Injuring vines, bushes, trees, or crops on land of another
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 22 Ohio App. 3d 136 - Denoyer v. Lamb (1984)
Most recently applied in Vande Ryt v. Peace (In re Peace) (October 2015)
Effective: January 1, 1974; Latest Legislation: House Bill 511 - 109th General Assembly
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
No person, without privilege to do so, shall recklessly cut down, destroy, girdle, or otherwise injure a vine, bush, shrub, sapling, tree, or crop standing or growing on the land of another or upon public land.
In addition to the penalty provided in section 901.99 of the Revised Code, whoever violates this section is liable in treble damages for the injury caused.
Official source: Ohio Laws & Administrative Rules (Legislative Service Commission). Reproduced from public-domain Ohio statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.