(a) The owner shall ensure that Form PA-8 is completed correctly by the owner, forester, or by the person responsible for the cut, and identifies:
- (1) The total number of acres on which timber was actually cut;
- (2) Whether the cutting has been completed;
- (3) The date the cutting was completed;
- (4) The names of each of the sawmills, pulpmills, or facilities to which the wood or timber was sold;
- (5) The species of wood or timber cut; and
(6) The exact total volume of wood or timber cut as:
- a. Sawlogs, including pallet, tie, or box logs, expressed in per thousand board foot, MBF, or fraction thereof, based upon the international ¼ inch rule log scale;
- b. Pulpwood expressed in tons;
- c. High grade spruce or fir and whole tree chips expressed by the number of tons;
- d. Cordwood and fuel wood expressed by the number of cords; and
- e. The amount of wood or timber that is exempt or is for personal use.
- (b) The logger, forester, or person responsible for the cutting shall verify the volumes of wood or timber cut by signing the Form PA-8.
- (c) For a parcel or parcels of land for which a Form PA-8 shall be filed, which is owned in title as joint tenants or joint tenants with rights of survivorship, the Form PA-8 shall be signed by all owners of record.
(d) For a parcel or parcels of land for which a Form PA-8 shall be filed, which is owned in title as tenants-in-common, the Form PA-8 shall:
- (1) Be signed by all tenants-in-common that hold title; or
- (2) Be signed by the tenants-in-common that signed the Form PA-7.
- (e) For public lands for which a Form PA-7 has been filed by a person who has purchased stumpage and cutting rights, the person who purchased the stumpage and cutting rights and signed the Form PA-7 shall sign the Form PA-8.
Source. #10664, eff 9-4-14; ss by #14026, eff 7-16-24