§ 427.40. Depositing injurious matter on highways or adjacent property.

(a) No person shall throw or deposit upon any highway any glass, nails, tacks, wire, cans or any other substance likely to injure any person, animal or vehicle upon such highway or upon any public or privately owned land adjacent thereto without the owner's consent.

(b)

Any person who drops or permits to be dropped or thrown upon any highway any destructive or injurious material shall immediately remove the same or cause it to be removed.

(c)

Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway shall remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the highway from such vehicle.

(d)

No person shall drop or hurl any destructive or injurious material or object at or upon any motor vehicle upon any highway or the occupants thereof.

(e)

Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The record of any conviction of or plea of guilty under this section of a person operating a motor vehicle shall be immediately forwarded to the department of public safety for inclusion upon that offender's driving record. Any second offense or offense thereafter under this section shall require a minimum fine in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100.00). Any judge may, for any violation of this section, order the offender to pick up litter along any public highway or road for four (4) to eight (8) hours under the direction of the department of highways, with the option of a jail sentence being imposed. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 407.220)

State law reference

Similar provisions, M.S. § 169.42.