Sec. 61.014. STOP-SALE ORDER. (a) If the department has reason to believe that agricultural or vegetable seed is in violation of any provision of this chapter, the department may issue and enforce a written or printed order to stop the sale of the seed. The department shall present the order to the owner or custodian of the lot of seed. The person who receives the order may not sell the seed until the seed is discharged by a court under Subsection (b) of this section or until the department finds that the seed is in compliance with this chapter.
(b) The owner or custodian of seed prohibited from sale by an order of the department is entitled to sue in a court of competent jurisdiction where the seed is found for a judgment as to the justification of the order and for the discharge of the seed in accordance with the findings of the court.
(c) This section does not limit the right of the department to proceed as authorized by another section of this chapter.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1131, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.
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