Trespassers and treestands

[esshup]

If a trespasser puts up a treestand on your property, what is the correct (read that legal) thing to do about the treestand? Does it become the property of the landowner? For arguments sake, the trespasser is nowhere around, and the landowner has no idea who put up the treestand.

I asked the county sheriff and he said that I needed to talk to a CO - it was their jurisdiction.

9-23-2010 Buster, I just talked to the Region 10 office. They said that if a treestand is found, that the local CO should be called and they will take it from there. She also said that the treestand should have the owners name on it. If it doesn't, what happens then?

[buster]

A tree stand only needs to have the owner's name on it ONLY when it is used on State Property. It is not required when hunting on privately owned land.
In this situation, I generally tell the landowner to remove the stand and then I leave my business card tacked on the tree that the stand was removed from. The back of my card reads: "If you want your stand back, call me. If I don't hear from you, thanks for your donation!" If they call back, they get a ticket and their stand is seized as evidence. If they don't call back, the landowner has a new tree stand to hunt from at the violator's expense!