N.Y. Navigation Law Section 123-A
Defacing marks on logs or lumber

A person who (a) unlawfully cuts out, alters, or defaces any mark, made on any log or lumber floating in any of the waters of this state or lying upon land, whether or not such mark be recorded pursuant to the provisions of the navigation law, or

(b)

puts a false mark on any such log or lumber, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Source: Section 123-A — Defacing marks on logs or lumber, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/NAV/123-A (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Feb. 21, 2026).

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