If any person cuts down or removes any tree, wood or timber from any land in this state, to which this state has a fee simple title, or an inchoate title, by reason of grant from the United States, such person is guilty of a public offense, as prescribed in NRS 193.155, proportionate to the value of the trees, wood or timber cut down or removed, and in no event less than a misdemeanor.
[3:56:1871; B § 3845; BH § 358; C § 330; RL § 2116; NCL § 3162] — (NRS A 1967, 608; 1971, 1462; 1979, 1485)