Idaho State Statutes - Idaho Attorney Directory

When the owner of forest land shall have sold timber and/or other forest
products or potential forest products thereon to another, retaining the land,
the owner of the timber and/or other forest products or potential forest
products shall be responsible for providing the protection required by section
38-111, Idaho Code, for that portion of the land covered by his uncut timber
and/or other forest products or potential forest products and for the area he
has cut over during the year up to the end of the closed season, and for any
areas he has cut over without complying with the forest fire and slash
disposal laws of the state, and if he fails, neglects or refuses to provide
the protection required by section 38-111, Idaho Code, the director of the
department of lands shall provide such patrol and protection at the cost per
acre to said owner at the rates therein established. Any amounts due and
unpaid for this purpose shall be a lien upon the remaining standing timber
and/or other forest products or potential forest products and upon the timber
and/or other forest products theretofore cut and/or removed or remaining on
the ground and may be collected through extension upon the tax rolls covering
such property as in section 38-112, Idaho Code, provided for collection of
similar liens upon forest land; provided, that if the director of the
department of lands shall deem such property to be inadequate security, the
lien, unless promptly paid on demand of the director of the department of
lands, may be by him perfected and enforced as loggers' liens are perfected
and enforced, or such amounts, together with any expenses rendered necessary,
may be recoverable from the offender by a civil action for debt prosecuted in
the name of the state of Idaho. Any recovery shall be paid to the state
treasurer for deposit in the forest protection fund.

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