Massachusetts § 44 Forest cutting practices; exempted cuttings

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 44 — Forest cutting practices; exempted cuttings

Massachusetts § 44

Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

Title XIXAGRICULTURE AND CONSERVATION

Ch. 132FORESTRY

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 132, § 44 (2026).

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Section 44. The provisions of sections forty-two and forty-three shall not apply to (1) cutting by an owner or tenant of any forest product for his own noncommercial use;

(2)cutting or sale of such products by any owner to an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand board feet or fifty cords on any parcel of land at any one time;

(3)cutting for clearance or maintenance on rights of way pertaining to public utilities and public highways;

(4)clearing land for building or for purposes of cultivation or (5) maintenance cutting in pastures.

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Section 44. The provisions of sections forty-two and forty-three shall not apply to (1) cutting by an owner or tenant of any forest product for his own noncommercial use; (2) cutting or sale of such products by any owner to an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand board feet or fifty cords on any parcel of land at any one time; (3) cutting for clearance or maintenance on rights of way pertaining to public utilities and public highways; (4) clearing land for building or for purposes of cultivation or (5) maintenance cutting in pastures.

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