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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79959</law_id><section_number>3.2-3808</section_number><catch_line>Nursery stock or plant products for sale or distribution subject to stop delivery or stop sale</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="3.2">Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Production and Sale of Agricultural Products</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="38">Plants and Plant Products Inspection</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> may stop delivery, stop sale, treat, or <span class="dictionary">order</span> returned to point of origin any <span class="dictionary">nursery stock</span> or plant products for sale or distribution if he finds: (i) a <span class="dictionary">plant pest</span> infection; or (ii) the exhibition of visual symptoms of a <span class="dictionary">plant pest</span> infestation. <a id="paragraph-286381" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-3808/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> may stop delivery or stop sale of: (i) any <span class="dictionary">nursery stock</span> or plant products for sale or distribution in the <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of an unlicensed <span class="dictionary">nurseryman</span> or <span class="dictionary">dealer</span>; or (ii) any <span class="dictionary">nursery stock</span> or plant products for sale or distribution that are not accompanied by an <span class="dictionary">inspection certificate</span>. <a id="paragraph-286382" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-3808/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">order</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> under this section shall be carried out at the owner&#x2019;s expense. <a id="paragraph-286383" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-3808/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1980, c. 291, &#xA7; 3.1-188.39; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
