3.2-712 - Permit required to sell and transport plant pests.
§ 3.2-712. Permit required to sell and transport plant pests.
No person shall sell, barter, offer for sale, move, transport, deliver, ship,or offer for shipment into or within the Commonwealth any plant pests in anyliving stage without first obtaining a permit from the Commissioner. Suchpermit shall be issued only after it has been determined that the plant pestsare not injurious, are generally present already, or are for scientificpurposes subject to specified safeguards.
(Code 1950, § 3-178.14; 1964, c. 476; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-188.31:1; 1980, c.291; 2008, c. 860.)