Section 9-103 – Powers of Secretary
To carry out the provisions of this subtitle, the Secretary may: (1) Establish and maintain or make provisions for laboratory and field testing of sod, employ qualified persons, and incur expenses necessary to comply with these provisions; (2) Make or provide for making purity analyses, weed examinations, tests and examinations of fields for farmers and dealers on […]
Section 9-209 – Labeling Requirements — Flower, Tree and Shrub Seeds
Each container of flower, tree, and shrub seeds which is sold or offered or exposed for sale in the State for planting purposes shall bear or have attached in a conspicuous place a plainly written label or tag in the English language, except when the scientific name is the commonly accepted name, giving the following […]
Section 9-104 – Labeling
(a) Every lot of severed turf grass sod, plugs, and sprigs, as defined under this subtitle, which is sold, exposed for sale, installed, transported, or advertised within the State for planting purposes by a dealer shall be accompanied by or have attached to the bill of lading, bill of sale, sales slip, or invoice a label […]
Section 9-209.1 – Labeling Requirements — Lawn and Turf Grass Seed
Cool season lawn and turf grass seed shall be labeled with a sell by date that may not be more than 15 months from the month following the date of the test.
Section 9-105 – Records
Any dealer transporting or delivering for transportation sod, sod mixtures, plugs, or sprigs shall keep adequate records and the Secretary may inspect the records to carry out the provisions of this subtitle.
Section 9-210 – Prohibited Acts
(a) No person may sell, offer or expose for sale, or transport any agricultural, vegetable, herb, flower, tree, or shrub seed in the State: (1) Unless the test to determine the percentage of germination required by §§ 9–207, 9–208, and 9–209 of this subtitle is completed within 9 months, or 15 months for cool season lawn and […]
Section 9-106 – Reliance on Invoice, Grower’s Declaration, or Other Labeling Information
No dealer is subject to any penalty of this subtitle for advertising, selling, offering or exposing for sale, or transporting for planting purposes in the State any sod or mixture in violation of §§ 9–104 and 9–105 of this subtitle, if he: (1) Has obtained from his supplier an invoice, grower’s declaration, or other labeling information […]
Section 9-211 – Exemptions
(a) The provisions of this subtitle do not apply to: (1) Seed or grain not intended for planting purposes and labeled accordingly; (2) Seed sold by one farmer to another, if the seed has not been advertised for sale or has not been delivered through a carrier; and (3) Any carrier in respect to any seed transported or delivered […]
Section 9-107 – Prohibited Acts
(a) No person may transport, offer for transportation, sell, offer or expose for sale within the State, sod for planting purposes: (1) Not labeled in accordance with the provisions of this subtitle; (2) Having an incomplete, false, or misleading label or claim; (3) Which has been falsely advertised or advertised in a misleading manner; (4) Containing prohibited noxious weeds in […]
Section 9-108 – Exemptions
The production, processing, and labeling requirements of this subtitle do not apply to breeder and foundation generations of turf-grass variety at the Maryland Agriculture Experiment Station.