Every person who shall cut or remove, or cause to be cut or removed, any timber growing or being upon any public lands of the state, including a Christmas tree as defined in *RCW 76.48.020, or who shall manufacture the same into logs, bolts, shingles, lumber or other articles of use or commerce, unless expressly authorized so to do by a bill of sale from the state, or by a lease or contract from the state under which he or she holds possession of such lands, or by provisions of law under which the bill of sale, lease or contract was issued, shall be liable to the state for treble the value of the timber or other articles cut, removed, or manufactured, to be recovered in a civil action, and shall forfeit to the state all interest in any article into which the timber is manufactured.
RCW 79.02.320
Removal of timber—Treble damages.
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Clipse v. Michels Pipeline Construction, Inc. (2010)
Most recently applied in Clipse v. Michels Pipeline Construction, Inc. (February 2010)
2009 c 349 s 3; 1927 c 255 s 199; RRS s 7797-199
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.