                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DAMAGES RECOVERABLE FOR TIMBER CUTTING (§ 55.1-2835)

If any person, firm, or corporation encroaches and cuts timber, except when
acting prudently and under bona fide claim of right, the owner of such timber
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
specified in this article and recovered as provided for in this article.
		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.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-906; 1952, c. 658; 1968, c. 251; 1977, c. 624, §
55-331; 1993, c. 580; 2004, cc. 604, 615; 2019, c. 712.