3-2095. Investigation of violations
A. The division may conduct investigations as deemed necessary to determine whether any person has violated any provision of or rule issued under this chapter.
B. Any person may request a hearing pursuant to title 41, chapter 6, article 10 on a notice of violation of this chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter.
Structure Arizona Revised Statutes
§ 3-102 - Department organization
§ 3-107 - Organizational and administrative powers and duties of the director
§ 3-108 - Administrative support fund; use; exemption
§ 3-109 - Unlawful influence; classification
§ 3-109.01 - Agricultural consulting and training program
§ 3-112 - Agricultural operations; nuisance liability: damages; state preemption
§ 3-114 - Liability for unauthorized destruction of field crop product; damages; definition
§ 3-121 - Smith-Lever act accepted; authority of board of regents
§ 3-122 - Expenditure from university appropriation to match federal grant
§ 3-123 - Agricultural extension work
§ 3-125 - Plan of extension work; annual report
§ 3-126 - Annual county agricultural extension budget; tax levy; collection; expenditures
§ 3-128 - Expenditures of university of Arizona funds
§ 3-142 - State agricultural laboratory
§ 3-143 - Assistant director; powers and duties
§ 3-144 - State agricultural laboratory; maintenance and purpose; fees
§ 3-147 - Rules; advisory committee
§ 3-148 - Grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of a certificate; review and appeal
§ 3-149 - Evidentiary effect of test results certified by the assistant director
§ 3-162 - Arizona register of heritage agriculture; qualifying criteria; definition
§ 3-164 - Listing property on register
§ 3-165 - Restricted use of designation; violation; classification
§ 3-201.01 - Associate director; powers and duties
§ 3-202 - Infested or infected plants as public nuisances
§ 3-203 - Quarantine of infected and diseased plants; notice; hearing
§ 3-204.01 - Council plow-up request; civil penalty
§ 3-205.01 - Summary abatement of noxious weeds, crop pests or diseases under preapproved programs
§ 3-205.02 - Regulating production of colored cotton; civil penalties
§ 3-206 - Destruction of noninfected crops on abatement of nuisance; procedure; hearing; evidence
§ 3-207 - Crop pest or disease menacing state; notice of hearing; publication
§ 3-208 - Hearing on plant menace; evidence; quarantine zones; violation
§ 3-210 - Destruction of infected shipments
§ 3-211 - Imported nursery stock; labeling; certificate of inspection
§ 3-213 - Concealment of plants or agricultural products
§ 3-214 - Failure to stop at inspection station
§ 3-214.01 - Dangerous plants, pests and diseases trust fund
§ 3-215 - Violations; classification
§ 3-215.01 - Violation; civil penalty
§ 3-216 - Enforcement powers of deputy, inspector or agent; cooperation
§ 3-217 - Nursery or nursery stock certification; fee; denial, revocation or suspension; hearing
§ 3-218 - Citrus budwood certification; fee
§ 3-221 - Agreements for joint exercise of powers; review by attorney general; continuing obligation
§ 3-222 - Employees assigned to adjoining state
§ 3-223 - Interdivision livestock inspection
§ 3-232 - Enforcement of article
§ 3-233 - Powers and duties; fees; penalty
§ 3-235 - Seed dealer and labeler licenses; fee; exception
§ 3-236 - Retention of invoices and records
§ 3-237 - Label requirements; rules
§ 3-238 - Cease and desist order; appeal
§ 3-239 - Seizure and disposition of noncomplying seed
§ 3-240 - Prosecutions; classification; publication of results; injunction
§ 3-241 - Exemptions; exceptions
§ 3-242 - Violations; civil penalties
§ 3-243 - Seed labeling regulation; state preemption
§ 3-261 - Applicability of article
§ 3-263 - Fertilizer labeling regulation; state preemption
