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﻿ Ch. 21 MN Statutes
CHAPTER 21. SEEDS
21.001 DEFINITION.
21.01 Subdivisions renumbered, repealed, or no longer in effect
21.02 [Repealed, 1951 c 552 s 1]
21.03 [Repealed, 1951 c 552 s 1]
21.031 [Repealed, 1951 c 552 s 1]
21.032 [Repealed, 1951 c 552 s 1]
21.04 [Repealed, 1951 c 552 s 1]
21.05 [Repealed, 1951 c 552 s 1]
21.06 [Repealed, 1951 c 552 s 1]
21.07 [Repealed, 1951 c 552 s 1]
21.08 [Repealed, 1951 c 552 s 1]
21.09 [Repealed, 1951 c 552 s 1]
21.10 [Repealed, 1951 c 552 s 1]
21.101 [Repealed, 1951 c 552 s 1]
21.11 [Repealed, 1951 c 465 s 1]
21.113 CERTIFICATES OF INSPECTION.
21.114 [Repealed, 1979 c 68 s 6]
21.115 FEES; SEED POTATO INSPECTION ACCOUNT.
21.117 APPLICATIONS FOR INSPECTIONS; WITHDRAWALS.
21.118 RULES.
21.119 USE OF CERTAIN TERMS FORBIDDEN; EXCEPTIONS.
21.1195 MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR PLANTING.
21.1196 RESTRICTED SEED POTATO GROWING AREA.
21.12 [Repealed, 1951 c 465 s 1]
21.121 VIOLATIONS; REPORTS, PROSECUTIONS.
21.122 PENALTIES.
21.13 [Repealed, 1951 c 465 s 1]
21.14 [Repealed, 1951 c 465 s 1]
21.15 [Repealed, 1951 c 465 s 1]
21.16 [Repealed, 1951 c 465 s 1]
21.17 [Repealed, 1951 c 465 s 1]
21.18 [Repealed, 1951 c 465 s 1]
21.19 [Repealed, 1951 c 465 s 1]
21.20 [Repealed, 1951 c 465 s 1]
21.21 [Repealed, 1951 c 552 s 1]
21.22 [Repealed, 1951 c 552 s 1]
21.23 [Repealed, 1945 c 543 s 12]
21.24 [Repealed, 1951 c 552 s 1]
21.31 [Renumbered 30.31]
21.32 [Renumbered 30.32]
21.33 [Renumbered 30.33]
21.34 [Renumbered 30.34]
21.35 [Renumbered 30.35]
21.36 [Renumbered 30.36]
21.37 [Renumbered 30.37]
21.38 [Renumbered 30.38]
21.39 [Renumbered 30.39]
21.40 [Renumbered 30.40]
21.41 [Renumbered 30.41]
21.42 [Renumbered 30.42]
21.43 [Renumbered 30.43]
21.44 [Renumbered 30.44]
21.45 [Renumbered 30.45]
21.46 [Renumbered 30.46]
21.47 [Repealed, 1983 c 293 s 115]
21.48 [Repealed, 1983 c 293 s 115]
21.49 [Repealed, 1983 c 293 s 115]
21.50 [Repealed, 1983 c 293 s 115]
21.502 [Repealed, 1983 c 293 s 115]
21.503 [Repealed, 1983 c 293 s 115]
21.51 [Repealed, 1983 c 293 s 115]
21.52 [Repealed, 1983 c 293 s 115]
21.53 [Repealed, 1983 c 293 s 115]
21.54 Subdivisions renumbered, repealed, or no longer in effect
21.55 [Repealed, 1983 c 293 s 115]
21.56 [Repealed, 1983 c 293 s 115]
21.57 [Repealed, 1983 c 293 s 115]
21.58 [Repealed, 1983 c 293 s 115]
MINNESOTA SCREENINGS ACT
21.71 CITATION, MINNESOTA SCREENINGS ACT.
21.73 PROHIBITED ACTS.
21.76 INJUNCTION; BOND.
21.77 SEIZURE.
21.78 VIOLATIONS; ENFORCEMENT.
21.80 MINNESOTA SEED LAW.
21.83 LABEL REQUIREMENTS; TREE OR SHRUB SEEDS.
21.86 UNLAWFUL ACTS.
21.88 PENALTIES NOT TO APPLY.
21.90 [Repealed, 2003 c 128 art 8 s 22]
21.901 BRAND NAME REGISTRATION.
21.91 SEED CERTIFICATION AGENCIES.
21.92 SEED INSPECTION ACCOUNT.
1961 c 113 s 1; 1961 c 128 s 4
[Repealed, 1951 c 552 s 1]
[Repealed, 1951 c 465 s 1]
MS 1941 [Repealed, 1945 c 543 s 1]
MS 1949 [Superseded, 1951 c 552 s 2 subd 4]
Subdivision 1.Duties, employees.
