Section 5-38-214 - Willful removal or destruction of landmarks established by legal survey

(a) Any person who willfully cuts down, destroys, defaces, removes, or carries off any witness tree, monument, or other landmark established by legal survey and used to delineate a boundary line is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.(b) Furthermore, in any civil suit involving damages to property arising from the removal or destruction of a marker established by a legal survey, the complaining party is entitled to recover three (3) times the damages.Acts 1963, No. 247, § 1; 1977, No. 807, § 7; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-1976; Acts 2005, No. 1994, § 348.