Timber removed or transported
United States Code
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- 2024United States v. Derrick Thompson 4th Cir.
- 2023United States v. Casey Evans 4th Cir.
- 2019United States v. Schmidt 7th Cir.
- 2011United States v. Bansal 3d Cir.
- 2010Walters v. Fidelity Mortgage of California, Inc. E.D. Cal.
- 1995United States v. Jorge Saldivar, AKA Pablo Serna Garza, Jr. 6th Cir.
- 1995United States v. Wilcox 8th Cir.
- 1990United States v. Fogel 4th Cir.
- 1990United States v. Langston 11th Cir.
- 1988Associated Vessels Services, Inc. v. Verity D.D.C.
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Whoever cuts, or wantonly destroys any timber growing on the public lands of the United States; or Whoever removes any timber from said public lands, with intent to export or to dispose of the same; or Whoever, being the owner, master, pilot, operator, or consignee of any vessel, motor vehicle, or aircraft or the owner, director, or agent of any railroad, knowingly transports any timber so cut or removed from said lands, or lumber manufactured therefrom— Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. This section shall not prevent any miner or agriculturist from clearing his land in the ordinary working of his mining claim, or in the preparation of his farm for tillage, or from taking the timber necessary to support his improvements, or the taking of timber for the use of the United States; nor shall it interfere with or take away any right or privilege under any existing law of the United States to cut or remove timber from any public lands. (Source: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 787; Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 601(a)(8), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3498.))