Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 151.051 · Subchapter B. UNAUTHORIZED HARVESTING OF TIMBER
DAMAGES FOR UNAUTHORIZED HARVESTING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person who harvests standing timber with knowledge that the harvesting is without the permission of the owner of the standing timber and a person who causes another person to harvest standing timber without the permission of the owner of the standing timber are jointly and severally liable to the owner for damages in an amount equal to the sum of the mill price of the timber harvested and all reasonable expenses incurred by the owner as a direct result of the unauthorized harvesting.
(b) Payment of damages by a person under this section does not preclude a prosecution of the person under Section 151.005 or 151.052.
(c) This section does not apply to the trimming or clearing of trees in the vicinity of a utility line or right-of-way.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 562, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Renumbered from Sec. 151.101 and amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 532, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 23 (H.B. 613), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.151.htm
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