[Repealed by amendment, 2007 c 133 art 2 s 4]
1951 c 465 s 3; 1983 c 260 s 12; 1986 c 444; 1997 c 192 s 14; 2001 c 161 s 9; 2007 c 133 art 2 s 4
The commissioner shall cause certificates of inspection to be issued only when seed potatoes have been inspected while growing in the field and again after being harvested. Such certificates shall show the varietal purity and the freedom from disease and physical injury of such potatoes and shall contain such other information as may be prescribed by rules adopted and published under sections 21.111 to 21.122.
1951 c 465 s 4; 1985 c 248 s 70
The commissioner shall fix the fees for all inspections and certifications in such amounts as from time to time may be found necessary to pay the expenses of carrying out and enforcing the purposes of sections 21.111 to 21.122, with a reasonable reserve, and shall require the same to be paid before such inspections or certifications are made. All moneys collected as fees or as penalties for violations of any of the provisions of such sections shall be paid into the agricultural fund and credited to the seed potato inspection account of the commissioner, which account is hereby created and appropriated for carrying out the purposes of sections 21.111 to 21.122. Interest, if any, received on deposits of these moneys shall be credited to the account, and there shall be paid into this fund any sum provided by the legislature for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of such sections.
1951 c 465 s 6; 1993 c 172 s 25; 1999 c 231 s 44
All necessary expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of sections 21.111 to 21.122 and the compensation of officers, inspectors, and employees appointed, designated, or employed by the commissioner, as provided in such sections, together with their necessary traveling expenses, together with the traveling expenses of the members of the advisory seed potato certification committee, and other expenses necessary in attending committee meetings, shall be paid from, and only from, the seed potato inspection account, on order of the commissioner and commissioner of management and budget's voucher warrant.
1951 c 465 s 7; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1999 c 231 s 45; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
Any person may make application to the commissioner for inspection or certification of seed potatoes growing or to be grown. Upon receiving such application and the required fee and such other information as may be required, the commissioner shall cause such potatoes to be inspected or certified in accordance with the provisions of sections 21.111 to 21.122 and the rules adopted and published thereunder.
If a grower wishes to withdraw a field after having made application for inspection and such withdrawal is requested before the field inspection has been made, the fee paid shall be refunded to said grower.
1951 c 465 s 8; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444
It shall be the duty of the commissioner to promulgate reasonable rules for carrying out the purposes and enforcing the provisions of sections 21.111 to 21.122.
1951 c 465 s 9; 1985 c 248 s 70
It shall be unlawful to use or employ the term "certified" or the term "inspected," or any term or terms conveying a meaning substantially equivalent to the meaning of either of these terms, either orally or in writing, printing, marking, or otherwise in reference to or in connection with, or in advertising or characterizing or labeling seed potatoes or the containers thereof, unless such potatoes shall have been duly inspected and certified pursuant to the provisions of sections 21.111 to 21.122.
1951 c 465 s 10; 1955 c 287 s 2
Seed potatoes may not be planted in the state in lots of ten or more acres unless the seed meets the minimum disease standards prescribed by the commissioner. Seed potatoes may meet the standards by being certified in accordance with this chapter and rules adopted by the commissioner, or under the certification program of another state or province which, in the judgment of the commissioner, provides equivalent assurances of seed potato quality. Seed potatoes may be planted without certification if they have had at least field inspection as required for certified seed potatoes, have passed the field inspection standards of disease tolerance, and are free from ring rot. A person that plants seed potatoes in violation of this section is subject to a civil penalty of $20 per acre for each acre or part of an acre planted in violation of this section. Failure to maintain complete and accurate records in accordance with this section or rules adopted by the commissioner is an additional violation resulting in a separate civil penalty of $200 for each failure.
If there is not available to be planted in this state, in any year, a sufficient volume of potato seed meeting certified seed potato disease standards, in any or all varieties, the commissioner may, upon application by one or more growers, permit seed that does not comply with this section to be planted for that growing season if the seed does not pose a serious disease threat.
Each grower shall keep records of each lot of seed potatoes planted. For each growing season, the records must include, by field, the variety and source of the seed potatoes. Each grower shall file records as prescribed by the commissioner. All records must be made available for inspection by the commissioner or the commissioner's agents during normal business hours.
