2006 Code of Virginia § 59.1-111 - Unauthorized use of dealer\'s branding iron, or defacing, etc., marks made by it

59.1-111. Unauthorized use of dealer's branding iron, or defacing, etc.,marks made by it.

Every timber dealer may have a branding iron or hammer with which to impresssuch brand or trademark on a log, tree or other timber; and any person whoshall use such branding iron or hammer or have or use one of like form andmaking the same brand or trademark, or who shall intentionally and withoutauthority in writing remove, deface, or obliterate or destroy such brand ortrademark when once impressed or placed on a log, tree or other timber shallbe guilty of a felony, and for each offense shall be confined in thepenitentiary not less than one nor more than three years.

(Code 1950, 59-208; 1968, c. 439.)