SECTIONS 6501-6506 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 6501-6506

6501. Except as otherwise provided in Section 6502, 6504, 6506, or
6924, it is unlawful for any person to receive or bring into any
county or locality of the state from another county or locality
within the state any nursery stock, or any other plant, appliance, or
thing subject to a federal or state quarantine or which the
commissioner or the director considers and designates to be liable to
be infected or infested with any pest, unless the person does all of
the following:
(a) Notifies the commissioner of the arrival of the article
immediately after its arrival.
(b) Holds it for immediate inspection by the commissioner, without
unnecessarily moving or placing the article where it may be harmful.
(c) Legibly marks the shipment in a conspicuous manner and place
with all of the following:
(1) The name and address of the shipper or owner.
(2) The name of the person to whom the shipment is forwarded or
shipped or the name of his or her agent.
(3) The name of the county where the contents of the shipment were
grown.
(4) A statement of its contents.

6502. Any shipment of less than five pounds of agricultural,
vegetable, or flower seed, or comprised of packages of less than
three pounds of each kind of such seed, is exempt from the
requirements of this article. The shipping permit which would be
required by Article 2 (commencing with Section 6921), Chapter 2, Part
3, of this division for such a shipment may be waived by the
commissioner.

6504. Except as provided in Sections 6505, 6506, and 6923 any
shipment of nursery stock which is moved from one county or locality
to another county or locality which is accompanied by a valid nursery
stock certificate or is sold at retail and delivered to the
purchaser at a licensed sales location as provided in Section 6924 is
exempt from the requirements of this article

6505. The commissioner may waive the exemption in Section 6504 by
written notice to the director designating the kind of nursery stock,
and the pest that may be transmitted thereby, which shall be held
for inspection as provided in Section 6501, upon arrival in the
county or locality described in the notice.

6506. Any shipment of seed from an origin inspected warehouse is
exempt from the requirements of this article.