(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Advertisement” means every representation, other than that on the label, relating to seed, subject to this subtitle and disseminated in any manner or by any means. (c) “Agricultural seed” includes the seed of any grass, forage, cereal, or fiber crop and any other kind of seed […]
The Secretary shall: (1) Inspect, sample, analyze, test, and examine any seed transported, sold, offered, or exposed for sale in the State for planting purposes, at any time and place and to any extent he deems necessary to determine whether the agricultural, vegetable, herb, flower, tree, or shrub seed complies with the provisions of this subtitle; […]
(a) The Secretary may enter upon any private or public premises during regular business hours in order to have access to seeds subject to this subtitle or any rule or regulation adopted under it. (b) The Secretary may issue and enforce a written or printed stop-sale order to the owner or custodian of any lot of seed […]
(a) No person may engage in the business of a wholesale seedsman in the State unless he first obtains a permit. (b) He shall apply to the Secretary on a form determined and furnished by the Secretary. The application shall be verified by the oath of the applicant or, if the applicant is a corporation, by the […]
(a) Each wholesaler whose name appears on the label or who handles agricultural, vegetable, herb, tree, shrub, or flower seeds subject to this subtitle shall maintain for two years a complete record of each lot of agricultural, vegetable, herb, tree, shrub, or flower seed handled. He shall keep for one year a file sample of each […]
(a) Each container of treated agricultural, vegetable, herb, flower, tree, or shrub seeds which is sold, offered or exposed for sale, or transported in the State shall bear or have attached in a conspicuous place a plainly written or printed label or tag in the English language, giving the following information for any seed named and […]
(a) Each container of agricultural seeds which is sold, offered or exposed for sale, or transported in the State for planting purposes shall bear or have attached in a conspicuous place a plainly written or printed label or tag in the English language, except when the scientific name is the commonly accepted name, giving the following […]
Each container of vegetable or herb seeds which is sold, offered or exposed for sale, or transported in the State for planting purposes shall bear or have attached in a conspicuous place a plainly written or printed label or tag in the English language, except when the scientific name is the commonly accepted name, giving […]
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 […]
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.
(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 […]
(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 […]
Any lot of agricultural, vegetable, herb, flower, tree, or shrub seed not in compliance with the provisions of this subtitle shall be subject to seizure on complaint of the Secretary to a court in the county in which the seed is located. If the court finds the seed is in violation of this subtitle and […]
(a) When the Secretary finds that any person has violated any of the provisions of this subtitle, he may institute judicial proceedings in the county in which the violation occurred. He may file information with the Attorney General with the view of prosecution. (b) No prosecution under this subtitle may be instituted without first affording the defendant […]
(a) Instead of any other penalty under this article, the Secretary may impose, on any person who violates an order issued by the Secretary under this subtitle, a civil penalty for each seed lot in violation of the order, as follows: (1) For a first violation for which a civil penalty is imposed, not more than $100; […]
