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The timber buyer’s failure to make payment in full within 10 days after such mailing or personal delivery shall constitute prima facie evidence of such buyer’s intent to violate the provisions of subsection A. 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This law was first created in 2019. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 348<\/a> and 353<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1475363,"object_type":"law","relational_id":369827,"identifier":"55.1-2839","token":"55.1\/V\/28\/8\/55.1-2839","url":"\/55.1-2839\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2839\/","token":"55.1\/V\/28\/8\/55.1-2839","dublin_core":{"Title":"Larceny of timber; failure to remit payment to owner; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2839","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any person who buys timber directly from the owner of the land on which the timber is grown shall make payment in full to the owner by the date specified in the written timber sales agreement or, if there is no such written agreement, within 60 days from the date that the buyer removes the timber from the property. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any person who, without the consent of the seller, fails to make payment in full within the time period established by subsection A is guilty of timber theft, which is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>, and shall be ordered to pay restitution<\/span> equal to three times the value of the timber established in the timber sale agreement, whether written or oral, in addition to any penalties imposed by the court<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> No person shall be prosecuted under this section if he remits payment in full within the time period established by subsection A or D to a person he believes in good faith to be the rightful owner of the timber. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> An owner of land who does not receive payment in full within the time period established in subsection A may notify the timber buyer in writing of his demand for payment at such buyer’s last known address by certified mail or by personal delivery. The timber buyer’s failure to make payment in full within 10 days after such mailing or personal delivery shall constitute prima facie evidence<\/span> of such buyer’s intent<\/span> to violate the provisions of subsection A. However, no person who remits payment in full within 10 days after such demand for payment shall be prosecuted for violating the provisions of subsection A, notwithstanding his failure to remit payment in full within the time period established in subsection A. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLARCENY OF TIMBER; FAILURE TO REMIT PAYMENT TO OWNER; PENALTY (\u00a7 55.1-2839)\n\nA. Any person who buys timber directly from the owner of the land on which the\ntimber is grown shall make payment in full to the owner by the date specified in\nthe written timber sales agreement or, if there is no such written agreement,\nwithin 60 days from the date that the buyer removes the timber from the\nproperty.\n\nB. Any person who, without the consent of the seller, fails to make payment in\nfull within the time period established by subsection A is guilty of timber\ntheft, which is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor, and shall be ordered to pay\nrestitution equal to three times the value of the timber established in the\ntimber sale agreement, whether written or oral, in addition to any penalties\nimposed by the court.\n\nC. No person shall be prosecuted under this section if he remits payment in full\nwithin the time period established by subsection A or D to a person he believes\nin good faith to be the rightful owner of the timber.\n\nD. An owner of land who does not receive payment in full within the time period\nestablished in subsection A may notify the timber buyer in writing of his demand\nfor payment at such buyer’s last known address by certified mail or by\npersonal delivery. The timber buyer’s failure to make payment in full\nwithin 10 days after such mailing or personal delivery shall constitute prima\nfacie evidence of such buyer’s intent to violate the provisions of\nsubsection A. However, no person who remits payment in full within 10 days after\nsuch demand for payment shall be prosecuted for violating the provisions of\nsubsection A, notwithstanding his failure to remit payment in full within the\ntime period established in subsection A.\n\nHISTORY: 2019, cc. 348, 353, \u00a7 55-334.2.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}