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2023 CODE OF GEORGIA
Title 51 - TORTS (§§ 51-1-1 — 51-16-5)
Chapter 12 - DAMAGES (§§ 51-12-1 — 51-12-80)
Article 3 - DAMAGES FOR CONVERSION OF TIMBER (§§ 51-12-50 — 51-12-51)
Section 51-12-50 - Measure of damages for converted timber; presumption
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GA Code § 51-12-50 (2023)
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- (a) When a plaintiff, other than a plaintiff under Code Section 51-12-51, recovers for timber cut or cut and carried away, the measure of damages shall be:
- (1) Treble the fair market value of the trees cut as they stood;
- (2) Treble the diminished fair market value of any trees incidentally harmed;
- (3) Costs of reasonable reforestation activities related to the plaintiff's injury; and
- (4) Attorney fees and expenses of litigation.
- (b) When the defendant is a willful trespasser, the plaintiff may also recover punitive damages.
- (c) When the boundary lines of the property have been clearly and accurately marked, it shall be presumed that the defendant was a willful trespasser.
Amended by 2021 Ga. Laws 255,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2021.
Amended by 2014 Ga. Laws 619,§ 7, eff. 7/1/2014.
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