Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 15 Agriculture And Marketing - Chapter 15.08 Horticultural Pests And Diseases

15.08.010 Definitions
As used in this chapter: (1) "Supervisor" means an assistant director known as the supervisor of plant industry. (2) "Horticultural premises" includes orchards, vineyards, nurseries, ...

15.08.020 Methods of prevention, control and disinfection
The following methods shall be used for the prevention, control or disinfection of pests and diseases: (1) Bacterial diseases, removal and destruction of infected plant ...

15.08.025 Disinfection of fruit trees -- Procedures to be followed
The method for disinfecting fruit trees required to be disinfected under the provisions of this chapter shall be as prescribed in the official published recommendations ...

15.08.030 Duty to disinfect, destroy -- Disposal of cuttings
It is the duty of every owner, shipper, consignee, or other person in charge of fruits, vegetables, or nursery stock, and the owner, lessee, or ...

15.08.040 Authority to enter premises -- Interference unlawful
The director, supervisor and horticultural inspectors are authorized to at any time enter horticultural premises and any structure where fruit, vegetables, nursery stock, or horticultural ...

15.08.050 Condemnation of infected property -- Disposal of, unlawful
If the premises or property inspected is found to be infected the inspecting officer shall condemn the same and serve upon the owner or person ...

15.08.060 Condemnation of infected property -- Notice to owner -- Division into classes
Said notice of condemnation shall also grant permission to the owner or person in charge of infected fruit, vegetables, or nursery stock to divide the ...

15.08.070 Condemnation of infected property -- Use of condemned fruit, vegetables -- Permit
In the case of fruit or vegetables which cannot be successfully disinfected the inspector may grant to the owner or person in charge thereof a ...

15.08.080 Condemnation of infected property -- Service of notice -- Personal, constructive, substituted
Personal service of said notice shall be made upon the person in possession or in charge of said premises or property if possible. If such ...

15.08.090 Condemnation of infected property -- Duty to comply -- Inspector's duty on failure -- Lien for costs
Except as hereinabove provided, upon service of said notice the owner or person in possession or charge of the premises or property shall comply with ...

15.08.100 Foreclosure of lien -- Sale -- Notice of impounding -- Contents
The officer disinfecting personal property may enforce the lien thereon provided for in RCW 15.08.090 by impounding and selling the property. He shall give notice ...

15.08.110 Sale proceeds -- Deficiency -- Action to recover
Such sales may be either at public auction or private sale, whichever, in the sound discretion of the officer, will be to the best interests ...

15.08.120 Record of proceedings -- Verified copy as evidence
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15.08.130 Record of premises disinfected -- Costs -- Lien
The inspector disinfecting any horticultural premises shall make and sign a detailed record of the proceedings, stating the legal description of the premises; give the ...

15.08.140 Hearing on costs -- Notice -- Service
The county auditor shall forthwith issue warrants in payment of the labor employed in the work, and thereupon the county shall be subrogated to all ...

15.08.150 Payment and release -- Order on amount -- Priority of lien
If before or at the hearing the amount of the claim and the auditor's and sheriff's fees are paid to the county treasurer, he shall ...

15.08.160 Payment date -- Cancellation of lien
The lien and interest may be paid on or before the first Monday in October following the entry of the order, upon presenting to the ...

15.08.170 Failure to pay -- Conversion into taxes -- Use
If the lien and interest are not paid on or before such first Monday in October the commissioners, when levying taxes for the ensuing year, ...

15.08.180 Inspection board -- Creation -- Duties -- Powers
If a horticultural inspector finds premises or property infected, he shall make a written report thereof to the inspector-at-large in his district stating the disease ...

15.08.190 Report of inspection -- Nuisance abatement
Said board shall make a written report to the inspector-at-large of its findings, signed under oath by a majority of its members and stating: (1) ...

15.08.200 Notice of hearing -- Service -- Adjournments
A notice containing a description of the premises, stating the objects and purposes of the petition and the time and place of presentation of the ...

15.08.210 Order of abatement
At the hearing there must be competent proof that all parties interested in the premises or property have been duly served with said notice, and ...

15.08.220 Appeals -- Bond for damages
An appeal may be taken from the decree by filing notice thereof not later than ten days after issuance of the decree. The appellant shall ...

15.08.230 Disinfection of public properties
The director may require the governing body of counties, cities, towns and irrigation and school districts or other political subdivisions of the state to disinfect ...

15.08.240 Dumping infected products, containers, prohibited
It shall be unlawful for a property owner or lessee to permit the piling or dumping, or for a person to pile or dump, any ...

15.08.250 Host-free districts -- Director's duties
Whenever the director determines that a particular pest cannot be eradicated or effectively controlled by ordinary means, or that it is impractical to eradicate or ...

15.08.260 Horticultural tax
At the time of making the regular annual tax levy the board of county commissioners of each county shall include a tax, to be known ...

15.08.270 Basis for estimating the tax
In estimating the amount to be levied for said horticultural tax the board shall take into consideration the expense of such inspection and disinfection for ...