{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-12-50","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 51-12-50","heading":"Measure of damages for converted timber; presumption.","body":"(a) When a plaintiff, other than a plaintiff under Code Section 51-12-51, recovers for timber cut or cut and carried away, the measure of damages shall be:\n(1) Treble the fair market value of the trees cut as they stood;\n(2) Treble the diminished fair market value of any trees incidentally harmed;\n(3) Costs of reasonable reforestation activities related to the plaintiff’s injury; and\n(4) Attorney fees and expenses of litigation.\n(b) When the defendant is a willful trespasser, the plaintiff may also recover punitive damages.\n(c) When the boundary lines of the property have been clearly and accurately marked, it shall be presumed that the defendant was a willful trespasser.","path":["TITLE 51 Torts","CHAPTER 12 Damages","Article 3 Damages for Conversion of Timber"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.51.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:58Z","sha256":"b881240b29d4ab2c15c520cd4b4dbc30db6fd336622d9f06055474291899ce10","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-12-33","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-12-51"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}