Iowa § 177A.9 Inspection — certificate — fees

Iowa Statutes

§ 177A.9 — Inspection — certificate — fees

Iowa § 177A.9

Title VAGRICULTURE

Ch. 177ACROP PESTS

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Iowa Code § 177A.9 (2026).

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1.It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, give away, carry, ship, or deliver for carriage or shipment, within this state, any plants or plant products listed in the rules unless such plants or plant products have been officially inspected and a certificate issued by an inspector of the state entomologist’s office stating that such plants or plant products have been inspected and found to be apparently free from dangerously injurious insect pests and diseases, and giving any other facts provided for in the rules. For the issuance of such certificate, the state entomologist may require the payment of a reasonable fee to cover the expense of such inspection and certification. Provided, that if such plants or plant products were brought into this state in compliance with section 177A.8,

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1. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, give away, carry, ship, or deliver for
carriage or shipment, within this state, any plants or plant products listed in the rules unless
such plants or plant products have been officially inspected and a certificate issued by an
inspector of the state entomologist’s office stating that such plants or plant products have
been inspected and found to be apparently free from dangerously injurious insect pests
and diseases, and giving any other facts provided for in the rules. For the issuance of such
certificate, the state entomologist may require the payment of a reasonable fee to cover the
expense of such inspection and certification. Provided, that if such plants or plant products
were brought into this state in compliance with section 177A.8, the certificate required
by that section may be accepted in lieu of the inspection and certificate required by this
section, in such cases as shall be provided for in the rules. If it shall be found at any time
that a certificate of inspection, issued or accepted under the provisions of this section, is
being used in connection with plants and plant products which are infested or infected with
dangerously injurious insect pests or diseases or in connection with uninspected plants,
its further use may be prohibited, subject to such inspection and disposition of the plants
and plant products involved as may be provided for by the state entomologist. All moneys
collected under the provisions of this chapter shall be turned over to the secretary who shall
deposit them in the state treasury.
2. The fees for inspections and certifications shall not be less than twenty-five dollars nor
more than five hundred dollars. Certificates shall be issued to nursery stock growers and
dealers on an annual basis. Inspection and certification fees for nursery stock growers shall
be twenty-five dollars plus five dollars per acre or part thereof, according to the amount
of stock inspected. The inspection and certification fee for nursery stock dealers shall be
twenty-five dollars. All fees shall be paid at the time of inspection or before a certificate is
issued. Inspection and certification shall take place when necessary to enforce this chapter
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and the rules pursuant to it. Certificates issued in accordance with this chapter may be
revoked when inspection results determine that conditions violate the standards for which
certification was issued.

Legislative History

[S13, §2575-a47, -a49; C24, §4047, 4048, 4057; C27, 31, 35, §4062-b9; C39, §4062.09; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §267.9; C75, 77, 79, 81, §177A.9; 81 Acts, ch 70, §2]