38-12A-11. Seed dealers permit required--Exception--Expiration--Fee.
No person may sell, distribute, advertise, solicit orders for, offer for sale, expose for sale, or transport seed without first obtaining from the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources a permit to engage in the business. No permit is required of any person selling or advertising seed of the person's own production in South Dakota, if the seed is stored or delivered to a purchaser only on or from the farm or premises where grown or the production and sale of seed is not a primary endeavor and primary source of income to such persons. Each permit shall expire on the thirty-first day of December of the year following the date of issue. The biennial fee for a seed permit is: Seedsman-- five hundred dollars; Seed producer-- seventy-five dollars; Seed dealer-- seventy-five dollars.
Source: SL 1988, ch 314, §11; SL 2001, ch 215, §1; SL 2009, ch 197, §1; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 21-3), § 51, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 38 - Agriculture and Horticulture
Chapter 12A - Seed Standards And Labeling
Section 38-12A-1 - Definition of terms.
Section 38-12A-2 - Label required for containers of agricultural seeds--Contents.
Section 38-12A-3 - Label required for containers of lawn and turf seed--Contents.
Section 38-12A-4 - Label required for containers of vegetable seeds in planting devices--Contents.
Section 38-12A-6 - Label required for containers of tree and shrub seeds--Contents--Exception.
Section 38-12A-7 - Contents of label for treated seed.
Section 38-12A-8 - Seed sold in bulk--Display of label on container--Customer copy--Exception.
Section 38-12A-9 - Seed test to determine label information.
Section 38-12A-10 - Exceptions to labeling requirements.
Section 38-12A-11 - Seed dealers permit required--Exception--Expiration--Fee.
Section 38-12A-11.1 - Seed fund established--Purpose--Appropriations.
Section 38-12A-12 - Contents of advertisement by person excepted from seed permit.
Section 38-12A-13 - Records of seed lots--File samples--Inspection--Use by secretary.
Section 38-12A-14 - Secretary provided copy of records and access to premises.
Section 38-12A-15 - Modification, revocation, or refusal to renew permit for violations.
Section 38-12A-17 - Additional prohibited acts--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 38-12A-18 - Additional civil penalty.
Section 38-12A-19 - Powers of secretary.
Section 38-12A-20 - Promulgation of rules by secretary.
Section 38-12A-21 - Right of consumer to submit claim to arbitration.
Section 38-12A-25 - Appointment of committee members--Election of chairman and secretary.
Section 38-12A-26 - Purpose of committee--Nonbinding report--Evidence in litigation.
Section 38-12A-27 - Session called by secretary or upon direction of chairman.
Section 38-12A-28 - Investigation by committee--Recommendation--Hearings.
Section 38-12A-29 - Investigation by majority of committee directed by chairman--Summary.
Section 38-12A-30 - Members not compensated--Reimbursement for expenses.