                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LARCENY OF TIMBER; PENALTY (§ 55.1-2838)

A. Any person who knowingly and willfully takes, steals, and removes from the
lands of another any timber growing, standing, or lying on the lands is guilty
of larceny. Any person so convicted shall be ordered to pay restitution
calculated pursuant to &#xA7; 55.1-2836.

B. In a criminal prosecution pursuant to subsection A, it shall be prima facie
evidence of the intent to steal the timber if the timber was harvested or
removed from property marked with readily visible paint marks not more than 100
feet apart on trees or posts along the property line, where the paint marks were
vertical lines at least two inches in width and at least eight inches in length
and the center of the mark was not less than three feet nor more than six feet
from the ground or normal water surface.

HISTORY: 2004, cc. 604, 615, § 55-334.1; 2019, c. 712.