California Code
DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS
CHAPTER 2 - California Seed Law

ARTICLE 1 - Short Title and Definitions

Section 52251. - 52251. This chapter shall be known as the “California Seed...

Section 52252. - 52252. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...

Section 52253. - 52253. “Advertisement” means representations, except those on the label, which...

Section 52254. - 52254. “Agricultural seed” means the seed of any domesticated grass...

Section 52254.3. - 52254.3. “Board” means the Seed Advisory Board. (Amended by Stats....

Section 52254.4. - 52254.4. “Certification” means to certify as to the variety, purity,...

Section 52254.5. - 52254.5. “Labeler” means any person whose name and address appears...

Section 52255. - 52255. “Labeling” means all labels, and other written, printed, or...

Section 52255.5. - 52255.5. “Noncommercial seed sharing activity” means the receiving or giving...

Section 52256. - 52256. “Noxious weed seed” means the seed or propagule of...

Section 52256.5. - 52256.5. “Person” also means any individual, partnership, corporation, trust association,...

Section 52257. - 52257. “Prohibited noxious weed seed” means the seed or propagule...

Section 52257.5. - 52257.5. “Conditioner” means any person who cleans, scarifies, or blends...

Section 52257.6. - 52257.6. “Process” means any modification of the form or nature...

Section 52257.8. - 52257.8. “Research” means any research related to the variety, purity,...

Section 52258. - 52258. “Restricted noxious weed seed” means the seed or propagule...

Section 52259. - 52259. “Vegetable seed” means the seed of any crop which...

Section 52260. - 52260. “Weed seed” means any noxious weed seed or vegetable...

Section 52261. - 52261. “Viability” means a description of living seeds which are...

Section 52262. - 52262. “Farm” means a place of agricultural production which has...

ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions

Section 52281. - 52281. This chapter and the terms which are used in...

Section 52282. - 52282. The secretary and, under the supervision and direction of...

Section 52283. - 52283. The director may cooperate with the United States Department...

Section 52284. - 52284. The director may issue such orders, circulars, and announcements...

Section 52285. - 52285. If the director or the commissioner finds that any...

Section 52286. - 52286. The director shall maintain a properly equipped laboratory for...

Section 52287. - 52287. All prohibited and restricted noxious weed seed which are...

Section 52288. - 52288. The Legislature hereby declares all of the following: (a)...

Section 52289. - 52289. The department may post information on its Internet Web...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Seed Advisory Board

Section 52291. - 52291. There is in the department a Seed Advisory Board...

Section 52291.1. - 52291.1. It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative...

Section 52292. - 52292. The term of office for each member of the...

Section 52295. - 52295. Members of the board shall receive no salary but...

Section 52296. - 52296. The board shall be advisory to the secretary and...

Section 52297. - 52297. The board shall annually elect a chairman from its...

Section 52298. - 52298. The board shall meet at the call of its...

ARTICLE 2.6 - Genetically Engineered Plants

Section 52300. - 52300. For purposes of this article only, the following definitions...

Section 52301. - 52301. (a) Before a person or his or her agent...

Section 52302. - 52302. If requested by either party, the secretary or his...

Section 52303. - 52303. Samples for analysis may be taken from a standing...

Section 52304. - 52304. The results of any testing conducted pursuant to this...

Section 52305. - 52305. A farmer shall not be liable based on the...

Section 52306. - 52306. The provisions of this part are severable. If any...

ARTICLE 3 - Exceptions

Section 52311. - 52311. A person is not subject to the penalties which...

ARTICLE 3.5 - Funding

Section 52321. - 52321. All money that is received by the director pursuant...

Section 52322. - 52322. The secretary shall prepare an annual statement of the...

Section 52323. - 52323. (a) The department’s cost of carrying out this chapter...

Section 52324. - 52324. (a) The subvention program under Section 52323 is an...

Section 52325. - 52325. (a) Commissioners of counties that choose to participate in...

ARTICLE 4 - Regulations

Section 52331. - 52331. The director, by regulations, shall do all of the...

