(a) No person shall build, erect, maintain, use, or occupy a permanent or portable tree stand or ground blind for any purpose on any private land in Vermont without landowner permission.

(b) A person building, erecting, or maintaining a tree stand or ground blind shall permanently mark the stand or blind with the owner's name and address. Marking shall be legible and placed in a manner that enables a person to read it conveniently and easily. This subsection shall not apply to a landowner building, erecting, or maintaining a tree stand or ground blind on his or her own land. (Added 1997, No. 99 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; amended 1999, No. 30, § 5.)