§ 3-264 - Enforcement and administrative powers
§ 3-265 - Rules; advisory committee
§ 3-266 - Annual reports and publications; membership in professional organizations
§ 3-267 - Inspections; official samples; analysis; report
§ 3-268 - Inspection fees and reports; violations; classification
§ 3-269 - Fertilizer materials trust fund
§ 3-271 - Restrictions upon enforcing officers
§ 3-272 - Commercial fertilizer license; specialty fertilizers
§ 3-275 - Guaranteed analysis required in licensing and labeling
§ 3-276 - Deficiencies in guaranteed analysis; penalties payable to consumer
§ 3-278 - Materials containing unavailable plant food and undesirable substances
§ 3-279 - Cease and desist order
§ 3-280 - Seizure, condemnation and sale of noncomplying materials
§ 3-281 - False or misleading statements
§ 3-283 - Violations; notice; criminal classification; injunctive relief
§ 3-284 - Exchanges between manufacturers
§ 3-301 - Developing and adopting the program; advisory committee
§ 3-312 - Legislative findings; purpose; authorization
§ 3-313 - Rulemaking; fees; intent
§ 3-315 - Industrial hemp trust fund
§ 3-316 - Recordkeeping, inspection, transportation and distribution requirements
§ 3-317 - Corrective actions; hearing
§ 3-318 - Industrial hemp advisory council; members; duties
§ 3-319 - Violations; classification; civil penalties
§ 3-343 - Enforcement and administrative powers
§ 3-345 - Publications; membership in professional organizations
§ 3-346 - Agreements with other agencies and states
§ 3-347 - Delegation of duties
§ 3-349 - Restrictions upon enforcing officers
§ 3-350 - Pesticide trust fund
§ 3-350.01 - Experimental use permits
§ 3-351 - Registration; fee; confidential information
§ 3-355 - Enforcement procedures
§ 3-356 - Violations; criminal classification; injunctive relief
§ 3-363.01 - Reporting requirements; interagency agreement
§ 3-364 - Inspection powers; notice
§ 3-366 - Pesticide management areas
§ 3-367 - Private right of action
§ 3-367.01 - Report of loss, damage or nonperformance; effect of failure to file
§ 3-367.02 - Notification by beekeepers of bees located in a commercial agricultural area
§ 3-368 - Enforcement; consultation with attorney general; citations and notices of violation
§ 3-370 - Civil penalty; criminal violation; classification
§ 3-371 - Cease and desist order
§ 3-372 - Emergency use of pesticides
§ 3-373 - Annual pesticide report
§ 3-374 - Availability of information to the public
§ 3-375 - Preservation of rights
§ 3-376 - Discrimination prohibited
§ 3-381 - Integrated pest management program
§ 3-382 - Program structure; responsibilities
§ 3-404 - Marketing order and marketing agreement programs
§ 3-405 - Contents of a marketing order
§ 3-406 - Initiation of the marketing order process
§ 3-407 - Official department list
§ 3-408 - Public meeting; notice
§ 3-411 - Adoption of a marketing order
§ 3-412 - Terminating a marketing order
§ 3-413 - Marketing commission; appointment; term
§ 3-414 - Powers and duties of a marketing commission or marketing committee
§ 3-415 - Administrative services; interagency agreements; reimbursement
§ 3-416 - Indemnification of marketing commission or marketing committee members
§ 3-417 - Assessments; collection; budget
§ 3-418 - Failure to pay assessment; penalty; hearing; violation; classification
§ 3-419 - Deposit of assessments; use on termination
§ 3-420 - Inspection and enforcement
§ 3-421 - Violations; civil penalties; hearing; court action
§ 3-423 - Payment of costs of hearing on a marketing order
§ 3-424 - Initiation of the marketing agreement process; contents
§ 3-425 - Public meeting; notice; findings
§ 3-427 - Application of marketing order provisions to marketing agreements
§ 3-428 - Approval of a marketing agreement; amendments; term
§ 3-429 - Application of administrative procedures act
