N.Y. TWN Law § 324
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Penalty of conversion of floating lumber
Official statutory text
§ 324. Penalty of conversion of floating lumber. Whoever shall convert\nto his own use, without the consent of the owner thereof, any logs,\ntimber, boards or plank, floating in any of the waters of this state, or\nlying on the banks or shores of any such waters, or on any island where\nthe same may have drifted, shall, for every offense, forfeit to the\nowner of such logs, or other lumber, three times the value thereof.\nNothing contained in this section shall be construed to extend to that\nkind of lumber called driftwood.\n
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