A person who fraudulently brands timber property with a brand which the person knows or has reasonable cause to know is the registered brand of another person, or who knowingly alters, defaces, obliterates, or destroys a registered brand impressed or displayed upon timber property, or who knowingly sells or disposes of, or attempts to sell or dispose of, or to convert or appropriate to the person's own use, without the written consent of the owner, timber property impressed with or displaying upon it a registered brand of another person, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by imprisonment in jail for not more than six months, or by both.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection
Sec. 45.50.210. Application for registration of distinctive brand.
Sec. 45.50.220. Termination and renewal.
Sec. 45.50.230. Presumption from display.
Sec. 45.50.232. Reporting of lost logs to the department.
Sec. 45.50.234. Publication of notice of intent to claim abandoned property.
Sec. 45.50.235. Ownership of unbranded and abandoned timber property.
Sec. 45.50.237. Extension of period for recovery of timber property.
Sec. 45.50.240. Property rights in brand.
Sec. 45.50.250. Recording brand.
Sec. 45.50.260. Registration upon transfer.
Sec. 45.50.270. Publication of current list of brands.
Sec. 45.50.280. Certified copies of certificate or transfer instrument.
Sec. 45.50.290. Certificate of registration as evidence.
Sec. 45.50.300. Registration as constructive notice.
Sec. 45.50.310. Disposition of fees.
Sec. 45.50.320. Penalties for fraudulent branding or other acts.