Tennessee § 43-28-301 - Branding authorized — “Timber” defined.
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§ 43-28-301. Branding authorized — “Timber” defined.
Any person, firm, or corporation dealing in timber is authorized to adopt a brand in the manner and with the effect provided by this part. For the purposes of this part, “timber” means and includes trees, whether standing, lying down, or prepared for sale, sawlogs and other logs, cross and railroad ties, boards, planks, staves and headings, and all other timber cut or prepared for market. Acts 1901, ch. 54, § 1; Shan., § 3608a78; Code 1932, § 6771; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 68-301. Cross-References. Allocation of net receipts of timber during administration of trust, § 35-6-412 . Burglary of timber, § 39-14-410 . Cutting timber as adverse possession, § 28-2-101 . Leaving fire near woodland unattended, § 39-14-305 . Sale of timber as surplus personal property, § 12-2-112 . State forests, title 11, ch. 4. Statewide uniformity of harvest or severance taxes, § 67-1-111 . Tax lien, protection of timber, title 67, ch. 5, part 23. Timber harvesting, § 69-3-138 . Timber on land subject to redemption, waste, § 66-8-104 . Vehicles hauling timber, pulpwood or logs, securing of loads, § 55-7-107 . Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 24 Tenn. Juris., Trees and Timber, § 2. Collateral References. Logging 36.
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