Section 52332. - 52332. The secretary, by regulation, may adopt all of the...

Section 52333. - 52333. The director may, by regulation, adopt standards, including noxious...

Section 52334. - 52334. The declaration of a plant, seed, nursery stock, or...

ARTICLE 4.5 - Registration and Assessment

Section 52351. - 52351. Every labeler of agricultural or vegetable seed offered for...

Section 52351.5. - 52351.5. (a) Notwithstanding Section 52351, the secretary may require any...

Section 52352. - 52352. Each application for an annual registration shall be accompanied...

Section 52353. - 52353. If a registration is not renewed within one calendar...

Section 52354. - 52354. Each person who is required to be registered pursuant...

Section 52354.5. - 52354.5. The director shall fix the annual assessment established pursuant...

Section 52354.8. - 52354.8. If the assessment established pursuant to Section 52354 and...

Section 52355. - 52355. Any registrant who packages or labels seed, or both,...

Section 52356. - 52356. Total expenditures from funds derived from registration fees and...

ARTICLE 5 - Powers of Enforcing Officers

Section 52361. - 52361. The secretary, each commissioner, and any qualified representative of...

Section 52362. - 52362. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of...

Section 52363. - 52363. (a) Any sample which is taken by an enforcement...

ARTICLE 6 - Stop-Sale Orders

Section 52391. - 52391. The secretary or the commissioner and any qualified representative...

Section 52392. - 52392. It is unlawful for any person to move or...

Section 52393. - 52393. The owner or custodian of seed which is held...

Section 52394. - 52394. This article does not limit the right of the...

Section 52395. - 52395. Any decision of the director pursuant to this article...

ARTICLE 6.5 - Seed-certifying Agencies

Section 52401. - 52401. The secretary shall, by regulation, establish a list of...

Section 52402. - 52402. A seed-certifying agency may conduct or fund research projects...

Section 52403. - 52403. Each seed-certifying agency shall establish a schedule of fees,...

Section 52404. - 52404. Notwithstanding Section 52321, fees collected pursuant to this article...

Section 52405. - 52405. A seed-certifying agency, pursuant to procedures adopted by the...

Section 52406. - 52406. In addition to any late charge, a seed-certifying agency,...

ARTICLE 7 - Services

Section 52421. - 52421. The director and the commissioner of each county acting...

Section 52422. - 52422. The director, or any commissioner with the approval of...

ARTICLE 8 - Labeling of Seeds

Section 52451. - 52451. This article does not apply to any of the...

Section 52452. - 52452. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 52454, each...

Section 52453. - 52453. Except as otherwise provided in Section 52454, each container...

Section 52454. - 52454. Any lot of more than one container of seed...

Section 52455. - 52455. In addition to the labeling requirements of this article,...

Section 52456. - 52456. In addition to the labeling requirements of this article,...

ARTICLE 9 - Violations

Section 52481. - 52481. Except as otherwise provided in this section or in...

Section 52482. - 52482. Except as otherwise provided in Section 52486, it is...

Section 52483. - 52483. It is unlawful for any person to do any...

Section 52484. - 52484. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 52486, it...

Section 52485. - 52485. It is unlawful for any person to sell or...

Section 52486. - 52486. Sections 52481, 52482, and 52484 of this article do...

Section 52487. - 52487. A violation of this chapter for having shipped, delivered,...

Section 52488. - 52488. It is unlawful to violate any provisions of this...

Section 52489. - 52489. It is unlawful for any person to violate the...

ARTICLE 10 - Abatement

Section 52511. - 52511. Any lot of agricultural or vegetable seed that does...

Section 52512. - 52512. The district attorney of the county in which any...

Section 52513. - 52513. If the owner fails to comply with the order...

Section 52514. - 52514. A proceeding pursuant to this article where the value...

Section 52515. - 52515. The director may, after hearing, refuse to issue or...

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California Code DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS CHAPTER 2 - California Seed Law

California Code
DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS
CHAPTER 2 - California Seed Law