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NC Gen Stat § 106-418.11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 35B - Livestock Dealer Licensing Act.|§ 106-418.11 - Licenses.

 106-418.11. Licenses.(a) Any person desiring to be licensed as a livestock dealer shall make application to the Commissioner. Such application shall contain the address, both business and personal, of the applicant. No financial information shall be required from the applicant.Whenever an applicant has complied with this Article, the Commissioner shall issue to such applicant a license which shall entitle the licensee to engage in the business of livestock dealer for a period of one year, unless such license is sooner suspended, or revoked in accordance with the provisions of this Article.The license may be renewed annually by written request to the Commissioner on a form prepared by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, which form shall require only the name and current address of the licensee. No renewal fee shall be charged.(b) The Commissioner may suspend for a period not to exceed 120 days the license of any livestock dealer whom the Commissioner finds has violated G.S. 106-418.10(2). For a second violation of G.S. 106-418.10(2) within a period of two years, the Commissioner may revoke a dealer's license.(c) The Commissioner may refuse to issue a license to any person who has (i) within five years of his application therefor, been finally adjudicated as having on two or more occasions violated the provisions of G.S. 106-418.10(1) or (ii) on three or more occasions within five years of his application therefor been finally adjudicated as violating G.S. 106-418.10(2).(d) All proceedings relative to the suspension, revocation, or refusal of a license shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 150B of the General Statutes. (1973, c. 196; c. 1331, s. 3; 1975, c. 19, s. 34; 1987, c. 827, s. 1; 1997-261, s. 109.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-418.12 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 35B - Livestock Dealer Licensing Act.|§ 106-418.12 - Hearings.

 106-418.12. Hearings.Any hearing required or permitted to be held pursuant to this Article may be conducted by the Commissioner or his delegate and his decision shall be treated for all purposes as that of the Commissioner. (1973, c. 196.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-418.13 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 35B - Livestock Dealer Licensing Act.|§ 106-418.13 - Maintenance of records.

 106-418.13. Maintenance of records.Every livestock dealer shall keep complete records for at least one year of all transactions involving livestock and permit any authorized agent of the Commissioner to have access to and to copy all records relating to such transactions. Such records shall consist of the approximate age, breed and species of the livestock, the date of sale, name and address of persons from whom and to whom livestock are sold and traded. (1973, c. 196.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-418.14 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 35B - Livestock Dealer Licensing Act.|§ 106-418.14 - Penalties.

 106-418.14. Penalties.Any person who violates G.S. 106-418.10(1) is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. For a second or subsequent violation of G.S. 106-418.10(1), a person is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1973, c. 196; 1999-408, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-418.15 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 35B - Livestock Dealer Licensing Act.|§ 106-418.15 - Short title.

 106-418.15. Short title.This Article may be cited as the "Livestock Dealer Licensing Act." (1973, c. 196.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-418.16 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 35B - Livestock Dealer Licensing Act.|§ 106-418.16 - Civil penalties.

 106-418.16. Civil penalties.The Commissioner may assess a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) against any person who violates a provision of this Article or any rule promulgated thereunder. In determining the amount of the penalty, the Commissioner shall consider the degree and extent of harm caused by the violation.The clear proceeds of civil penalties assessed pursuant to this section shall be remitted to the Civil Penalty and Forfeiture Fund in accordance with G.S. 115C-457.2. (1995, c. 516, s. 11; 1998-215, s. 15.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-419 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 36 - Plant Pests.|§ 106-419 - Plant pest defined.

 106-419. Plant pest defined.A plant pest is hereby defined to mean any insect, mite, nematode, other invertebrate animal, disease, noxious weed, plant or animal parasite in any stage of development which is injurious to plants and plant products. (1957, c. 985.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-419.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 36 - Plant Pests.|§ 106-419.1 - Plants, plant products and other objects exposed to plant pests.

 106-419.1. Plants, plant products and other objects exposed to plant pests.Any plant, plant product, object or article which has been, or which the Commissioner of Agriculture or his agents have reasonable grounds to believe has been exposed to a plant pest, may be treated as a plant pest for the purposes of this Article. (1971, c. 526.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-420 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 36 - Plant Pests.|§ 106-420 - Authority of Board of Agriculture to adopt regulations.

