§ 14034 Herbicide Damage Liability

This law says you can still be held responsible if you damage someone else's property by using a weed‑killer that the director has listed in the rules.

Key Takeaways

•You are not protected from being sued for property damage caused by certain herbicides.
•The rule applies only to herbicides that the director has officially listed.
•Always be careful when using those weed‑killers near other people's property.

Example

A farmer sprays a herbicide on his field and the spray drifts onto his neighbor’s garden, killing the neighbor’s flowers.

Even though the farmer was following the rules, the law says he can still be sued for the damage because the herbicide he used is one of the ones named by the director.

This article does not relieve any person from liability for any damage to the property of another person which is caused by the use of any herbicide which is named in the regulations which are adopted by the director. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

This law says you can still be held responsible if you damage someone else's property by using a weed‑killer that the director has listed in the rules.

Key Takeaways

•You are not protected from being sued for property damage caused by certain herbicides.
•The rule applies only to herbicides that the director has officially listed.
•Always be careful when using those weed‑killers near other people's property.

Example

A farmer sprays a herbicide on his field and the spray drifts onto his neighbor’s garden, killing the neighbor’s flowers.

Even though the farmer was following the rules, the law says he can still be sued for the damage because the herbicide he used is one of the ones named by the director.

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§ 14034 Herbicide Damage Liability

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