§ 4.1-16-10 — Unidentified apiary - Notice - Seizure

1. If the agriculture commissioner determines that an apiary is not identified, as required
by section 4.1-16-09, and if after making a reasonable effort the commissioner fails to
identify the beekeeper responsible for the apiary, the commissioner shall publish in the
official newspaper of the county in which the apiary is located, a notice indicating that
at a time certain, all of the colonies, the hives, including their content, and all
beekeeping equipment present at the apiary, will be seized and sold at auction or
destroyed, unless the beekeeper or other responsible person appears to claim the
property and pay for any costs incurred by the commissioner under this section.
2. A seizure under this section may not occur until at least the sixth day after the date of
the published notice.