266.101. Seed subject to seizure, when--proceedings--disposition of condemned seed. - Missouri Statutes

Seed subject to seizure, when--proceedings--disposition of condemnedseed.

266.101. Any lot of agricultural or vegetable seed found inthe possession of a single owner or custodian and not incompliance with the provisions of this law shall be subject toseizure upon complaint of the director of the department ofagriculture to the circuit court of the county or city in whichsuch seed is located. Such seizure shall not be made until theowner or custodian of the seed has been given sixty days from thedate of a "stop-sale" order to bring the seed in compliance withthe provisions of this law. In the event the court finds thatthe seed does not comply with this law, it shall order thecondemnation thereof, and the seed shall be denatured, processed,destroyed, relabeled, or otherwise disposed of by the court;provided, that either party may demand a trial by jury on anyissue of fact joined in any such case; and provided further, thatin no instance shall the court order such disposition of saidseed without first having given the claimant an opportunity toapply to the court for the release of said seed or permission toprocess or relabel said seed to bring it into compliance withthis law.

(L. 1951 p. 5 § 266.100, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1979 H.B. 57)