Alabama Code 9-13-63. Record of purchases, etc., of manufactured or semimanufactured forest products; provision of false information to purchasers, etc.; failure to maintain record, etc
Terms Used In Alabama Code 9-13-63
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
Any person, firm, or corporation buying, contracting to buy, or otherwise acquiring logs, poles, piling, crossties, pulpwood, veneer bolts, stave bolts, or other unmanufactured or semimanufactured forest products shall keep a written record in this state of every such purchase. The record shall contain the name of the person or persons from whom the product was acquired, the county from which the timber or other forest product was severed, the amount thereof and the date of delivery, which information shall be obtained from the person or persons from whom the product was acquired. This record shall be a true, accurate, and correct statement of the transaction as provided for in this section. Any person who knowingly gives false information to the purchaser of the product or who willfully misstates the facts with intent to defraud is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1000, or a jail sentence of not less than 10 days nor more than one year or both fine and imprisonment. The purchaser shall be entitled to rely upon the information furnished by the seller. The information given under this section shall be kept by the person or persons acquiring the forest products and shall be available, during business hours, to a duly authorized agent or employee of the State Forestry Commission. The record shall be kept available for a period of not less than three years. Any person, firm, or corporation failing to keep the record or in any manner falsifying it is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than nor more than $1000, or a jail sentence of not less than 10 days nor more than a year or both fine and imprisonment.