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If such timber shall not be claimed by the owner thereof within thirty days after such publication it shall be lawful for the magistrate to order the sale thereof at public auction by an officer after giving five days’ notice of the time, place, and terms of such sale by not less than six handbills posted in the most public places in the vicinity where the same was found and within the county wherein the magistrate serves. Out of the proceeds of such sale the magistrate, after paying the expenses of the advertisement and handbills, together with all the other costs of such proceeding at law, shall pay to the person or persons who found and secured the timber ten cents for each piece thereof so taken and secured, and the residue of such proceeds of sale shall be paid into the state treasury for the benefit of the Commonwealth.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":265326,"text":"Any person, except the owner thereof, taking up and securing any sawlog, pile, hewn timber or square timber detached from any raft and found adrift or aground on any of the waters or streams mentioned in \u00a7 59.1-103, shall promptly report such fact to the owner thereof, or shall lodge a list containing a description of the quantity, quality, and marks, if any, of such timber with a magistrate serving the jurisdiction where such timber was so found and secured, which magistrate shall promptly advertise the same for five consecutive days in a newspaper published in the City of Norfolk. If such timber shall not be claimed by the owner thereof within thirty days after such publication it shall be lawful for the magistrate to order the sale thereof at public auction by an officer after giving five days’ notice of the time, place, and terms of such sale by not less than six handbills posted in the most public places in the vicinity where the same was found and within the county wherein the magistrate serves. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 1968, chapter 439; in 2008, chapters 551<\/a> and 691<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":59903,"section_number":"59.1-103","catch_line":"Persons engaged in lumbering or rafting on certain waters may adopt mark of designation","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-103\/"}],"permalink":{"id":263079,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73782,"identifier":"59.1-106","token":"59.1\/8\/59.1-106","url":"\/59.1-106\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-106\/","token":"59.1\/8\/59.1-106","dublin_core":{"Title":"Sale of unclaimed timber, etc., found adrift; disposition of proceeds","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-106","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person, except the owner thereof, taking up and securing any sawlog, pile, hewn timber or square timber detached from any raft and found adrift or aground on any of the waters or streams mentioned in \u00a7 59.1-103<\/a>, shall promptly report such fact<\/span> to the owner thereof, or shall lodge a list containing a description of the quantity, quality, and marks, if any, of such timber with a magistrate<\/span> serving the jurisdiction<\/span> where such timber was so found and secured, which magistrate<\/span> shall promptly advertise the same for five consecutive days in a newspaper published in the City of Norfolk. If such timber shall not be claimed by the owner thereof within thirty days after such publication it shall be lawful for the magistrate<\/span> to order<\/span> the sale thereof at public auction by an officer after giving five days’ notice of the time, place, and terms of such sale by not less than six handbills posted in the most public places in the vicinity where the same was found and within the county wherein the magistrate<\/span> serves. Out of the proceeds of such sale the magistrate<\/span>, after paying the expenses of the advertisement and handbills, together with all the other costs of such proceeding at law<\/span>, shall pay to the person or persons who found and secured the timber ten cents for each piece thereof so taken and secured, and the residue of such proceeds of sale shall be paid into the state treasury for the benefit of the Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSALE OF UNCLAIMED TIMBER, ETC., FOUND ADRIFT; DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS (\u00a7\n59.1-106)\n\nAny person, except the owner thereof, taking up and securing any sawlog, pile,\nhewn timber or square timber detached from any raft and found adrift or aground\non any of the waters or streams mentioned in \u00a7 59.1-103, shall promptly report\nsuch fact to the owner thereof, or shall lodge a list containing a description\nof the quantity, quality, and marks, if any, of such timber with a magistrate\nserving the jurisdiction where such timber was so found and secured, which\nmagistrate shall promptly advertise the same for five consecutive days in a\nnewspaper published in the City of Norfolk. If such timber shall not be claimed\nby the owner thereof within thirty days after such publication it shall be\nlawful for the magistrate to order the sale thereof at public auction by an\nofficer after giving five days’ notice of the time, place, and terms of\nsuch sale by not less than six handbills posted in the most public places in the\nvicinity where the same was found and within the county wherein the magistrate\nserves. Out of the proceeds of such sale the magistrate, after paying the\nexpenses of the advertisement and handbills, together with all the other costs\nof such proceeding at law, shall pay to the person or persons who found and\nsecured the timber ten cents for each piece thereof so taken and secured, and\nthe residue of such proceeds of sale shall be paid into the state treasury for\nthe benefit of the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 59-203; 1968, c. 439; 2008, cc. 551, 691.","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}}