177A.12 - FEDERAL QUARANTINE -- SEIZURES.
177A.12 FEDERAL QUARANTINE -- SEIZURES.
1. Until the secretary of agriculture of the United States shall
have made a determination that a federal quarantine is necessary, and
has duly established the same with reference to any dangerous plant
disease or insect infestation, the state entomologist of this state
is authorized to promulgate and enforce quarantine regulations
prohibiting or restricting the transportation of any class of plant
material or product or article into this state from any state,
territory or district of the United States, when the entomologist
shall have information that a dangerous plant disease or insect
infestation exists in such state, territory, district, or portion
thereof.
2. The state entomologist, the entomologist's inspectors or duly
authorized agents are authorized to seize, destroy, or return to the
point of origin any material received in this state in violation of
any state quarantine established under the authority of subsection 1,
or in violation of any federal quarantine established under the
authority of the Act of August 20, 1912, 37 Stat. ch 308, or any
amendment to that Act. Section History: Early Form
[C27, 31, 35, § 4062-b12; C39, § 4062.12; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62,
66, 71, 73, § 267.12; C75, 77, 79, 81, § 177A.12] Section History: Recent Form
2006 Acts, ch 1010, §58
Referred to in § 177A.19