Duties of the State Forester and General Provisions

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This is Article 2 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Duties of the State Forester and General Provisions.” It is part of Chapter 11 “Forest Resources and the Department of Forestry”, which is part of Subtitle II “Activities Administered by Other Entities”, which is part of Title 10.1 “Conservation”. It contains 18 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 18 sections.

§ 10.1-1104	General powers and duties of State Forester
§ 10.1-1105	Additional powers and duties of State Forester
§ 10.1-1105.1	Century forest and farm programs
§ 10.1-1106	State Forester to control forest reserves and funds; reforesting; preservation of timber, etc
§ 10.1-1107	Purchase of lands and acceptance of gifts for forestry purposes by the State Forester; management; definition of state forests
§ 10.1-1108	Waste and unappropriated lands
§ 10.1-1109	State forests not subject to warrant, survey or patent
§ 10.1-1110	Violation of regulations for supervision of state forests, etc
§ 10.1-1111	Kindling fires on state forests; cutting and removing timber; damaging land or timber
§ 10.1-1112	Notices relating to forest fires and trespasses
§ 10.1-1113	Not liable for trespass in performance of duties
§ 10.1-1114	Establishment of nurseries; distribution of seeds and seedlings
§ 10.1-1115	Sale of trees
§ 10.1-1116	Reforestation Operations Fund
§ 10.1-1117	Specialized services or rentals of equipment to landowners, localities and state agencies; fees; disposition of proceeds
§ 10.1-1118	Account of receipts and expenditures
§ 10.1-1119	Preservation of evidence as to conserving forest supply; reports to General Assembly; publications
§ 10.1-1119.1	State Forests System Fund established