Title V, AGRICULTURE (Ch. 159 - 215A)

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 quar…

The state entomologist and the entomologist’s authorized inspectors, employees, and agents shall have free access within reasonable hours to any farm, field, orchard, nursery, greenhouse, garden, elevator, seedhouse, warehouse, building, cellar, freight or express office or car, …

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a review thereof by the secretary of agriculture for the purpose of having such rule or notice modified, suspended or withdrawn.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, 7…

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;…

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 pe…

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 regula…

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 b…

1. As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires, “book” , “list” , “record” , or “schedule” kept by a county auditor, assessor, treasurer, recorder, sheriff, or other county officer means the county system as defined in section 445.1 . 2. For the purposes of th…

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 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; C3…

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…

There is hereby created and established within the department of agriculture and land stewardship the office of state entomologist. The state entomologist shall be appointed by, responsible to and under the authority of the secretary of agriculture in the issuance of all rules, t…

For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter , the state entomologist with the approval of the secretary of agriculture shall employ, prescribe the duties of, and fix the compensation of, such inspectors, and other employees as needed and incur such expenses as …

The state entomologist shall keep informed as to known species and varieties of insect pests and diseases, the origin, locality, nature and appearance thereof, the manner in which they are disseminated, and approved methods of treatment and eradication. In the rules made pursuant…

1. The state entomologist shall, from time to time, adopt rules for carrying out the provisions and requirements of this chapter , including rules under which the inspectors and other employees shall: a. Inspect places, plants and plant products, and things and substances used or…

Whenever inspection discloses that any places, or plants or plant products, or things and substances used or connected therewith, are infested or infected with any dangerously injurious insect pest or disease listed as a public nuisance, written notice thereof shall be given the …

It shall be unlawful for any person to bring or cause to be brought into this state any plant or plant product listed in the rules, unless there be plainly and legibly marked thereon or affixed thereto, or on or to the carrier, or the bundle, package, or container, in a conspicuo…

1. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, give away, carry, ship, or deliver for carriage or shipment, within this state, any plants or plant products listed in the rules unless such plants or plant products have been officially inspected and a certificate issued by an insp…