177A.17 - DUTY OF OWNER -- ASSESSMENT OF COSTS.
177A.17 DUTY OF OWNER -- ASSESSMENT OF COSTS.
When treatment or destruction of an agricultural or horticultural
plant or product, in field, feedlot, place of assemblage or storage,
or elsewhere, or when a special type of plowing or any other
agricultural or horticultural operation is required under the rules,
the owner or person having charge of the plants, plant products or
places, upon due notice from the state entomologist or the
entomologist's authorized agents, shall take the action required
within the time and in the manner designated by the notice. If the
owner or person in charge refuses or neglects to obey the notice, the
secretary of agriculture, or the secretary's authorized agents, may
do what is required, and the secretary shall assess the expense to
the owner after giving the owner legal notice and a hearing. No
expense other than that incidental to normal and usual farm
operations shall be so assessed. If the assessment is not paid, the
secretary shall certify it to the treasurer of the proper county who
shall enter it on the tax books and collect it as ordinary taxes are
collected and remit it to the secretary. Section History: Early Form
[S13, § 2575-a48; C24, § 4055, 4056; C27, 31, 35, § 4062-b17; C39,
§ 4062.17; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, § 267.17; C75, 77,
79, 81, § 177A.17; 81 Acts, ch 70, § 3]
Referred to in § 177A.7, 177A.19, 331.559