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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 13 Sec. 3606a

  • Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
  • Timber: means :

§ 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 the timber or forest product; or

(2) deface the mark of a log, forest product, or other valuable timber in a river or other place.

(b) Any person who violates subsection (a) of this section shall:

(1) for a first offense, be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $20,000.00, or both; or

(2) for a second or subsequent offense, be imprisoned not more than two years or fined not more than $50,000.00, or both. (Added 2015, No. 106 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)