The commissioner is hereby authorized to stop the delivery of, destroy, stop sale, to seize, to treat or to order returned to point of origin, at the owner's expense, any nursery stock or any article or material whatsoever transported or moved within this state or being transported into this state from any place outside thereof, if such nursery stock, article or material is found by him to be infested or infected with any dangerous plant pest or other insect or noxious weed or is in violation of any part of this article whether or not there is attached a valid certificate of inspection.
Structure West Virginia Code
Article 12. Insect Pests, Plant Diseases and Noxious Weeds
§19-12-3. Commissioner to Enforce Article; Powers and Duties Generally
§19-12-4. Detection and Abundance Surveys; Findings of Commissioner; Eradication and Suppression
§19-12-6. Quarantines and Other Orders; Plants or Plant Products Entering State
§19-12-7. Infected or Infested Nursery Stock, Articles or Materials Subject to Seizure, etc.
§19-12-8. Right of Entry on Premises
§19-12-11. Nursery Stock Brought Into State to Carry Inspection Certificate
§19-12-12. Disposition of Fees Collected
§19-12-14. Permit Required to Sell, Transport, etc., Plant Pests or Noxious Weeds
§19-12-15. Information to Be Furnished and Inspection Allowed Upon Request of Commissioner
§19-12-16. Criminal Penalties; Civil Penalties; Duties of the Prosecuting Attorney