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609.68 UNLAWFUL DEPOSIT OF GARBAGE, LITTER, OR LIKE.
Whoever unlawfully deposits garbage, rubbish, cigarette filters, debris from fireworks, offal,
or the body of a dead animal, or other litter in or upon any public highway, public waters or the
ice thereon, shoreland areas adjacent to rivers or streams as defined by section 103F.205, public
lands, or, without the consent of the owner, private lands or water or ice thereon, is guilty of a
petty misdemeanor.
History: 1963 c 753 art 1 s 609.68; 1971 c 23 s 68; 1988 c 685 s 36; 1990 c 391 art 8 s 56;
2003 c 28 art 1 s 19; 1Sp2003 c 2 art 8 s 12
Whoever unlawfully deposits garbage, rubbish, cigarette filters, debris from fireworks, offal,
or the body of a dead animal, or other litter in or upon any public highway, public waters or the
ice thereon, shoreland areas adjacent to rivers or streams as defined by section 103F.205, public
lands, or, without the consent of the owner, private lands or water or ice thereon, is guilty of a
petty misdemeanor.
History: 1963 c 753 art 1 s 609.68; 1971 c 23 s 68; 1988 c 685 s 36; 1990 c 391 art 8 s 56;
2003 c 28 art 1 s 19; 1Sp2003 c 2 art 8 s 12
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