§ 3601. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) “Diameter breast height” or “DBH” means the diameter of a standing tree at four and one-half feet from the ground. (2) “Harvest” means the cutting, felling, or removal of timber. (3) “Harvest unit” means the area of land from which timber will be harvested or the […]
§ 3602. Valuation of trees or timber Any person who is entitled to damages pursuant to section 3606 of this title or who is entitled to restitution for a violation of section 3606a of this title may provide an assessment of the value, based upon the kind, condition, location, and use of the timber cut […]
§ 3603. Marking harvest units As a best management practice, a landowner who authorizes timber harvesting or who in fact harvests timber should clearly and accurately mark the harvest unit with visible means. (Added 2009, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; amended 2015, No. 106 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
§ 3604. Exemptions The cutting, felling, or destruction of a tree or the harvest of timber by the following shall not be subject to a civil action under section 3606 of this title or a criminal penalty under section 3606a of this title: (1) The Agency of Transportation, or its representatives, conducting vegetation management. (2) […]
§ 3606. Trespass; civil action (a) In addition to any other civil liability or criminal penalty allowed by law, if a person cuts down, fells, destroys, removes, injures, damages, or carries away any timber placed or growing for any use or purpose whatsoever, or forest products standing, lying, or growing belonging to another person, without […]
§ 3606a. Trespass; criminal penalty (a) No person shall knowingly or recklessly: (1) cut down, fell, destroy, remove, injure, damage, or carry away any timber or forest product placed or growing for any use or purpose whatsoever, or timber or forest product lying or growing belonging to another person, without permission from the owner of […]
§ 3609. Transportation of trees; evidence A person found transporting upon a public highway one or more pine, spruce, hemlock, cedar, or other evergreen trees, under such condition or circumstances as to reasonably justify any police officer or a person from whom trees of such type have been stolen, or his or her employees, to […]
