Iowa Code 658.4 – Treble damages for injury to trees
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 658.4
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
- property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
658.4 Treble damages for injury to trees.
For willfully injuring any timber, tree, or shrub on the land of another, or in the street or highway in front of another’s cultivated ground, yard, or city lot, or on the public grounds of any city, or any land held by the state for any purpose whatever, the perpetrator shall pay treble damages at the suit of any person entitled to protect or enjoy the property.
[C51, §2137; R60, §3719; C73, §3335; C97, §4306; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12405; C46, 50, 54,
58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §658.4]
For willfully injuring any timber, tree, or shrub on the land of another, or in the street or highway in front of another’s cultivated ground, yard, or city lot, or on the public grounds of any city, or any land held by the state for any purpose whatever, the perpetrator shall pay treble damages at the suit of any person entitled to protect or enjoy the property.
[C51, §2137; R60, §3719; C73, §3335; C97, §4306; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12405; C46, 50, 54,
58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §658.4]