California Codes, Code of Civil Procedure - CCP, Part 2 — Of Civil Actions, Title 10 — Actions in Particular Cases, Chapter 2 — Actions for Nuisance, Waste,and Willful Trespass, in Certain Cases,on Real Property, Section 733
Any person who cuts down or carries off any wood or underwood, tree, or timber, or girdles or otherwise injures any tree or timber on the land of another person, or on the street or highway in front of any person’s house, village, or city lot, or cultivated grounds; or on the commons or public grounds of any city or town, or on the street or highway in front thereof, without lawful authority, is liable to the owner of such land, or to such city or town, for treble the amount of damages which may be assessed therefor, in a civil action, in any Court having jurisdiction.
Notes
Establishes liability for three times assessed damages against a person who, without lawful authority, cuts, carries off, girdles, or otherwise injures wood, underwood, trees, or timber on another’s land or on the specified streets, highways, cultivated grounds, commons, or public grounds. The treble damages are payable to the affected landowner, city, or town in a civil action.
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