N.Y. Navigation Law § 123-a: Defacing marks on logs or lumber

§ 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.