§ 3-430 - Transfer of property on termination
§ 3-442 - Purpose and scope of article
§ 3-443 - Associate director; inspectors
§ 3-445 - Rulemaking; definition
§ 3-446 - Adopting new or revised standards; exception
§ 3-447 - Citrus, fruit and vegetable trust fund; administration
§ 3-448 - Assessments; procedures; failure to pay; penalty and interest; hearing; definition
§ 3-449 - Annual licensing; fees; application; penalty
§ 3-449.02 - Denial or revocation of license; hearing
§ 3-449.03 - Recordkeeping; confidentiality; inspection
§ 3-449.04 - Appeals from inspections; fee
§ 3-449.05 - Unlawful possession; inspection; proof of ownership; seizure; exceptions
§ 3-450 - Exemption from citrus fruit standardization; definitions
§ 3-459 - Rejection of shipment by carriers
§ 3-461 - Unlawful packing or sale of fruit
§ 3-462 - False pack or labeling; reuse of containers
§ 3-463 - Mixing of inferior fruit prohibited
§ 3-464 - Wrongful performance of duty; improper influence; classification
§ 3-465 - Venue of criminal actions
§ 3-466 - Civil penalties; hearing
§ 3-468.01 - Arizona citrus research council; appointment; term
§ 3-468.02 - Powers and duties of the council
§ 3-468.03 - Administrative services; reimbursement
§ 3-468.04 - Fees; collection; budget
§ 3-468.05 - Failure to pay fee; penalty; hearing; violation; classification
§ 3-468.06 - Arizona citrus trust fund
§ 3-468.07 - Indemnification of council members
§ 3-468.08 - Termination of council
§ 3-483 - Associate director; qualifications
§ 3-484 - Deputies and clerks; compensation; expenses
§ 3-485 - Relationship of standardization and marketing order programs
§ 3-487 - Rulemaking; definition
§ 3-488 - Confidentiality of records; inspection of records
§ 3-489 - Requests for inspection by unlicensed or unregistered persons; fees
§ 3-490 - Unlawful possession; inspection; proof of ownership; seizure; exceptions
§ 3-491 - Exemption from fruit or vegetable standardization; definitions
§ 3-492 - Licensing dealers and shippers; application; fees; penalty
§ 3-494 - Denial or revocation of license; hearing
§ 3-496 - List of licensees; display of license
§ 3-497 - Adopting new or revised standards; exception
§ 3-498 - Appeals from inspection; fee
§ 3-519 - Rejection by carriers
§ 3-520 - Wrongful performance of duty by inspector; improper influence; classification
§ 3-521 - Civil penalties; hearing
§ 3-523 - Venue of criminal actions
§ 3-525.01 - Produce safety rule; state administration; powers and duties; advisory council
§ 3-525.02 - Produce safety trust fund
§ 3-525.03 - Inventory of farms; covered farms; information requirements; qualified exemptions
§ 3-525.04 - Inspections and investigations; records; notice; report
§ 3-525.06 - Access to public information; exceptions; disclosure
§ 3-525.07 - Violations; classification; injunctive relief
§ 3-526.01 - Arizona iceberg lettuce research council; appointment; term
§ 3-526.02 - Powers and duties of the council
§ 3-526.03 - Administrative services; reimbursement
§ 3-526.04 - Fees; collection; budget
§ 3-526.05 - Failure to pay fee; penalty; hearing; violation; classification
§ 3-526.06 - Iceberg lettuce trust fund
§ 3-526.07 - Indemnification of council members
§ 3-526.08 - Termination of council
§ 3-527.02 - Powers and duties of the council
§ 3-527.03 - Administrative services; reimbursement
§ 3-527.04 - Indemnification of council members
§ 3-562 - Restrictions on sales by food producers prohibited
§ 3-563 - Tax, license or fee against producers and purchasers prohibited
§ 3-582 - Arizona grain research and promotion council; appointment; term
§ 3-584 - Powers and duties of the council
§ 3-585 - Indemnification of council members
§ 3-586 - Records of the council
§ 3-587 - Budget and fees; report
§ 3-588 - Administrative services; reimbursement