In addition to the enforcement powers and penalties in this section, the commissioner may issue a subpoena to a grower in order to compel delivery of records which are required under this section. These subpoenas are enforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction.
1987 c 124 s 1
(a) "Restricted seed potato growing area" means Clearwater, Kittson, Koochiching, and Roseau Counties; the portions of Marshall and Pennington Counties that lie east of United States Highway No. 59; the portion of Red Lake County that lies east of United States Highway No. 59 and north of Minnesota Highway No. 92; the portion of Polk County that lies north of Minnesota Highway No. 92; and the portion of Beltrami County that lies north of Beltrami County Highway No. 32 and west of Minnesota Highway No. 72.
(b) "Historic certified seed potato area" means the portion of Marshall County included in the towns of Augsburg and Nelson Park that are north of Marshall County Highway No. 5.
(a) The seed potato certification requirements under sections 21.111 to 21.122 apply to potatoes grown in plots of ten acres or more in the restricted seed potato growing area. Qualifying potatoes grown in the restricted seed potato growing area must be certified as seed potatoes.
(b) The commissioner may enter and inspect plots subject to paragraph (a) during the growing season.
A potato grower who violates subdivision 2, paragraph (a), is subject to a penalty of $100 per acre of potatoes grown and not certified.
1990 c 479 s 1; 1992 c 397 s 1; 1994 c 422 s 1
It shall be the duty of every prosecuting officer, to whom the commissioner shall report any violation of sections 21.111 to 21.122, to cause appropriate proceedings to be commenced and prosecuted in the proper courts without delay for the enforcement of the penalties in such case as provided in such sections.
1951 c 465 s 11
Any person violating any provision of sections 21.111 to 21.121 or any rule promulgated by the commissioner thereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; and upon conviction for a first offense shall be punished by a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not less than 10 days nor more than 90 days; and for each second and subsequent offense such persons shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $3,000 or by imprisonment for not less than 30 days nor more than six months. Upon conviction for such second offense the commissioner shall refuse the violator the privilege of handling in any way certified seed potatoes during the season in which such second offense was committed.
1951 c 465 s 12; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1985 c 248 s 70; 2004 c 228 art 1 s 72
[Repealed, Ex1961 c 6 s 5; 1983 c 293 s 115]
Sections 21.71 to 21.78 may be cited as the "Minnesota Screenings Act."
1959 c 172 s 1
Subdivision 1.Infested feed grain; screenings.
It is unlawful for any person to feed or to sell, offer for sale, or expose for sale, or transport, to the consumer, for feeding purposes, any weed-seed infested agricultural seeds and grains, or screenings:
(1) Containing restricted weed seeds in excess of the legal limit;
(2) Containing more than ten percent total weed seeds by weight.
Subd. 2.False advertisement; obstruction; noncompliance with orders.
(1) to disseminate any false or misleading advertisement concerning weed-seed infested agricultural seeds and grains, or screenings, in any manner or by any means;
(2) to hinder or obstruct in any way any authorized person in the performance of duties under sections 21.71 to 21.78; and
(3) to fail to comply with a stop-sale order.
1959 c 172 s 3; 1961 c 127 art 2 s 5; 1986 c 444
When in the performance of duties the commissioner applies to any court for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of sections 21.71 to 21.78, or any rules thereunder, said injunction, if any be granted, shall be issued without bond.
1959 c 172 s 6; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444
Any lot or amount of weed-seed infested agricultural seeds and grains, or screenings, not in compliance with the provisions of sections 21.71 to 21.78, is subject to seizure on complaint of the commissioner to a court of competent jurisdiction in the locality in which the weed-seed infested agricultural seeds and grains, or screenings, are located. In the event that the court finds the weed-seed infested agricultural seeds and grains, or screenings, to be in violation of said sections and orders the condemnation of said weed-seed infested agricultural seeds and grains, or screenings, they shall be denatured, processed, destroyed, or otherwise disposed of in compliance with the laws of this state; provided, that in no instance shall the court order such disposition of said weed-seed infested agricultural seeds and grains, or screenings, without first having given the claimant any opportunity to apply to the court for the release of said weed-seed infested agricultural seeds and grains, or screenings, or permission to process them to bring them into compliance with these sections.
1959 c 172 s 7
Any person violating any of the provisions of sections 21.71 to 21.78, or any of the rules promulgated by the commissioner thereunder, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Subd. 2.Duty to prosecute.
It is the duty of every prosecuting officer to whom the commissioner shall report any violation of sections 21.71 to 21.78, or of any of the rules promulgated thereunder, to cause appropriate proceedings to be commenced and prosecuted in the proper courts without delay for the enforcement of the penalties as in such case provided.
