Section 76-11-16 - Stop sale orders. - New Mexico Statutes

76-11-16. Stop sale orders.

The department may issue and enforce a written or printed "stop sale, use or removal" order to the owner or custodian of any lot of commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner and to be held at a designated place when the department finds the commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner is being offered or exposed for sale in violation of any of the provisions of the New Mexico Fertilizer Act [Article 11 of Chapter 76 NMSA 1978] until the law has been complied with and the commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner is released, in writing, by the department, or the violation has been otherwise legally disposed of by written authority. The department shall release the commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner so withdrawn when the requirements of the provisions of the New Mexico Fertilizer Act have been complied with and all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the withdrawal have been paid.