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2018 Code of Virginia
Title 55 - Property and Conveyances
Chapter 18 - Trespasses; Fences
§ 55-331. Damages recoverable for timber cutting
Universal Citation: VA Code § 55-331 (2018)
If any person, firm or corporation, encroaches and cuts timber, except when acting prudently and under bona fide claim of right, the owner thereof shall, in addition to all other remedies afforded by law, have the benefit of a right to, and a summary remedy for recovery of, damages in an amount as hereinafter specified and recovered as hereinafter provided.
If the trespass is proven, the defendant shall have the burden of proving that he acted prudently and under a bona fide claim of right.
Code 1950, ยง 8-906; 1952, c. 658; 1968, c. 251; 1977, c. 624; 1993, c. 580; 2004, cc. 604, 615.
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