Boonville Injury to trees, shrubbery and other property ordinance (§ 14-47)
Chapter 14: Offenses: Miscellaneous · Article III. Offenses Against Property
In short: No one may cut, damage or destroy trees, shrubs or plants on another's land or along streets, parks and public places, pick fruit from them, or damage public benches, fountains, fences or streetlights.
Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.
No person shall willfully and without authority cut down, pull or root up, saw, peel, cut, hack, pluck, break, injure, damage or destroy any tree, shrub plant growing on the land of another or in or along any street, park or public place or pick, destroy or carry therefrom any portion of the fruit of any cultivated tree, vine or bush; nor shall they damage, destroy, break or injure any fence, fountain, bench, seat, trash receptacle, city-owned streetlight pole and light or other property in or along any street, park or public place.
Official source: City of Boonville official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 14-47
Text from Supplement 8 (December 2025), through Ordinance 4678 of December 16, 2024.
Last checked October 30, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.