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§ 9-404. Infestation prohibitions

West's Annotated Code of MarylandAgriculture

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Agriculture
Title 9. Regulation and Supervision of Seeds, Turf Grass, Sod, Potatoes, Ginseng and Noxious Weeds
Subtitle 4. Weed Control
MD Code, Agriculture, § 9-404
§ 9-404. Infestation prohibitions
Currentness
Prohibitions
(a) No person may:
(1) Import or transport a noxious weed in the State in any form capable of growth; or
(2) Contaminate any uninfested land with a noxious weed through the movement of rootstocks, seed, soil, mulch, nursery stock, farm machinery, or any other artificial medium.
Prescribed practices
(b) Each landowner, including a landowner of public land, or person who possesses and manages land infested with a noxious weed shall eradicate or control the noxious weed on that land by using practices that the Secretary prescribes, including mowing, cultivating, or treating with an approved herbicide.

Credits

Added by Acts 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 6, § 1. Amended by Acts 1979, c. 153; Acts 1984, c. 362; Acts 1987, c. 484.
Formerly Art. 48, § 203.
MD Code, Agriculture, § 9-404, MD AGRIC § 9-404
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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