Section 45.50.210. Application for registration of distinctive brand.

   (a) The owner of timber property that the owner puts or intends to put into a coastal water, lake, river, creek, or other waterway of the state for the purpose of rafting or transporting by floating or towing, shall apply to the department for the exclusive use of a distinctive brand to identify it.
   (b) The application shall be in writing and accompanied by an acceptable diagram or design on paper of the proposed brand, and the prescribed fee.
   (c) The department shall promptly register the brand and issue a certificate of registration to the applicant granting the applicant the exclusive use of the brand for a period of five years.  The department may not register a brand that is so similar in design to one presently registered in the name of another person that one brand is not clearly distinguishable from the other.

Authorities

38.05.115;45.50.234;45.50.310;45.50.315;45.50.325

Notes

Implemented As

11 AAC 71.520
11 AAC 71.530
11 AAC 71.540

References

11 AAC 71.500
11 AAC 71.520
AS 38.05.115 Limitations and conditions of sale.
AS 45.50.234 Publication of notice of intent to claim abandoned property.
AS 45.50.310 Disposition of fees.
AS 45.50.315 Regulations.
AS 45.50.325 Definitions.

History

(Sec. 1 ch 51 SLA 1953; am Sec. 1 ch 191 SLA 1955; am Sec. 1 ch 168 SLA 1970; am Sec. 1 ch 68 SLA 1975)