§ 5-4-13 — Civil liability for waste or unauthorized removal of wood from public lands--Disposition of moneys recovered.

Any person who violates any provision of § 5-4-11 or 5-4-12 shall, in addition to the criminal action therein provided for, be liable in a civil action for double the minimum rental of any legal subdivision used in whole or in part, and for double the damages otherwise resulting from his act. All moneys recovered as a result of such actions shall be paid into the county treasury of the proper county and placed to the credit of the interest and income fund of the class to which the lands belong. Moneys received by county treasurers under the provisions of this section and §§ 5-4-11 and 5-4-12 shall be accounted for and remitted monthly to the commissioner of school and public lands.

Legislative History

SL 1890, ch 140, § 3; SL 1901, ch 184, §§ 4, 5; RPenC 1903, § 540; SL 1909, ch 95, § 1; SL 1911, ch 253, § 1; RC 1919, § 3834; SDC 1939, § 37.1909; SL 1984, ch 34, § 7; SL 1989, ch 30, § 11.