CHAPTER 6. Obstructions and Injuries to County Highways [1480. - 1496.]
Chapter 6 enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.
§§ 1480–1496 · 20 sections
- § 1480 As used in this chapter: (a) The term “highway” includes all or any part of the entire width of right of way of a county highway, whether or not such entire…
- § 1480.5 The road commissioner may immediately remove, or by notice may require the removal of, any of the following encroachments: (a) An encroachment which obstructs…
- § 1481 The road commissioner may, by notice, require the removal of any other encroachment not specified in Section 1480.5 from any county highway.
- § 1482 The notice referred to in Sections 1480.5 and 1481 shall be served upon the occupant or owner of the land, or the person causing, controlling or owning the…
- § 1483 If the encroachment is not removed, or its removal not commenced and diligently prosecuted, prior to the expiration of 10 days from and after the service or…
- § 1484 If the encroachment is denied, and the owner or occupant of the land, or the person causing, owning or controlling the alleged encroachment refuses either to…
- § 1485 If the encroachment is not denied, but is not removed within five days from and after service or posting of the notice, the road commissioner may remove the…
- § 1486 Gates shall not be allowed on any county highway except gates allowed by the board of supervisors in accordance with the provisions of section 966. If the…
- § 1487 A person who, by means of ditches or dams, obstructs or injures any county highway, diverts any watercourse into any county highway, or drains water from his…
- § 1488 (a) A person who, in storing or distributing water for any purpose, permits water to overflow or by seepage to saturate a county highway, to the injury of the…
- § 1488.5 The notice referred to in Sections 1487 and 1488 shall be given in the same manner as provided in Section 1482, except that the action it requires shall be…
- § 1489 Unless a bridge is constructed in accordance with Section 1490, all persons excavating irrigation, mining or drainage ditches across county highways shall…
- § 1490 The board of supervisors of any county may construct and maintain bridges over any ditches which are used exclusively for irrigation purposes and which cross…
- § 1491 Any person who wilfully injures any county bridge is guilty of a misdemeanor, and is also liable for actual damages for such injury, to be recovered by the…
- § 1492 Any person who wilfully removes or injures any mile-board, milestone or guide-post, or any inscription thereon, erected on any county highway, is liable for a…
- § 1492.5 Survey monuments shall be preserved, referenced, or replaced pursuant to Section 8771 of the Business and Professions Code.
- § 1493 Any person may notify the occupant or owner of any land, from which a tree or other obstruction has fallen upon any county highway, to remove such tree or…
- § 1494 Any person who cuts down a tree which falls into any county highway shall immediately remove the tree, and is liable for a penalty of ten dollars, recoverable…
- § 1495 Any person who maliciously digs up, cuts down, injures or destroys any shade or ornamental tree on any county highway, unless such tree is considered an…
- § 1496 The road commissioner shall recover all penalties or forfeitures given in this chapter and the recovery of which is not otherwise provided for, by suit in the…