318.6 - PUBLIC NUISANCE.

        318.6  PUBLIC NUISANCE.         1.  Any person who places, or causes to be placed, any obstruction      in a highway right-of-way as prohibited under section 318.3 is deemed      to have created a public nuisance punishable as provided in chapter      657.         2.  If a person is found guilty of placing an obstruction within a      highway right-of-way, the court may, in addition to any fine imposed,      or judgment for damages or costs for which a separate execution may      issue, order that the obstruction be abated or removed at the expense      of the defendant.  The costs for abatement or removal of the      obstruction may be entered as a personal judgment against the      defendant or assessed against the property where the obstruction      occurred, or both.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2006 Acts, ch 1097, §6