§ 3-589 - Pledge or mortgage of grain; deduction of fee
§ 3-590 - Arizona grain research trust fund
§ 3-591 - Failure to make report
§ 3-593 - Association of producers
§ 3-594 - Petition and election to terminate council
§ 3-601.01 - Product standards; rules
§ 3-604 - Dairy inspectors; duties; powers; local officers
§ 3-605 - Federal milk ordinance; health and sanitation provisions; exemption
§ 3-606 - Sale of milk, milk products, raw milk and raw milk products; regulation
§ 3-607 - Annual licenses; inspections; revocation; fees; exceptions
§ 3-608 - Distributing and manufacturing plants; records
§ 3-609 - Financial condition of milk handlers; security; recovery on default; definition
§ 3-610 - Diseased handlers of dairy products prohibited; health examination
§ 3-612 - Dairy cows suspected of disease; quarantine; examination
§ 3-613 - Importation of diseased animals
§ 3-614 - Sale of products from diseased cow; classification
§ 3-615 - Milk holding tanks; structural requirements; measuring device
§ 3-616 - Milk holding tanks; tolerances of measuring devices
§ 3-617 - Fat content; determination; fee; inspection of records and equipment
§ 3-618 - Sampling by purchaser; preservation; records
§ 3-619 - Qualification of sampler; license; certificate of proficiency; revocation
§ 3-620 - Bacterial count; method; inspection of equipment
§ 3-621 - Butterfat content; disagreement; procedure
§ 3-622 - Regulation of manufactured milk products
§ 3-625 - Frozen desserts; coloring matter; weight; butterfat content; ices and sherbets
§ 3-627 - Brands for butter; labeling of dairy products; restrictions on use
§ 3-629 - Oleomargarine; sale; representation as butter or milk product prohibited
§ 3-630 - Adulterated products prohibited; exception; containers for poultry or stock feed; labeling
§ 3-633 - Enforcement duties of attorney general and county attorneys
§ 3-634 - Violation; classification; injunctive relief; evidence of violation
§ 3-662 - Manufacture or sale not prohibited
§ 3-663 - Labeling and advertising
§ 3-667 - Rules and orders; delegation of duties; regulation of interstate products
§ 3-669 - Deposit of monies; appropriation
§ 3-670 - Violation; classification; injunctive relief and penalty for contempt
§ 3-703 - Definitions of inedible eggs
§ 3-704 - Descriptive terms in general
§ 3-705 - Standards of quality
§ 3-707 - Allowances of tolerances
§ 3-708 - Standards of size; determination by weight
§ 3-709 - Supervisor of egg inspection; egg inspectors
§ 3-710 - Powers and duties; state preemption; egg promotion program
§ 3-712 - Sampling; methods; sample as evidence
§ 3-713 - Presumption of sale from possession
§ 3-714 - Annual licensing; application; fee; display; exceptions
§ 3-715 - Sales of nest run eggs; unlawful designations
§ 3-716 - Inspection fees; report and payment by dealers; exception; penalty; collection
§ 3-717 - State egg inspection trust fund
§ 3-718 - Sale of eggs; invoice; deterioration of eggs below grade; exceptions
§ 3-720 - Containers not requiring markings; department of agriculture grades
§ 3-721 - Trade-mark; filing; reuse
§ 3-722 - Bulk lots; prohibition
§ 3-723 - Price advertisements; designation of size and grade of eggs
§ 3-724 - Misrepresentation of quality
§ 3-725 - Egg products; rules; out-of-state products; sanitary certificate
§ 3-726 - Imported egg products; permit; inspection; certificate; containers; fee
§ 3-727 - Refrigeration of eggs and egg products
§ 3-728 - Nonconforming eggs; refusal of carrier to ship; reservation in bill of lading
§ 3-729 - Violation by transporting agency
§ 3-730 - Nonconforming eggs as nuisance; procedure for handling and abatement
§ 3-732 - Eggs bearing warning tag or notice; removal of tag or movement of containers prohibited
§ 3-733 - Unlawful acts and conduct
