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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57755</law_id><section_number>3.2-4018</section_number><catch_line>Notice of violations; warning</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="40">Seeds</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Seeds</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall notify the custodian of any seed or <span class="dictionary">screenings</span> in violation of this article. The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall forward a copy of notice to the <span class="dictionary">guarantor</span>. <a id="paragraph-211529" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4018/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Nothing in this article requires that the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> report for <span class="dictionary">prosecution</span> or institute seizure proceedings if the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> considers the violation of the <span class="dictionary">law</span> to be <span class="dictionary">minor</span>. In such cases, the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> may provide a notice of warning in writing. <a id="paragraph-211530" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4018/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 3-219.12; 1958, c. 483; 1966, cc. 9, 702, &#xA7; 3.1-274; 1994, c. 577; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
