTRIBUTION OF WATER IN WATERMASTER SERVICE AREAS [4000. - 4407.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-2/part-4"},{"name":"CHAPTER 6. Offenses [4175. - 4178.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-2/part-4/chapter-6"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.","effective":null,"html":"<p>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.</p>","text":"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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/offenses-4175","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}