Virginia § 59.1-114 Unlawful cutting down, possessing or converting branded timber

Virginia Statutes

§ 59.1-114 — Unlawful cutting down, possessing or converting branded timber

Virginia § 59.1-114

Title 59.1TRADE AND COMMERCE

Ch. 8TIMBER BRANDS

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Va. Code Ann. § 59.1-114 (2026).

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Any person who shall cut down a tree or shall knowingly have in his possession a log or other timber that has been so branded, without the written consent of its owner, and claiming it as his own, or who shall convert it to his own use or offer to sell same, shall be guilty of a felony and punished by confinement in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than two years for each offense, unless the defendant in such case show a bona fide adverse claim or color of title to the timber or logs in question obtained before such branding.

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Any person who shall cut down a tree or shall knowingly have in his possession a log or other timber that has been so branded, without the written consent of its owner, and claiming it as his own, or who shall convert it to his own use or offer to sell same, shall be guilty of a felony and punished by confinement in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than two years for each offense, unless the defendant in such case show a bona fide adverse claim or color of title to the timber or logs in question obtained before such branding.