Spiking trees and logs
Official text prohibited actmental stateif conditionpenaltylegal term
(a) Every person who drives or places, in any tree, saw-log, shingle-bolt, or other wood, any iron, steel, ceramic, or other substance sufficiently hard to injure saws, knowing that the tree is intended to be harvested or that the saw-log, shingle-bolt, or other wood is intended to be manufactured into any kind of lumber or other wood product, is guilty of a .
(b) Any person who violates subdivision (a) and causes to another person other than an accomplice shall, in addition and consecutive to the punishment prescribed for that , be punished by an additional prison term of three years.
History: Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1132, Sec. 1. Effective September 25, 1987. Operative September 30, 1987, by Sec. 4 of Ch. 1132.
Simplified explanation
Maliciously driving metal, ceramic, or other hard objects into trees or logs meant for harvest or lumber, which can injure saws, is a felony; causing bodily injury adds a consecutive three-year prison term.