Section 177A.15 – Right to hearing.
177A.15 Right to hearing. Any person affected by any rule made or notice given may have a review thereof by the secretary of agriculture for the purpose of having such rule or notice modified, suspended or withdrawn. [C27, 31, 35, §4062-b15; C39, §4062.15; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §267.15; C75, 77, 79, […]
Section 177A.16 – Violations.
177A.16 Violations. Any person, partnership, association or corporation, or any combination of individuals, violating any provision of a quarantine promulgated under the authority of this chapter, or of any rules issued supplemental thereto, shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor. [S13, §2575-a50; C24, §4059; C27, 31, 35, §4062-b16; C39, §4062.16; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, […]
Section 177A.17 – Duty of owner — assessment of costs.
177A.17 Duty of owner — assessment of costs. When treatment or destruction of an agricultural or horticultural plant or product, in field, feedlot, place of assemblage or storage, or elsewhere, or when a special type of plowing or any other agricultural or horticultural operation is required under the rules, the owner or person having charge […]
Section 177A.18 – Violations.
177A.18 Violations. Any person who shall violate any provision or requirement of this chapter, or of the rules made or of any notice given pursuant thereto, or who shall forge, counterfeit, deface, destroy, or wrongfully use, any certificate provided for in this chapter, or in the rules and regulations made pursuant thereto, shall be deemed […]
Section 177A.19 – Harmful barberry.
177A.19 Harmful barberry. 1. No person, firm, or corporation shall receive, ship, accept for shipment, transport, sell, offer for sale, give away, deliver, plant, or permit to exist on the person’s, firm’s, or corporation’s premises any plant of the harmful barberry, or any plant of a species that shall be designated by the state entomologist […]
Section 177A.20 – Liability of principal.
177A.20 Liability of principal. In construing and enforcing the provisions of this chapter, the act, omission, or failure of any official, agent, or other person acting for or employed by an association, partnership or corporation within the scope of the person’s authority shall, in every case, also be deemed the act, omission, or failure of […]
Section 177A.21 – Party plaintiff.
177A.21 Party plaintiff. The secretary of agriculture, the state entomologist, or any of their inspectors or authorized agents shall be a proper party plaintiff in any action in any court of equity brought for the purpose of carrying out any of the provisions of this chapter. [C27, 31, 35, §4062-b21; C39, §4062.21; C46, 50, 54, […]
Section 177A.22 – Construction.
177A.22 Construction. This chapter shall not be so construed or enforced as to conflict in any way with any Act of Congress regulating the movement of plants and plant products in interstate or foreign commerce. [C27, 31, 35, §4062-b22; C39, §4062.22; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §267.22; C75, 77, 79, 81, §177A.22]
Section 177A.12 – Federal quarantine — seizures.
177A.12 Federal quarantine — seizures. 1. Until the secretary of agriculture of the United States shall have made a determination that a federal quarantine is necessary, and has duly established the same with reference to any dangerous plant disease or insect infestation, the state entomologist of this state is authorized to promulgate and enforce quarantine […]
Section 177A.13 – Quarantines — seizure and destruction.
177A.13 Quarantines — seizure and destruction. 1. Whenever the state entomologist shall find that there exists in this state, or any part thereof, any dangerously injurious insect pest or plant disease, and that its dissemination should be controlled or prevented, the entomologist may institute quarantines and promulgate quarantine restrictions covering areas within the state affected […]