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Section 981.01 | Timber Dealers May Adopt a Trade-Mark.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Persons, firms, or corporations dealing in timber in any form shall be known as “timber dealers,” and may adopt a trade-mark in the manner and with the effect provided in sections 981.02 to 981.04, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

Section 981.02 | Trade-Mark – Application – Exclusive Property.

Effective: May 9, 2000 Latest Legislation: House Bill 495 – 123rd General Assembly A timber dealer desiring to adopt a trade-mark under section 981.01 of the Revised Code may do so by executing in writing in form and effect as follows: “Trade-mark. Notice is hereby given that I (we) have adopted the following trade-mark, to […]

Section 981.03 | Trade-Mark to Be Stamped on Timber.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The proprietor of a trade-mark under section 981.02 of the Revised Code shall cause it to be plainly stamped, branded, or impressed upon each piece of timber upon which it is used. On the sale of such timber and at the request […]

Section 981.04 | Trade-Mark Evidence of Ownership.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly In an action or contest in which the title to trade-marked timber is in question, such trade-mark, in the absence of proof to the contrary, is prima-facie evidence that such timber is the property of the proprietor of such trade-mark.

Section 981.05 | Compensation for Securing Drift Timber.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly A person taking and securing boats, fleets of timber rafts, platforms, logs or trees prepared for the purpose of sale, crossties, railroad ties, boards, planks, staves, heading, or timber prepared for market, the property of another, found adrift in the Ohio river […]

Section 981.06 | Additional Compensation.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly A person taking a raft, fleet, or platform, as provided in section 981.05 of the Revised Code, in addition to the fees provided in such section, shall receive a reasonable compensation for keeping and caring for such property not exceeding the following […]

Section 981.07 | Sale of Drift Timber to Secure Compensation.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly If the owner of a fleet, raft, platform, log, or tree prepared for the purpose of sale, a crosstie, railroad tie, board, plank, stave, heading, or timber prepared for market, fails to pay the sum chargeable thereon under sections 981.05 and 981.06 […]

Section 981.08 | Disposition of Moneys.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The officer making a sale under section 981.07 of the Revised Code shall pay to the person to whom the charges are due the legal fees and charges, and after deducting his commission, which shall be as upon sales under execution, shall […]

Section 981.09 | Liability of Constable.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly For any failure to perform his duties under sections 981.07 and 981.08 of the Revised Code, the constable or other officer is liable on his official bond to the party injured thereby.

Section 981.10 | Duty of Clerk.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly If the owner of drift timber recovered under section 981.05 of the Revised Code, within one year from the date of sale, appears before the clerk of the court of common pleas to whom the money has been paid, as provided in […]

Section 981.11 | Unauthorized Use of Timber Dealer’s Trade-Mark.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly No person shall use or attempt to use a trade-mark, adopted as required by sections 981.01 to 981.04, inclusive, of the Revised Code, by a person, firm, or corporation dealing in timber, without the written consent of the owner thereof. Whoever violates […]

Section 981.13 | Defacing Trade-Mark on Timber.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly No person shall intentionally and without lawful authority remove, deface, or destroy a trade-mark, the owner of which has complied with sections 981.01 to 981.04, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and has plainly stamped, branded, or otherwise impressed it upon the piece […]

Section 981.14 | Secreting Timber on Which Is Stamped a Trade-Mark.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly No person shall intentionally take a piece of timber upon which is stamped, branded, or impressed a trade-mark, the owner of which has complied with sections 981.01 to 981.04, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and put it in such a position or […]

Section 981.99 | Penalty.

Effective: January 1, 1974 Latest Legislation: House Bill 511 – 109th General Assembly (A) Whoever violates section 981.11 or 981.13 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (B) Whoever violates section 981.12 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (C) Whoever violates section […]