Code of Virginia - Title 3.1 Agriculture, Horticulture And Food - Chapter 17.2 Noxious Weed Law

  • 3.1-296.11 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Title
    This chapter shall be known as the "Noxious Weed Law." (1970, c. 175.) ...
  • 3.1-296.12 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Definitions
    The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this chapter. (1) "Board" means the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services. (2) "Commissioner" ...
  • 3.1-296.13 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Powers and duties of Commissioner
    It shall be the duty of the Commissioner to exercise or perform the powers and duties imposed upon him by this chapter. The Commissioner shall ...
  • 3.1-296.14 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Powers and duties of Board; quarantine
    It shall be the duty of the Board to establish by regulation, after a public hearing, those weeds deemed to be noxious weeds not otherwise ...
  • 3.1-296.15 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Cost of controlling noxious weeds
    The cost of controlling or eradicating noxious weeds on all property owned or controlled by a State department or political subdivision thereof or control authority, ...
  • 3.1-296.16 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Prohibited acts; permit to transport, etc., noxious weed...
    No person shall violate any provisions of the law or any rule and regulation promulgated thereunder. No person shall move, transport, deliver, ship or offer ...
  • 3.1-296.17 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Authority to stop sale or delivery of noxious weeds, et...
    The Commissioner, in order to prevent the introduction or dissemination of noxious weeds, is hereby authorized to stop delivery, stop sale, seize, destroy, treat, or ...
  • 3.1-296.18 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Penalty for violation
    Any person who fails or refuses to comply with this chapter or the rules and regulations adopted thereunder shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor ...
  • 3.1-296.19 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Access to plants or plant products, or other articles or subst...
    The Commissioner shall have access to plants or plant products or any other article or substance suspected of being infested with a noxious weed for ...
  • 3.1-296.20 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Inspection of premises and conveyances
    To effectuate the purpose of this chapter, the Commissioner may make reasonable inspections of any premises in this Commonwealth and any property therein or thereon ...
  • 3.1-296.21 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Injunctions
    The Commissioner or landowner affected is authorized to apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for an injunction and such court may grant a temporary ...

Last modified: April 2, 2009