Iowa § 177A.17 Duty of owner — assessment of costs

Iowa Statutes

§ 177A.17 — Duty of owner — assessment of costs

Iowa § 177A.17

Title VAGRICULTURE

Ch. 177ACROP PESTS

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Bluebook

Iowa Code § 177A.17 (2026).

Text

When treatment or destruction of an agricultural or horticultural plant or product, in field,
feedlot, place of assemblage or storage, or elsewhere, or when a special type of plowing or
any other agricultural or horticultural operation is required under the rules, the owner or
person having charge of the plants, plant products or places, upon due notice from the state
entomologist or the entomologist’s authorized agents, shall take the action required within
the time and in the manner designated by the notice. If the owner or person in charge refuses
or neglects to obey the notice, the secretary of agriculture, or the secretary’s authorized
agents, may do what is required, and the secretary shall assess the expense to the owner after
giving the owner legal notice and a hearing. No expense 

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When treatment or destruction of an agricultural or horticultural plant or product, in field,
feedlot, place of assemblage or storage, or elsewhere, or when a special type of plowing or
any other agricultural or horticultural operation is required under the rules, the owner or
person having charge of the plants, plant products or places, upon due notice from the state
entomologist or the entomologist’s authorized agents, shall take the action required within
the time and in the manner designated by the notice. If the owner or person in charge refuses
or neglects to obey the notice, the secretary of agriculture, or the secretary’s authorized
agents, may do what is required, and the secretary shall assess the expense to the owner after
giving the owner legal notice and a hearing. No expense other than that incidental to normal
and usual farm operations shall be so assessed. If the assessment is not paid, the secretary
shall certify it to the treasurer of the proper county who shall enter it on the tax books and
collect it as ordinary taxes are collected and remit it to the secretary.

Legislative History

[S13, §2575-a48; C24, §4055, 4056; C27, 31, 35, §4062-b17; C39, §4062.17; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §267.17; C75, 77, 79, 81, §177A.17; 81 Acts, ch 70, §3]