§ 3-734 - Prosecutions by attorney general or county attorneys
§ 3-735 - Arrests; appearance before magistrate; notice; written promise to appear; bail
§ 3-737 - Violations; classification
§ 3-739 - Violations; civil penalties; exception
§ 3-902 - Administration and enforcement
§ 3-904 - Destruction of protected plants by private landowners; notice; exception
§ 3-905 - Destruction of protected plants by state
§ 3-908 - Prohibited acts; use of permits, tags, seals and receipts
§ 3-911 - Conservation and public education
§ 3-912 - Rules; additional notice requirements
§ 3-913 - Fiscal provisions; fees; Arizona protected native plant trust fund
§ 3-914 - Board of supervisors; power to preserve plants
§ 3-931 - Enforcement powers and procedures
§ 3-932 - Violation; classification; penalties
§ 3-933 - Violation; civil penalty
§ 3-934 - Injunction; violation; civil penalty
§ 3-1002 - Compensation of members; personal interest in contracts prohibited; classification
§ 3-1003 - Arizona exposition and state fair board; powers and duties; compensation of employees
§ 3-1003.01 - Qualifications of executive director, coliseum manager, and comptroller
§ 3-1003.02 - Duties of the executive director and comptroller
§ 3-1004 - Contracts with federal agencies
§ 3-1005 - Arizona exposition and state fair fund
§ 3-1006 - Change of name; body corporate
§ 3-1007.01 - Naming of coliseum or auditorium in honor of war veterans
§ 3-1008 - Issuance of revenue bonds; provisions of bonds; sale
§ 3-1009 - Power to secure bonds
§ 3-1010 - Provision of bond resolution; covenants
§ 3-1012 - Prior lien of bonds
§ 3-1082 - Cotton research and protection council; membership; terms; vacancy; compensation
§ 3-1083 - Council powers and duties
§ 3-1084 - Council staff; administrative services
§ 3-1085 - Cotton research and protection council fund; use by director
§ 3-1086 - Fees; collection; plow-up enforcement; budget; civil penalty
§ 3-1086.01 - Colored cotton fee
§ 3-1086.02 - Pink bollworm eradication program; fee; registration; civil penalties
§ 3-1087 - Deposit of fees; rebates; use of monies on termination
§ 3-1088 - Failure to pay fee; penalty; hearing; violation; classification
§ 3-1090 - Recommendation for termination of council; election
§ 3-1202 - Division council; members
§ 3-1203 - General powers and duties; civil penalties
§ 3-1204 - Powers and duties relating to the sheep and goat industries
§ 3-1205 - Control of animal diseases; violation; classification
§ 3-1206 - Suspension, revocation or termination of licenses and agreements; hearing
§ 3-1207 - Cooperation with the United States; limitations
§ 3-1208 - Officers and inspectors; conditions of employment
§ 3-1210 - Disposition of monies
§ 3-1211 - State veterinarian; qualifications
§ 3-1212 - Private practice prohibited
§ 3-1214 - National animal identification system voluntary participation
§ 3-1232 - Arizona beef council; appointment; term
§ 3-1233 - Powers and duties of council
§ 3-1234 - Acceptance of grants and gifts
§ 3-1235 - Payments to organizations
§ 3-1236 - Collection of additional amounts at time of brand inspection; disbursement
§ 3-1237 - Failure to pay; violation; classification
§ 3-1239 - Termination of council
§ 3-1261 - Adoption and recording of brand and earmark; brand as property right; sale or transfer
§ 3-1262 - Recording brand and earmark; lease of brand for transient livestock
§ 3-1263 - Systems for recording or rerecording
§ 3-1264 - Schedule for rerecording brands and earmarks
§ 3-1265 - Failure to rerecord as abandonment
§ 3-1266 - Fees for recording, rerecording and leasing
§ 3-1267 - Certified copy of brand entries as evidence; brand on animals as evidence of ownership
§ 3-1268 - Issuance of brand books; charge and expenses
§ 3-1269 - Use of unrecorded brand prohibited; violation; classification; exception
