2025 Session
Last amended: 1984 session
§ 1.03 — Waters Included
Plain-Language Summary
This section explains how far a county's power extends over shared border waters. A county's jurisdiction reaches across the water to the opposite shore, following the direction of its boundary lines as if they continued straight across the water.
1.03 WATERS INCLUDED.
The concurrent jurisdiction of a county and of courts and officers exercising jurisdiction throughout it extends over the water area that would be included if the boundary lines of the county were produced in the direction of their approach and extended across the waters to the opposite shore.
History:
(3) 1905 c 242 s 2; 1943 c 349 s 2; 1984 c 628 art 1 s 1
History: History: (3) 1905 c 242 s 2; 1943 c 349 s 2; 1984 c 628 art 1 s 1
Practical Notes
This matters for law enforcement and courts in border counties. If a crime or civil dispute happens on a shared lake or river, this section helps determine which county has authority based on extending the county’s land boundary lines across the water.