Delaware § 1101 - Unauthorized removal of landmarks and marking of boundary trees; penalty.

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§ 1101. Unauthorized removal of landmarks and marking of boundary trees; penalty.

No person shall cut, fell, alter or remove any boundary tree or other landmark, nor shall any person, without lawful authority, mark any boundary tree upon any land that is not person’s own, under penalty of forfeiting $200 to the party wronged.

Code 1852, §  987;  Code 1915, §  3616;  Code 1935, §  4165;  25 Del. C. 1953, §  1101;  69 Del. Laws, c. 359, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1; 

Source: official Delaware text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 1101 ("Unauthorized removal of landmarks and marking of boundary trees; penalty.") is part of the Delaware Code, the codified statutory law of Delaware. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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