New York Town Law Section 324 - Penalty of conversion of floating lumber.

 324. Penalty of conversion of floating lumber. Whoever shall convert
  to  his  own  use,  without  the consent of the owner thereof, any logs,
  timber, boards or plank, floating in any of the waters of this state, or
  lying on the banks or shores of any such waters, or on any island  where
  the  same  may  have  drifted,  shall, for every offense, forfeit to the
  owner of such logs, or other lumber,  three  times  the  value  thereof.
  Nothing  contained  in this section shall be construed to extend to that
  kind of lumber called driftwood.

Last modified: February 3, 2019