South Carolina § 48-23-180 - Marking and tallying forestry products.
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§ 48-23-180. Marking and tallying forestry products.
The State Commission of Forestry may mark or tally trees under approved forestry practices preparatory to the cutting or using of such trees for lumber, veneer, poles, piling, pulpwood, cordwood and all other forest products when and if requested by the landowner or his agent. The landowner or his agent shall pay to the Commission for such services for forested tracts of five hundred acres or less five per cent of the sale price of the stumpage so marked within thirty days following the removal of the timber or ten per cent of the agreed upon value of the products so marked and for all forested tracts in excess of five hundred acres such amount on the first five hundred acres and twenty per cent of the sale price of the stumpage so marked upon all acres in excess of five hundred. Such amount shall be paid by the Commission to the State Treasurer and by him credited to the Federal revolving fund now in existence, for use for the purpose of this section and for general forestry purposes.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 29-19; 1952 Code SECTION 29-19; 1942 Code SECTION 3284-6; 1941 (42) 245.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 48-23-180 ("Marking and tallying forestry products.") is part of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the codified statutory law of South Carolina. 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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