California Food and Agricultural Code ARTICLE 3 - Seed Screenings and Cleanings

  • Section 7571.
    Except as otherwise provided in Section 7572, it is unlawful for any person to move any seed screenings or cleanings from crop seed from the...
  • Section 7572.
    The commissioner may permit the movement of seed screenings or cleanings for the purpose of destruction or processing.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
  • Section 7573.
    If, upon inspection by the commissioner, any seed screenings or cleanings from crop seed are found to contain the seed of any pest, the commissioner...
  • Section 7574.
    If the person that is notified by the commissioner is not the owner of the screenings or cleanings, the person so notified shall forthwith transmit...
  • Section 7575.
    If the owner fails or neglects to direct the disposition of the screenings or cleanings within 10 days after the notice has been transmitted to...
  • Section 7576.
    Any lot of seed screenings or cleanings from crop seed which contains the seed of any pest, together with its containers, is a public nuisance....
  • Section 7577.
    The district attorney of the county in which the nuisance is found, at the request of the director or the commissioner, shall maintain, in the...
  • Section 7578.
    Upon judgment and by order of the court, the lot which is a nuisance shall be handled in one of the following ways:(a) Condemned and destroyed...
  • Section 7579.
    If the owner fails to comply with the order of the court within the time which is specified in the order, the court may order...
  • Section 7580.
    If the court orders the sale of any of the seed screenings or cleanings from crop seed, or containers, which can be salvaged, the cost...
  • Section 7581.
    A proceeding pursuant to this article where the value of the property seized amounts to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or less is a limited civil...

Last modified: October 22, 2018