Idaho § 18-4616 - Defacing marks on logs or lumber
Full text of Idaho Idaho Statutes § 18-4616 — Defacing marks on logs or lumber, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 18-4616. Defacing marks on logs or lumber
Every person who cuts out, alters, mutilates, changes, disfigures, or defaces any legally recorded mark or marks made upon any log, lumber, or wood, or re-marks or puts a false mark thereon with intent to prevent the owner from discovering its identity, or places any mark upon, or cuts, saws, manufactures, or in any manner appropriates to his own use, or to the use of any other person, any prize log or timber, is guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. In any prosecution for a violation of the provisions of this section relating to prize logs it shall be sufficient to prove that such logs are prize logs without further proof of ownership.
[18-4616, added 1972, ch. 336, sec. 1, p. 939; am. 2006, ch. 71, sec. 15, p. 221.]
Source: official Idaho text · Last verified 2026-08-27
Frequently Asked Questions About Idaho § 18-4616
What does Idaho Statutes § 18-4616 cover?
Section 18-4616 ("Defacing marks on logs or lumber") is part of the Idaho Statutes, the codified statutory law of Idaho. 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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