Rhode Island § 34-20-1 § 34-20-1. Liability for unauthorized cutting of trees or wood.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 34-20-1 — § 34-20-1. Liability for unauthorized cutting of trees or wood.

Rhode Island § 34-20-1

Title 34Property

Ch. 34-20Trespass and Actions for Possession

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-20-1 (2026).

Text

§ 34-20-1. Liability for unauthorized cutting of trees or wood.
Except as provided for in chapter 34 of title 39, every person who shall cut, destroy, or carry away any tree, timber, wood, or underwood
            whatsoever, lying or growing on the land of any other person, without leave of the
            owner thereof, shall, for every such trespass, pay the party injured twice the value
            of any tree so cut, destroyed, or carried away; and for the wood or underwood, thrice
            the value thereof; to be recovered by civil action.
         

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§ 34-20-1. Liability for unauthorized cutting of trees or wood.

Except as provided for in chapter 34 of title 39, every person who shall cut, destroy, or carry away any tree, timber, wood, or underwood whatsoever, lying or growing on the land of any other person, without leave of the owner thereof, shall, for every such trespass, pay the party injured twice the value of any tree so cut, destroyed, or carried away; and for the wood or underwood, thrice the value thereof; to be recovered by civil action.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 270, § 1; C.P.A. 1905, § 1168; G.L. 1909, ch. 335, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 386, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 588, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 34-20-1; P.L. 1965, ch. 72, § 1; P.L. 2024, ch. 406, § 4, effective June 26, 2024.