Section 51-12-50 - Measure of damages for converted timber; presumption

(a) When a plaintiff, other than a plaintiff under Code Section 51-12-51, recovers for timber cut or cut and carried away, the measure of damages shall be:(1) Treble the fair market value of the trees cut as they stood;(2) Treble the diminished fair market value of any trees incidentally harmed;(3) Costs of reasonable reforestation activities related to the plaintiff's injury; and(4) Attorney fees and expenses of litigation.(b) When the defendant is a willful trespasser, the plaintiff may also recover punitive damages.(c) When the boundary lines of the property have been clearly and accurately marked, it shall be presumed that the defendant was a willful trespasser.Amended by 2021 Ga. Laws 255,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2021.Amended by 2014 Ga. Laws 619,§ 7, eff. 7/1/2014.