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Noxious Weeds (Code of Virginia: Title 3.2. Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food; Chapter 8; secs. 3.2-800 through 3.2-809)

Country/Territory
United States of America
Territorial subdivision
Virginia
Document type
Legislation
Date
1950 (2018)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Cultivated plants
Keyword
Weeds Plant protection Quarantine Procedural matters Inspection Transport/storage Disinfection/disinfestation Offences/penalties Court/tribunal Enforcement/compliance
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This Chapter of the Code of Virginia concerns the control of noxious weeds. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services of Virginia shall make surveys for noxious weeds and when the Commissioner determines that an infestation exists within the Commonwealth of Virginia, he may request the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to declare the weed to be noxious. The Board may also establish a statewide quarantine and adopt regulations pertaining to regulated articles and conditions governing movement, under which the Commissioner shall proceed to eradicate or suppress and prevent the dissemination of noxious weeds in the Commonwealth. The Chapter further provides rules for distribution of cost of controlling noxious weeds; lists prohibited acts in relation to noxious weeds; provides for the authority to stop sale or delivery of noxious weeds; determines the Commissioner’s powers to have access to plants or plant products, and to inspect; the rules how to seek an injunction restraining a person from violating or continuing the violation of any provision of this Chapter; and penalties for violating the provisions of the Chapter.

Full text
English
Website
law.lis.virginia.gov