1959 c 172 s 8; 1985 c 248 s 70
Sections 21.80 to 21.92 may be cited as the "Minnesota Seed Law."
1983 c 293 s 39
The headings for "germination" and "hard seed or dormant seed" percentages must be stated separately on the seed label. A separate percentage derived from combining these percentages may also be stated on the seed label, but the heading for this percentage must be "total germination and hard seed or dormant seed when applicable." They must not be stated as "total live seed," "total germination," or in any other unauthorized manner.
(2) for each variety of hybrid seed field corn, the day classification as determined by the originator or owner. The day classification must approximate the number of days of growing season necessary from emergence of the corn plant above ground to relative maturity and must conform to the day classification established by the director of the Minnesota agricultural experiment station for the appropriate zone.
1983 c 293 s 41; 2003 c 128 art 8 s 9; 2012 c 244 art 1 s 29,30
Each container of tree or shrub seed which is offered for sale for sowing purposes shall bear or have attached in a conspicuous place a plainly written or printed label or tag in the English language giving the information required by this section. This label statement shall not be modified or denied in the labeling or on another label attached to the container, except that labeling of seed supplied under a contractual agreement may be made by an invoice accompanying the shipment or by an analysis tag attached to the invoice if each bag or other container is clearly identified by a lot number stenciled on the container. Each bag or container that is not so stenciled must carry complete labeling.
Subd. 2.Label content.
For all tree or shrub seed subject to this section the label shall contain:
(a) the common name of the species, and the subspecies if appropriate;
(b) the scientific name of the genus and species, and the subspecies if appropriate;
(d) for seed collected from a predominantly indigenous stand, the area of collection given by latitude and longitude, or geographic description, or political subdivision such as state or county;
(e) for seed collected from a predominantly nonindigenous stand, the identity of the area of collection and the origin of the stand or the words "origin not indigenous";
(f) the elevation or the upper and lower limits of elevation within which the seed was collected;
(g) the percentage of pure seed by weight;
(h) for those kinds of seed for which standard testing procedures are prescribed:
(1) the percentage of germination exclusive of hard or dormant seed;
(2) the percentage of hard or dormant seed, if present; and
(3) the calendar month and year the percentages were determined by test; or
(4) in lieu of the requirements of clauses (1) to (3), the seed may be labeled "test is in progress, results will be supplied upon request";
(i) for those species for which standard germination testing procedures have not been prescribed by the commissioner, the calendar year in which the seed was collected; and
(j) the name and address of the person who labeled the seed or who sells the seed within this state.
For all treated tree and shrub seeds for which a separate label may be used the label shall contain:
(a) a word or statement to indicate that the seed has been treated;
(b) the commonly accepted, coined, chemical, or abbreviated generic chemical name of the applied substance;
(c) the caution statement "Do not use for food, feed, or oil purposes" if the substance in the amount present with the seed is harmful to human or other vertebrate animals;
(d) in the case of mercurials or similarly toxic substances, a poison statement and symbol;
(e) a word or statement describing the process used when the treatment is not of pesticide origin;
(f) if the seed has been treated with an inoculant, the date beyond which the inoculant is considered ineffective. It shall be listed on the label as "inoculant: expires (month and year)" or wording which conveys the same meaning.
1983 c 293 s 42; 2003 c 128 art 8 s 10
Each person whose name appears on the label of agricultural, vegetable, flower, wildflower, tree, or shrub seeds subject to section 21.82 or 21.83 shall keep for three years complete records of each lot of agricultural, vegetable, flower, wildflower, tree, or shrub seed sold in this state and shall keep for one year a file sample of each lot of seed after disposition of the lot.
1983 c 293 s 43; 2003 c 128 art 8 s 11
The commissioner shall establish and maintain a seed laboratory for seed testing, employing necessary agents and assistants to administer and enforce sections 21.80 to 21.92, who shall be governed by chapter 43A.
1983 c 293 s 44; 1984 c 640 s 32; 1986 c 444; 1992 c 567 art 3 s 2; 1993 c 367 s 25; 1995 c 233 art 2 s 56; 1Sp2001 c 2 s 41; 2003 c 128 art 8 s 12,13
(j) it is labeled with a variety name but not certified by an official seed certifying agency when it is a variety for which a United States certificate of plant variety protection has been granted under United States Code, title 7, sections 2481 to 2486, specifying sale by variety name only as a class of certified seed. Seed from a certified lot may be labeled as to variety name when used in a blend or mixture by or with approval of the owner of the variety; or
(k) the person whose name appears on the label does not have complete records including a file sample of each lot of agricultural, vegetable, flower, tree or shrub seed sold in this state as required in section 21.84.
