Pennsylvania § 1522 Stop-sale orders

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 1522 — Stop-sale orders

Pennsylvania § 1522

JurisdictionPennsylvania

Title 3AGRICULTURE

PartPART III

Ch. 15CONTROLLED PLANTS AND NOXIOUS WEEDS

Subch.REGULATION AND ADMINISTRATION

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Bluebook

3 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1522 (2026).

Text

(a)General rule.--The department may issue and enforce a stop-sale order to any person holding or required to hold a permit under this chapter or to any person where a noxious weed or controlled plant exists. The stop-sale order shall require a person to hold, at a designated place, any noxious weed or controlled plant. Noxious weeds or controlled plants subject to a stop-sale order issued under the authority of this subsection shall continue to be held at the designated place until the department is notified by the person to whom the stop-sale order was directed that the prescribed treatment measure or action has been taken and a reinspection of the premises indicates the treatment measure has been completed and was effective.

(b)Official marking of noxious weeds and controlled plants

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(a) General rule.--The department may issue and enforce a stop-sale order to any person holding or required to hold a permit under this chapter or to any person where a noxious weed or controlled plant exists. The stop-sale order shall require a person to hold, at a designated place, any noxious weed or controlled plant. Noxious weeds or controlled plants subject to a stop-sale order issued under the authority of this subsection shall continue to be held at the designated place until the department is notified by the person to whom the stop-sale order was directed that the prescribed treatment measure or action has been taken and a reinspection of the premises indicates the treatment measure has been completed and was effective.

(b) Official marking of noxious weeds and controlled plants subject to a stop-sale order.--

(1) Noxious weeds and controlled plants under a stop-sale order shall be clearly identified and, where practicable, conspicuously marked.

(2) It shall be unlawful for a person to remove markings placed by the department for this purpose unless instructed by the department to do so.

(c) Violation of a stop-sale order.--It shall be unlawful to violate a stop-sale order issued under this section. The department may impose any and all penalties authorized under this chapter for a violation of the order.