134.60 Cutting or transportation of evergreens. No person may cut for sale in its natural condition and untrimmed, with or without roots, any evergreen or coniferous tree, branch, bough, bush, sapling or shrub, from the lands of another without the written consent of the owner, whether such land is publicly or privately owned. The written consent shall contain the legal description of the land where the tree, branch, bough, bush, sapling or shrub was cut, as well as the name of the legal owner. The written consent or a certified copy of the consent shall be carried by every person in charge of the cutting or removing of the trees, branches, boughs, bushes, saplings or shrubs, and shall be exhibited to any officer of the law, forest ranger, forest patrol officer, conservation warden, or other officer of the department of natural resources at the officer's request at any time. The officer may inspect the trees, branches, boughs, bushes, saplings or shrubs when being transported in any vehicle or other means of conveyance and may investigate to determine whether or not this section has been complied with. The officer may stop any vehicle or means of conveyance found carrying any trees, branches, boughs, bushes, saplings or shrubs upon any public highway of this state for the purpose of making such inspection and investigation, and may seize and hold, subject to the order of the court, any such trees, bushes, saplings or shrubs found being cut, removed or transported in violation of this section. No person may ship or transport any such trees, bushes, saplings or shrubs outside the county where they were cut unless the person attaches to the outside of each package, box, bale, truckload or carload shipped a tag or label on which appears the person's name and address. No common carrier or truck hauler may receive for shipment or transportation any such trees, bushes, saplings or shrubs unless the tag or label is attached. Any person who violates this section shall be fined not less than $10 nor more than $100. Any person who signs any such written consent or certified copy under this section who is not authorized to do so, and any person who lends or transfers or offers to lend or transfer any such written consent or certified copy to another person who is not entitled to use it, and any person not entitled to use any such written consent or certified copy, or who borrows, receives or solicits from another any such written consent or certified copy thereof shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500.
History: 1975 c. 365, 366; 1975 c. 394 s. 27; 1975 c. 421; 1979 c. 342; 1981 c. 314.
Cross-reference: See s. 23.50 concerning enforcement procedure.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 134 - Miscellaneous trade regulations.
134.01 - Injury to business; restraint of will.
134.02 - Blacklisting and coercion of employees.
134.03 - Preventing pursuit of work.
134.04 - Sale of certain merchandise by employers to employees prohibited; penalty.
134.05 - Bribery of agent, etc.
134.06 - Bonus to chauffeurs for purchases, forbidden.
134.10 - Invading right to choose insurance agent or insurer by persons engaged in financing.
134.15 - Issuing and using what is not money; contracts void.
134.16 - Fraudulently receiving deposits.
134.17 - Corporate name, recording, amendment, discontinuance, unlawful use.
134.18 - Use of, evidence of obtaining credit.
134.19 - Fraud on exemption laws.
134.20 - Fraudulent issuance or use of warehouse receipts or bills of lading.
134.205 - Warehouse keepers to keep register; liability for damages; penalty for fraud.
134.21 - Penalty for unauthorized presentation of dramatic plays, etc.
134.23 - Motion picture fair practices.
134.25 - Misbranding of gold articles.
134.26 - Misbranding of sterling silver articles.
134.27 - Misbranding of coin silver articles.
134.28 - Misbranding of base silver articles.
134.29 - Testing of silver articles.
134.30 - Misbranding of gold plated articles.
134.31 - Misbranding of silver-plated articles.
134.32 - Penalty for violations of ss. 134.25 to 134.31.
134.34 - Duplication of vessel hulls and parts.
134.345 - Form retention and disposal.
134.35 - Time of filing endorsed on telegrams delivered.
134.36 - Telegraph; divulging message; preference in sending, etc.
134.37 - Divulging message or forging receipt.
134.38 - Companies to post copies of s. 134.37.
134.39 - Fraudulent knowledge of dispatch; injury to wires; interference.
134.405 - Purchase and sale of certain scrap material.
134.41 - Poles and wires on private property without owner's consent.
134.43 - Privacy and cable television.
134.45 - Contracts restricting days for exhibiting motion picture films; penalty.
134.46 - Exhibition of explicit sexual material at outdoor theater.
134.48 - Contracts for the display of free newspapers.
134.49 - Renewals and extensions of business contracts.
134.50 - Poultry dealing regulations.
134.52 - Shipment of chickens.
134.53 - Transportation and sale of cattle.
134.57 - Detectives, settlement with employees.
134.58 - Use of unauthorized persons as officers.
134.59 - Felons, burglar alarm installation.
134.60 - Cutting or transportation of evergreens.
134.63 - Nitrous oxide; restrictions on sales; records of certain sales; labeling.
134.65 - Cigarette and tobacco products retailer license.
134.66 - Restrictions on sale or gift of cigarettes or nicotine or tobacco products.
134.69 - Peddling finger alphabet cards prohibited.
134.695 - Antique dealers and recyclers.
134.71 - Pawnbrokers and secondhand article and jewelry dealers.
134.715 - Flea markets; proof of ownership, receipts, returns.
134.72 - Prohibition of certain unsolicited messages by facsimile machine.
134.73 - Identification of prisoner making telephone solicitation.
134.74 - Nondisclosure of information on receipts.
134.77 - Beverage container regulation.
134.80 - Home heating fuel dealers.
134.81 - Water heater thermostat settings.
134.85 - Automated teller machines; international charges.
134.87 - Repair, replacement and refund under new motorized wheelchair warranties.
134.90 - Uniform trade secrets act.
134.91 - Sale of dextromethorphan to a minor without prescription prohibited.
134.93 - Payment of commissions to independent sales representatives.
134.95 - Violations against elderly or disabled persons.
134.96 - Use of lodging establishments.
134.97 - Disposal of records containing personal information.
134.98 - Notice of unauthorized acquisition of personal information.