Fla. Stat. § 536.13
Stamp or brand for logs
Any person engaged in this state in the business of getting out, buying, selling, or manufacturing saw logs, may adopt a stamp or brand for such logs, of such design as she or he may select.
Florida Statutes Chapter 536 — TIMBER AND LUMBER
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Fla. Stat. § 536.14
Brands to be recorded by clerk of circuit court
A person may execute a written declaration that she or he has adopted a brand, describing it, and after acknowledgment of such declaration before any officer authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds, may have the same recorded by the clerk of the circuit court in the record of mortgages, in any county in which she o…
Fla. Stat. § 536.15
May prevent use by others
Any person who has had her or his brand recorded in any county, may prevent other persons from using the same in said county by a writ of injunction, restraining such use.
Fla. Stat. § 536.16
Prima facie evidence of ownership
Any log found in any county branded with a brand recorded in said county by any person shall be deemed prima facie to be the property of such person.
Fla. Stat. § 536.17
Where two or more brands the same
In case there shall be recorded in the same county two or more brands the same, or substantially the same, the brand first recorded shall be the lawful brand, and the other shall be of no effect under this chapter.
Fla. Stat. § 536.18
Defacing the mark or brand of lumber and timber
If any person shall fraudulently alter, change or deface the duly recorded mark, brand, or stamp of any lumber, logs or timber, or shall fraudulently mark, brand or stamp any unmarked or unstamped or unbranded lumber, logs or timber, with intent to claim the same or to prevent identification by the owner or owners ther…
Fla. Stat. § 536.19
Unlawful use of recorded log brand or stamp
Any person who shall unlawfully use any recorded log brand or stamp of another shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.