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When the appraised value of the trees to be sold is more than $50,000, the Director, before selling them, shall receive bids, after notice by publication once a week for two weeks in two newspapers of general circulation; but the Director shall have the right to reject any and all bids and to readvertise for bids. The proceeds arising from the sale of the timber and trees from state park lands shall be paid into the State Park Conservation Resources Fund established in subsection A of \u00a7 10.1-202. The proceeds arising from the sale of the timber and trees from natural area preserves owned by the Department in fee simple shall be paid into the Natural Area Preservation Fund established in \u00a7 10.1-215.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":248021,"text":"For the purpose of managing Departmental lands or maintaining the production of forest products in Departmental lands, the Director, upon the recommendation of the State Forester, may designate and appraise trees to be cut under the principles of scientific forest management, and may sell them for not less than their appraised value. When the appraised value of the trees to be sold is more than $50,000, the Director, before selling them, shall receive bids, after notice by publication once a week for two weeks in two newspapers of general circulation; but the Director shall have the right to reject any and all bids and to readvertise for bids. The proceeds arising from the sale of the timber and trees from state park lands shall be paid into the State Park Conservation Resources Fund established in subsection A of \u00a7 10.1-202. 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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 891 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2003, chapters 79<\/a> and 89<\/a>; in 2007, chapter 158<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":56447,"section_number":"10.1-202","catch_line":"Gifts, funds, and fees designated for state parks; establishment of funds","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-202\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":56447,"section_number":"10.1-202","catch_line":"Gifts, funds, and fees designated for state parks; establishment of funds","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-202\/"},{"id":56366,"section_number":"10.1-215","catch_line":"Natural Area Preservation Fund established","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-215\/"}],"permalink":{"id":143435,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68512,"identifier":"10.1-113","token":"10.1\/I\/1\/3\/10.1-113","url":"\/10.1-113\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-113\/","token":"10.1\/I\/1\/3\/10.1-113","dublin_core":{"Title":"Sale of trees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-113","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

For the purpose of managing Departmental lands or maintaining the production of forest products in Departmental lands, the Director<\/span>, upon the recommendation of the State Forester, may designate and appraise trees to be cut under the principles of scientific forest management, and may sell them for not less than their appraised value. When the appraised value of the trees to be sold is more than $50,000, the Director<\/span>, before selling them, shall receive bids, after notice by publication once a week for two weeks in two newspapers of general circulation; but the Director<\/span> shall have the right to reject any and all bids and to readvertise for bids. The proceeds arising from the sale of the timber and trees from state park lands shall be paid into the State Park Conservation Resources Fund established in subsection A of \u00a7 10.1-202<\/a>. The proceeds arising from the sale of the timber and trees from natural area preserves owned by the Department<\/span> in fee simple shall be paid into the Natural Area Preservation Fund established in \u00a7 10.1-215<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSALE OF TREES (\u00a7 10.1-113)\n\nFor the purpose of managing Departmental lands or maintaining the production of\nforest products in Departmental lands, the Director, upon the recommendation of\nthe State Forester, may designate and appraise trees to be cut under the\nprinciples of scientific forest management, and may sell them for not less than\ntheir appraised value. When the appraised value of the trees to be sold is more\nthan $50,000, the Director, before selling them, shall receive bids, after\nnotice by publication once a week for two weeks in two newspapers of general\ncirculation; but the Director shall have the right to reject any and all bids\nand to readvertise for bids. The proceeds arising from the sale of the timber\nand trees from state park lands shall be paid into the State Park Conservation\nResources Fund established in subsection A of \u00a7 10.1-202. The proceeds arising\nfrom the sale of the timber and trees from natural area preserves owned by the\nDepartment in fee simple shall be paid into the Natural Area Preservation Fund\nestablished in \u00a7 10.1-215.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 891; 2003, cc. 79, 89; 2007, c. 158.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}