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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 2. AGRICULTURE · Chapter 11. SEEDS AND PLANTS · Article 3. CERTIFICATION OF SEEDS AND PLANTS

2-11-53. False use of evidence of certification in sale of seeds or plants.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. It shall be a misdemeanor for any person, firm, association, or corporation selling seeds or plants in this state to use any evidence of certification, including specially designed tags or any tags similar thereto or the word ‘‘certified,’’ on any package of seeds or plants, unless such seeds or plants have been duly inspected and certified as provided for in this article or have been inspected and certified by a legally constituted agency of another state or foreign country. The duty of enforcing this Code section shall be vested in the Commissioner.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1956, p. 16, § 4; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1151, § 2.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t1-t2-t3-(v3)-2019-pdf.pdf, Volume V3, 2019 edition, page 527; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 206dab95f27a.