9.40.050 Load Ticket – When Required.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, or his or their agent or employee, to transport minor forest products over the highways of this County in a quantity of more than five evergreen trees and/or five pounds of other minor forest products without having in his or their possession a load ticket signed by the driver on which will be set forth the following information:
A. The name and address of the owner or lessee of the lands where the minor forest products were cut, broken, picked, dug or removed, or in the alternative, the legal description of the lands from where the minor forest products were taken and removed, or in the further alternative, the name and address of the person, firm or corporation from whom the minor forest products were received;
B. The destination of the minor forest products;
C. The date the minor forest products were taken and removed from the land or delivered to the person transporting the minor forest products; provided, further, that in the event the person transporting the minor forest products shall furnish the information hereinabove in this Section set forth to any peace officer stopping him or them for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the minor forest products are being transported in violation of this Section and, if requested, sign his name to a written statement prepared by such peace officer, incorporating the information, the signing of the written statement by the transporter shall be conclusively deemed the same as possessing a load ticket for the purpose of this Section.