Every
person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor:
(1) Except boom companies organized as corporations for the
purpose of catching or reclaiming and holding or disposing of
forest products for the benefit of the owners, and authorized to
do business under the laws of this state, who has or takes in tow
or into custody or possession or under control, without the
authorization of the owner of a registered mark or brand
thereupon, any forest products or booming equipment having
thereupon a mark or brand registered as required by the terms of
this chapter, or, with or without such authorization, any forest
products or booming equipment which may be branded under the
terms of this chapter with a registered mark or brand and having
no registered mark or brand impressed thereupon or cut therein;
or,
(2) Who impresses upon or cut in any forest products or
booming equipment a mark or brand that is false, forged or
counterfeit; or,
(3) Who interferes with, prevents, or obstructs the owner of
any registered mark or brand, or his or her duly authorized agent
or representative, entering into or upon any tidelands, marshes
or beaches of this state or any mill, mill site, mill yard or
mill boom or rafting or storage grounds or any forest products or
any raft or boom thereof for the purpose of searching for forest
products and booming equipment having impressed thereupon a
registered mark or brand belonging to him or her or retaking any
forest products or booming equipment so found by him or her; or,
(4) Who impresses or cuts a catch brand that is not
registered under the terms of this chapter upon or into any
forest products or booming equipment upon which there is a
registered mark or brand as authorized by the terms of this
chapter or a catch brand, whether registered or not, upon any
forest products or booming equipment that was not purchased or
lawfully acquired by him or her from the owner.
[2003 c 53 § 371; 1994 c 163 § 1; 1984 c 60 § 6; 1925 ex.s. c 154 § 11; RRS § 8381-11. Prior: 1890 p 112 § 8.]
NOTES:
Intent -- Effective date -- 2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.