Subd. 2.Miscellaneous violations.
(f) plant any agricultural seed which the person knows contains weed seeds or noxious weed seeds in excess of the limits for that seed.
1983 c 293 s 45; 2000 c 477 s 23; 2003 c 128 art 8 s 14
Sections 21.82 and 21.83 do not apply:
(b) to seed in storage in or being transported or consigned to a conditioning establishment for conditioning, provided that the invoice or label accompanying any shipment of the seeds bears the statement "seeds for conditioning," and provided that any labeling or other representation which may be made with respect to the unconditioned seed is subject to the provisions of sections 21.82 and 21.83; or
(c) to any carrier with respect to seed transported or delivered for transportation in the ordinary course of its business as a carrier, provided that the carrier is not engaged in producing, conditioning, or marketing seeds subject to sections 21.82 and 21.83.
1983 c 293 s 46
A person is not subject to penalties for having sold seeds which were incorrectly labeled or represented as to kind, species, subspecies, if appropriate, variety, type, origin and year, elevation or place of collection if required, if the seeds cannot be identified by examination unless the person has failed to obtain an invoice or genuine grower's or tree seed collector's declaration or other labeling information and to take other reasonable precautions to ensure the identity is as stated.
1983 c 293 s 47; 1986 c 444; 2003 c 128 art 8 s 15
(2) for initial labelers who sell vegetable, flower, and wildflower seed packed for use in home gardens or household plantings, an annual permit issued for a fee established in section 21.891, subdivision 2, paragraph (c), based upon the gross sales from the previous year; and
1983 c 293 s 48; 1989 c 312 s 1,2; 2003 c 128 art 8 s 16,17
(b) The application for a seed permit covered by section 21.89, subdivision 2, clause (1), must be accompanied by an application fee of $50.
(1) for gross sales of $0 to $25,000, the annual permit fee is $50;
(2) for gross sales of $25,001 to $50,000, the annual permit fee is $100;
(3) for gross sales of $50,001 to $100,000, the annual permit fee is $200;
(4) for gross sales of $100,001 to $250,000, the annual permit fee is $500;
(5) for gross sales of $250,001 to $500,000, the annual permit fee is $1,000; and
(6) for gross sales of $500,001 and above, the annual permit fee is $2,000.
(d) The application for a seed permit covered by section 21.89, subdivision 2, clause (3), must be accompanied by an application fee of $50. Initial labelers holding seed fee permits covered under this paragraph need not apply for a new permit or pay the application fee. Under this permit category, the fees for the following kinds of agricultural seed sold either in bulk or containers are:
(1) oats, wheat, and barley, 6.3 cents per hundredweight;
(2) rye, field beans, soybeans, buckwheat, and flax, 8.4 cents per hundredweight;
(3) field corn, 29.4 cents per hundredweight;
(4) forage, lawn and turf grasses, and legumes, 49 cents per hundredweight;
(5) sunflower, $1.40 per hundredweight;
(6) sugar beet, $3.29 per hundredweight; and
(7) for any agricultural seed not listed in clauses (1) to (6), the fee for the crop most closely resembling it in normal planting rate applies.
The fee is $25 for each variety registered for sale by brand name.
2003 c 128 art 8 s 18
The owner or originator of a variety of nonhybrid seed that is to be sold in this state must annually register the variety with the commissioner if the variety is to be sold only under a brand name. The registration must include the brand name and the variety of seed. The brand name for a blend or mixture need not be registered.
1996 c 407 s 16; 2003 c 128 art 8 s 21
Subdivision 1.Minnesota.
The official seed certification agency for Minnesota shall be determined by the commissioner of agriculture and the director of the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station.
Subd. 2.Other jurisdictions.
The official seed certification agency for other jurisdictions shall be determined and the identity filed as a public record in the office of the commissioner of agriculture. The determination shall be made by the commissioner of agriculture and the director of the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station.
1983 c 293 s 50
There is established in the agricultural fund an account known as the seed inspection account. Fees and penalties collected by the commissioner under sections 21.80 to 21.92 and interest attributable to money in the account shall be deposited into this account. Money in the account, including interest earned, is appropriated to the commissioner for the administration and enforcement of sections 21.80 to 21.92.
1983 c 293 s 51; 1985 c 248 s 9; 1993 c 172 s 26; 1996 c 305 art 3 s 5; 1999 c 231 s 47; 1999 c 250 art 3 s 5