Title 44, Forestry and Forest Products

For purposes of ORS 532.010 to 532.140, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires: (1) “Booming equipment” includes boom sticks. (2) “Brand” means an identifying mark upon forest products or booming equipment, as provided by rule and regulation of the State Forester…

(1) Except as provided in ORS 532.030, every person who puts into any of the waters of this state, ships on any motor vehicle or railroad any forest products, or uses any booming equipment as a part of an operation in securing, rafting or floating forest products, shall have a ma…

In view of the different conditions obtaining in the logging industry of this state between the parts of the state lying respectively east and west of the crest of the Cascade Mountains, forest products may be put into the waters of this state or shipped on railroads or motor veh…

All forest products and booming equipment having impressed thereupon a registered brand as provided in ORS 532.010 to 532.140 are presumed to belong to the person appearing on the records in the office of the State Forester as the owner of the brand. However, all forest products …

(1) Every person selecting a brand, before using it, shall make application for its registration in the office of the State Forester by depositing therein an impression stamped on a designated form, together with, in duplicate, a written statement duly signed and verified by the …

Every person desiring to use a catch brand as an identifying mark upon forest products or booming equipment purchased or lawfully acquired by the person from another shall, before using it, make application for its registration in the office of the State Forester in the manner pr…

A copy of brand registration certified by the State Forester or the deputy of the State Forester as a true copy and in good standing shall be received in all the courts of this state as evidence of the due and proper registration of the mark or brand and of its ownership.

Every mark or brand registered under ORS 532.010 to 532.140 shall be assignable in law. The State Forester, upon payment of the fee mentioned in ORS 532.110 and presentation to the State Forester, in duplicate, of an assignment, duly executed and acknowledged by the owner, transf…

The State Forester, upon the petition of the owner of a registered mark or brand, may cause the registration thereof to be canceled, and in the event of such cancellation, the mark or brand shall be open to registration by any person subsequently applying therefor.

(1) The State Forester shall, each five-year period after October 1, 1951, notify the owners of all log marks or brands then of record in Oregon to renew them. Upon receipt of the fee provided for in ORS 532.110, the State Forester shall give a renewal certificate, which shall gi…

The fees to be paid to the State Forester are as follows: (1) For filing an application to register a mark or brand and registering the same, including the certificate, $20. (2) For filing an application for an assignment of a registered mark or brand and registering such assignm…

All fees collected by the State Forester under ORS 532.010 to 532.140 shall be paid into the State Treasury, credited to the State Forestry Department Account and available for expenses associated with ORS 532.010 to 532.140. [Amended by 1957 c.459 §5; 1961 c.253 §3; 1967 c.34 §6…

(1) No person, unless permitted to do so under ORS 532.030, shall: (a) Put into any of the waters of this state or ship on any railroad or motor vehicle any forest products, or use any booming equipment as a part of the operation of the person in securing, rafting or floating for…

No person, with an intent to injure or defraud the owner, shall: (1) Falsely make, forge or counterfeit a mark or brand registered as provided in ORS 532.010 to 532.140 and use it in marking or branding forest products or booming equipment. (2) Cut out, destroy, alter, deface or …

(1) Violation of any of the provisions of ORS 532.130 is a Class B misdemeanor. (2) Violation of any of the provisions of ORS 532.140 is a Class C felony. [Subsection (3) enacted as 1957 c.668 §22; 1983 c.89 §16; 1987 c.320 §238; 1993 c.47 §3; 2011 c.597 §224] CHAPTERS 533 TO 535…