LOG PATROL ACT ‑- UNBRANDED STRAY LOGS ‑- RIVERS ‑- BOOM COMPANIES ‑- ESCHEATS An unbranded log which has broken loose from private storage on a river and has floated down the river to be captured by a booming company is a stray log within the meaning of the log patrol act and the net proceeds of sale thereof escheat to the state pursuant to RCW 76.40.050.