Section 532.120 – Disposition of fees.
All fees collected by the State Forester under ORS 532.010 to 532.140 shall be paid into the State Treasury, credited to the State Forestry Department Account and available for expenses associated with ORS 532.010 to 532.140. [Amended by 1957 c.459 §5; 1961 c.253 §3; 1967 c.34 §6; 1989 c.767 §2]
Section 532.130 – Prohibitions generally.
(1) No person, unless permitted to do so under ORS 532.030, shall: (a) Put into any of the waters of this state or ship on any railroad or motor vehicle any forest products, or use any booming equipment as a part of the operation of the person in securing, rafting or floating forest products, without […]
Section 532.140 – Prohibited acts relating to branding or marking if intended to injure or defraud.
No person, with an intent to injure or defraud the owner, shall: (1) Falsely make, forge or counterfeit a mark or brand registered as provided in ORS 532.010 to 532.140 and use it in marking or branding forest products or booming equipment. (2) Cut out, destroy, alter, deface or obliterate any registered mark or brand […]
Section 532.990 – Penalties.
(1) Violation of any of the provisions of ORS 532.130 is a Class B misdemeanor. (2) Violation of any of the provisions of ORS 532.140 is a Class C felony. [Subsection (3) enacted as 1957 c.668 §22; 1983 c.89 §16; 1987 c.320 §238; 1993 c.47 §3; 2011 c.597 §224]
Section 530.990 – Penalties for forest management violations.
(1) Except for violations arising from activities under contract with the State Board of Forestry or the State Forestry Department, and subject to ORS 153.022, violation of any rule or order adopted pursuant to ORS 530.050 is a Class A violation. (2) Multiple violations of any rule or order adopted pursuant to ORS 530.050 shall […]
Section 532.010 – Definitions for ORS 532.010 to 532.140.
For purposes of ORS 532.010 to 532.140, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires: (1) “Booming equipment” includes boom sticks. (2) “Brand” means an identifying mark upon forest products or booming equipment, as provided by rule and regulation of the State Forester; but any brands in use and registered with the Public Utility Commission […]
Section 532.020 – Branding forest products and booming equipment required; rules.
(1) Except as provided in ORS 532.030, every person who puts into any of the waters of this state, ships on any motor vehicle or railroad any forest products, or uses any booming equipment as a part of an operation in securing, rafting or floating forest products, shall have a mark or brand previously selected […]
Section 532.030 – Branding optional east of crest of Cascade Mountains.
In view of the different conditions obtaining in the logging industry of this state between the parts of the state lying respectively east and west of the crest of the Cascade Mountains, forest products may be put into the waters of this state or shipped on railroads or motor vehicles without having thereon a registered […]
Section 532.040 – Ownership of forest products and booming equipment presumed from registered brands or catch brands thereupon.
All forest products and booming equipment having impressed thereupon a registered brand as provided in ORS 532.010 to 532.140 are presumed to belong to the person appearing on the records in the office of the State Forester as the owner of the brand. However, all forest products having impressed thereupon also a registered catch brand […]
Section 532.050 – Application for registration of brand; registration; rejection.
(1) Every person selecting a brand, before using it, shall make application for its registration in the office of the State Forester by depositing therein an impression stamped on a designated form, together with, in duplicate, a written statement duly signed and verified by the person or the agent of the person, containing a description […]