44-1723. Unlawful activities; civil action

The owner of a container may file a civil action for and shall be awarded damages, injunctive relief or the provisional remedy of replevin or any such combination against a person who, without the owner's consent, does any of the following:

1. Removes the owner's container from the owner's or a recipient's premises or parking area.

2. Uses or knowingly possesses the owner's container that has been removed from the owner's or a recipient's premises or parking area.

3. Obliterates, covers, removes or otherwise alters the name or mark on the owner's container.

4. Abandons or leaves the owner's container at a location other than the owner's or a recipient's premises or parking area.

5. Alters, converts, destroys or tampers with the owner's container.

6. Sells the owner's container to or purchases the owner's container from someone other than the owner.

7. Refuses to return the owner's container on demand of the owner.