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This law was first created in 1980. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 291 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1980 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":195841,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79959,"identifier":"3.2-3808","token":"3.2\/III\/38\/3.2-3808","url":"\/3.2-3808\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-3808\/","token":"3.2\/III\/38\/3.2-3808","dublin_core":{"Title":"Nursery stock or plant products for sale or distribution subject to stop delivery or stop sale","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-3808","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Commissioner<\/span> may stop delivery, stop sale, treat, or order<\/span> returned to point of origin any nursery stock<\/span> or plant products for sale or distribution if he finds: (i) a plant pest<\/span> infection; or (ii) the exhibition of visual symptoms of a plant pest<\/span> infestation. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Commissioner<\/span> may stop delivery or stop sale of: (i) any nursery stock<\/span> or plant products for sale or distribution in the possession<\/span> of an unlicensed nurseryman<\/span> or dealer<\/span>; or (ii) any nursery stock<\/span> or plant products for sale or distribution that are not accompanied by an inspection certificate<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Any order<\/span> of the Commissioner<\/span> under this section shall be carried out at the owner’s expense. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNURSERY STOCK OR PLANT PRODUCTS FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTION SUBJECT TO STOP\nDELIVERY OR STOP SALE (\u00a7 3.2-3808)\n\nA. The Commissioner may stop delivery, stop sale, treat, or order returned to\npoint of origin any nursery stock or plant products for sale or distribution if\nhe finds: (i) a plant pest infection; or (ii) the exhibition of visual symptoms\nof a plant pest infestation.\n\nB. The Commissioner may stop delivery or stop sale of: (i) any nursery stock or\nplant products for sale or distribution in the possession of an unlicensed\nnurseryman or dealer; or (ii) any nursery stock or plant products for sale or\ndistribution that are not accompanied by an inspection certificate.\n\nC. Any order of the Commissioner under this section shall be carried out at the\nowner’s expense.\n\nHISTORY: 1980, c. 291, \u00a7 3.1-188.39; 2008, c. 860.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}