(a) Notwithstanding any other penalty provided by this article, if any person required to file any annual or special report fails to do so within 30 days after receiving notice of default from the Secretary, he shall be fined $100 for each day he fails to file. The forfeiture shall be recoverable in a civil suit in the name of the State brought in the county where the person has his principal office or in any county in which he does business.
(b) The State’s Attorneys, under the direction of the Attorney General, shall prosecute for the recovery of any forfeiture. All fines resulting are payable to the State Treasury. The costs and expenses of prosecution shall be paid out of the appropriation for the expenses of the State courts.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs
Subtitle 2 - Maryland Poultry Products Inspection Act
Section 4-202 - Legislative Declarations
Section 4-203 - Applicability of Subtitle
Section 4-205 - Inspection of Official Poultry Processing Establishments; Condemnation
Section 4-207 - Payment of Cost of Inspection
Section 4-208 - Sanitary Practices at Official Establishments
Section 4-209 - Labeling, Marking, and Container
Section 4-210 - Entry of Products Into Official Establishment
Section 4-211 - False or Misleading Name, Marking, or Labeling; Misleading Container
Section 4-212 - Refusal or Withdrawal of Inspection
Section 4-213 - Registration of Certain Persons
Section 4-214 - Sale, Purchase, or Transportation of Dead, Disabled, or Diseased Poultry
Section 4-215 - Records; Access to Premises; Samples
Section 4-216 - Rules and Regulations Governing Storage and Handling of Poultry Products
Section 4-217 - Exemptions From Subtitle
Section 4-218 - Prohibited Acts
Section 4-219 - Detention of Poultry Products
Section 4-220 - Seizure and Condemnation
Section 4-221 - Investigation of Persons Engaged in Intrastate Commerce; Reports and Answers
Section 4-223 - Responsibility of Business Unit for Acts of Agent or Employee
Section 4-224 - Report of Violations for Criminal Prosecution
Section 4-225 - Jurisdiction of Courts; Proceedings in Name of State
Section 4-227 - Liability of Carrier
Section 4-229 - Penalty for Failure to File Reports
Section 4-230.1 - Application of Provisions to Rabbits and Rabbit Products; Inspections