- I. Any person who purposely commits or causes to be committed any of the following acts with regard to a boundary marker knowing it to be a boundary marker shall be guilty of a misdemeanor: defacement, alteration of location, or removal of a stone wall or monument, or a mark on a tree, made for the purpose of designating a point, course or line in the boundary of a tract of land or in the dividing line between towns.
II. The provisions of paragraph I shall not apply when a boundary marker is moved pursuant to:
- (a) Mutual agreement between all landowners whose property lines are affected by the moving of the boundary, or
- (b) Authorization by government officials in order to more accurately place the boundary, or
- (c) A finally adjudicated court order or decree, or
- (d) A law that requires or allows the movement or alteration.
Source. 1983, 21:2, eff. June 11, 1983.