§ 3-1291 - Bill of sale required in transfer of livestock
§ 3-1293 - Procedure for owner to authorize another person to deal with animals; violation
§ 3-1295 - Lien for feed, pasturage and other services
§ 3-1296 - Ranging of unbranded range livestock prohibited; classification
§ 3-1297 - Concealment of livestock killed or injured by railroad or motor vehicle; classification
§ 3-1298 - Herding sheep or goats on land or water of another without consent; classification
§ 3-1300 - Overstocking land; classification; definition
§ 3-1301 - Gathering cattle for tournament or contest without consent of owner; classification
§ 3-1302 - Taking animal without consent of owner; classification
§ 3-1303 - Driving livestock from range without consent of owner; classification
§ 3-1304 - Branding or altering brand of animal of another; classification
§ 3-1305 - Obliterating or changing brand or mark; classification
§ 3-1306 - Prima facie guilt of owner of brand to which another brand is altered
§ 3-1308 - Evidence of illegal possession of livestock
§ 3-1309 - Proof of branding with brand of accused as tending to show conversion by accused
§ 3-1310 - Abandonment of animal at boarding facility or veterinarian facility
§ 3-1311 - Dogs killing or chasing livestock; liability of owner; classification
§ 3-1312 - Transporting equine in a cruel manner; violation; classification; definitions
§ 3-1331 - Inspection required; powers and duties of livestock officers
§ 3-1332 - Method, place and time of inspecting livestock
§ 3-1333 - Record of inspection
§ 3-1334 - Inspection as to ownership of livestock
§ 3-1335 - Certificate of inspection; delivery
§ 3-1337 - Service charge and inspection fee; self-inspection
§ 3-1339 - Mobile slaughtering units; custom slaughtering; brand inspections
§ 3-1340 - Unbranded livestock kept in close confinement; shipment, sale and inspection
§ 3-1342 - Alteration of certificate or record of inspection; classification
§ 3-1343 - Substitution of animals after issuance of certificate of inspection; classification
§ 3-1344 - Ownership and hauling certificates for equines; inspection; exemption; cancellation; fees
§ 3-1345 - Transfer or issuance of ownership and hauling certificates; fees
§ 3-1345.01 - Equine inspection fund
§ 3-1346 - Seasonal inspection for exhibition livestock; fee
§ 3-1347 - Violation; classification
§ 3-1348 - Equine trader permit
§ 3-1349 - Inventory and monthly report of equine traders
§ 3-1350 - Registry of equine rescue facilities; fees
§ 3-1371 - Seizure of livestock by a livestock officer
§ 3-1373 - Report of seizure; filing and docketing
§ 3-1374 - Setting time for hearing on ownership of seized stock; issuance of summons
§ 3-1375 - Service on owner of seized livestock; forfeiture proceedings on failure to respond
§ 3-1376 - Hearing on claim; release or sale of seized livestock; appeals
§ 3-1377 - Sale of seized stock; disposition of proceeds; livestock custody trust fund
§ 3-1378 - Representation of livestock officer by county attorney
§ 3-1379 - Notification required on seizure by government agencies
§ 3-1401 - Definition of stray animal
§ 3-1403 - Report by livestock officer or inspector; preliminary disposition of proceeds of sale
§ 3-1404 - Payment of proceeds of sale to owner of stray
§ 3-1422 - Publication of order forming no-fence district
§ 3-1423 - Designation of stock driveway
§ 3-1425 - Dissolution of district
§ 3-1426 - Lawful fence defined
§ 3-1427 - Recovery for damage to unfenced lands; exception
§ 3-1428 - Action to recover for damage done by livestock which break through lawful fence
§ 3-1429 - Exemption of incorporated city or town from provisions of article
§ 3-1452 - Feed lot operator's license; applications; fees; exemption
§ 3-1453 - Disposition of fees