Sec. 3.
The director or his deputies shall have authority to inspect any nursery, orchard, fruit or garden plantation, field, park, cemetery, private premises or public place, and any place which might become infested or infected with insect pests or diseases. He shall also have authority to inspect or to reinspect at any time or place any nursery stock shipped in or into the state, and to treat it as hereinafter provided. For the purpose of inspection and carrying out the provisions of this act or any rule, regulation, order or quarantine made or promulgated in pursuance of this act, the officers and employees of the department of agriculture shall have authority to stop any vehicle or other means of conveyance found carrying nursery stock on the public highways and shall have free access in the daytime to any nursery, orchard, garden, field, packing ground, building, cellar, freight or express office, warehouse, car or other vehicle, vessel or other place where it may be necessary or desirable for them to go, or which it may be necessary for them to inspect or treat in the performance of their duties, except cellar and rooms of private residences. It shall be unlawful to deny such access to the officers and employees of the department of agriculture, or to offer any resistance to such officers and employees, or to thwart or hinder such inspection by misrepresenting or concealing facts or conditions, or otherwise.
History: 1931, Act 189, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 286.203 ;-- Am. 1961, Act 239, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry
Act 189 of 1931 - The Insect Pest and Plant Disease Act (286.201 - 286.228)
Section 286.201 - Insect Pest and Plant Disease Act; Short Title.
Section 286.202 - Definitions.
Section 286.203 - Inspection of Nursery and Other Premises; Right of Access.
Section 286.204 - Inspection of Stock Before Sale; Application; Assumed Name.
Section 286.205 - Nursery Stock From Foreign Country; Inspection.
Section 286.207 - Withholding Certificate; Precautions; Fraud, Investigation, Revocation of License.
Section 286.208 - Sale of Dead or Weakened Nursery Stock; Penalty.
Section 286.212 - Repealed. 2016, Act 254, Eff. Sept. 26, 2016.
Section 286.213 - Revocation, Suspension or Withholding of License or Certificate; Hearing; Appeal.
Section 286.215 - Tags on Stock; Inspection of Imported Stock on Request; Expense.
Section 286.216a - Definitions; Sale, Distribution, or Use of Purple Loosestrife.
Section 286.219a - Chokecherry Harmful to Peach or Cherry Trees Prohibited; Destruction; Rules.
Section 286.221 - Inspection of Public Grounds; Application, Payment of Expense.
Section 286.223 - Quarantine; Enforcement, Hearing, Notice.
Section 286.223b - Rescission of R 285.607, R 285.611, R 285.613, and R 285.618.
Section 286.224 - Violation of Act; Penalty, Quarantine, Misdemeanor.
Section 286.225 - Review of Rule or Order; Appeal to Circuit Court.