                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SHERIFF&#8217;S SALE OF UNBRANDED TIMBER; RECOVERY BY OWNER; DISPOSITION OF
PROCEEDS (§ 59.1-115)

Every person who shall take, catch, hold or have in his possession any log or
other marketable timber, not branded as aforesaid, without the written consent
of the owner thereof, shall within ten days after catching, taking up, or
getting possession of the same, as aforesaid, report the same in writing to the
county clerk of the county in which such person resides, and thirty days after
such report is received the sheriff of such county shall sell the same publicly
at the courthouse door on the first day of a circuit court in the county, of
which notice shall be given by the sheriff for at least ten days by written or
printed notices posted at the front door of such courthouse or near thereto and
at one or more public places in the county. Any person owning such log or timber
may, however, recover the same, by satisfying the sheriff that he is entitled to
it, or by action of detinue, as provided by law. Such sale shall be made for
cash, and the proceeds when collected, after paying the expenses of sale,
including a fee of twenty-five cents for each log or piece of timber so sold,
shall be paid to the treasurer of the county for the benefit of the public
schools of the district in which the party reporting the same shall at that time
reside. Any person failing to report to such clerk, as aforesaid, or to turn
over the log or other timber to the sheriff, or any sheriff failing or refusing
to advertise and sell such log or timber, as aforesaid, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and fined not less than $10 nor more than $100 for each offense.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 59-212; 1968, c. 439.