Georgia Code, Title 2, Chapter 11, Article 2 - Sale and Transportation of Seeds

• § 2-11-20 - Short Title
  This article may be cited as the "Georgia Seed Law."
• § 2-11-21 - Definitions
  As used in this article, the term: (1) "Advertisement" means all representations, other than those on the label, disseminated in any manner or by...
• § 2-11-22 - Labeling Requirements
  (a) Labeling required. Each bag, container, package, or bulk of seeds which is sold, offered for sale, exposed for sale, or transported within this...
• § 2-11-23 - Prohibited Acts
  (a) No person shall sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, or transport for sale any agricultural, vegetable, flower, tree, or shrub seed within...
• § 2-11-24 - Records and Samples to Be Kept; Inspection Thereof
  Each person whose name or approved A.M.S. code number or other approved designation appears on the label as handling seed subject to this article...
• § 2-11-25 - Powers and Duties of Commissioner -- Generally
  The duty of enforcing this article and the carrying out of its provisions and requirements shall be vested in the Commissioner of Agriculture, who...
• § 2-11-26 - Powers and Duties of Commissioner -- Licensing Authority; Penalties
  (a) For the purpose of carrying out this article, the Commissioner, who may act through his or her authorized agents, is authorized to issue...
• § 2-11-27 - Powers and Duties of Commissioner -- Treatment of Itinerant Vendors Generally; Bond
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1996, p. 1151, § 1, effective July 1, 1997.
• § 2-11-28 - Powers and Duties of Commissioner -- Rule-Making Authority
  The Commissioner shall have authority to promulgate and enforce such rules and regulations as the Commissioner may deem necessary to carry out or make...
• § 2-11-29 - Seed Advisory Committee Created; Selection of Members; Compensation; Duties
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1996, p. 1151, § 1, effective July 1, 1997.
• § 2-11-30 - Seizure of Seed for Violation of Article; Disposition Thereof
  Any seed sold, offered for sale, or exposed for sale in violation of this article or rules and regulations promulgated under this article shall...
• § 2-11-31 - Injunctions
  The Commissioner is authorized to apply for and the court is authorized to grant a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating...
• § 2-11-32 - Exemption From Article
  No person or vendor shall be subject to the penalties of this article for having sold or offered or exposed for sale in this...
• § 2-11-33 - Applicability of Code Sections 2-11-21 and 2-11-22
  Code Sections 2-11-21 and 2-11-22 shall not apply: (1) To seed sold by a farmer or grower to a seed dealer or conditioner or...
• § 2-11-34 - Penalty for Violations of Article or Rules and Regulations; Commissioner Authorized to Utilize Warning for Minor Violations
  (a) Any person or vendor violating any of the provisions of this article or rules and regulations promulgated under this article shall be guilty...
• § 2-11-35 - Local Regulation Prohibited
  (a) No county, municipal corporation, consolidated government, or other political subdivision of this state shall adopt or continue in effect any ordinance, rule, regulation,...

Last modified: October 14, 2016