It shall be unlawful for any person, copartnership, company or corporation to cut or attempt to cut any standing timber growing upon lands in this state upon which the taxes remain unpaid from and after the tenth day of January succeeding that at which the tax was assessed, and before said lands are bid off to the state for the nonpayment of taxes, or to remove from such lands any timber, wood, logs, buildings, or fixtures therefrom, sand, gravel, minerals or other property reflected in the assessment thereof upon which such unpaid taxes were spread.
MCL 211.155