 106-420. Authority of Board of Agriculture to adopt regulations.The Board of Agriculture is hereby authorized to adopt reasonable regulations to implement and carry out the purposes of this Article as to eradicate, repress and prevent the spread of plant pests (i) within the State, (ii) from within the State to points outside the State, and (iii) from outside the State to points within the State. The Board of Agriculture shall adopt regulations for eradicating such plant pests as it may deem capable of being economically eradicated, for repressing such as cannot be economically eradicated, and for preventing their spread within the State. Regulations may provide for quarantine of areas. It may also adopt reasonable regulations for preventing the introduction of dangerous plant pests from without the State, and for governing common carriers in transporting plants, articles or things liable to harbor such pests into, from and within the State. The Board is authorized, in order to control plant pests, to adopt regulations governing the inspection, certification and movement of nursery stock, (i) into the State from outside the State, (ii) within the State, and (iii) from within the State to points outside the State. The Board is further authorized to prescribe and collect a schedule of fees to be collected for its nursery inspection, nursery dealer certification, narcissus bulb inspection, plant pest inspection, and plant pest certification activities. (1957, c. 985; 1991, c. 442, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-420.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 36 - Plant Pests.|§ 106-420.1 - Agreements against plant pests.

 106-420.1. Agreements against plant pests.The North Carolina Board of Agriculture is authorized to enter into agreements with any agency of the United States or any agency of another state for the eradication, suppression, control and prevention of spread of plant pests. The Commissioner of Agriculture is authorized to enter into agreements with any unit of local government in this State or any organization incorporated or unincorporated who has an interest in the control of plant pests for the eradication, suppression, control and prevention of spread of plant pests. (1971, c. 526.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-421 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 36 - Plant Pests.|§ 106-421 - Permitting uncontrolled existence of plant pests; nuisance; method of abatement.

 106-421. Permitting uncontrolled existence of plant pests; nuisance; method of abatement.No person shall knowingly and willfully keep upon his premises any plant or plant product infested or infected by any dangerous plant pest, or permit dangerous plants or plant parasites to mature seed or otherwise multiply upon his land, except under such regulations as the Board of Agriculture may prescribe. All such infested or infected plants and premises are hereby declared public nuisances. The owner of such plants or premises shall, when notified to do so by the Commissioner of Agriculture, take such measures as may be prescribed to eradicate such pests. The notice shall be in writing and shall be mailed to the usual or last known address, or left at the ordinary place of business, of the owner or his agent. If such person fails to comply with such notice within such reasonable time as the notice prescribes, the Commissioner of Agriculture, through his duly authorized agents, shall proceed to take such measures as shall be necessary to eradicate such pests, and shall compute the actual costs of labor and materials used in eradicating such pests, and the owner of the premises in question shall pay to the Commissioner of Agriculture such assessed costs. No damages shall be awarded the owner of such premises for entering thereon and destroying or otherwise treating any infected or infested plants or soil when done by the order of the Commissioner of Agriculture. (1957, c. 985.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-421.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 36 - Plant Pests.|§ 106-421.1 - Authority of Board of Agriculture to regulate plants.

 106-421.1. Authority of Board of Agriculture to regulate plants.The Board of Agriculture shall have the sole authority to prohibit the planting, cultivation, harvesting, disposal, handling, or movement of plants as defined in G.S. 106-202.12. This section shall not prevent the designation of plants as noxious aquatic weeds pursuant to Article 15 of Chapter 113A of the General Statutes, nor shall it prevent the adoption or enforcement of city or county ordinances regulating the appearance of property or the handling and collection of solid waste.  (2013-197, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-422 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 36 - Plant Pests.|§ 106-422 - Agents of Board; inspection.

 106-422. Agents of Board; inspection.The Commissioner of Agriculture shall be the agent of the Board in enforcing these regulations, and shall have authority to designate such employees of the Department as may seem expedient to carry out the duties and exercise the powers provided by this Article. Persons collaborating with the Division of Entomology may also be designated by the Commissioner of Agriculture as agents for the purpose of this Article. The Commissioner of Agriculture, and any duly authorized agent of the Commissioner, shall have the authority to inspect vehicles or other means of transportation and its cargo suspected of carrying plant pests and to enter upon and inspect any premises between the hours of sunrise and sunset during every working day of the year to determine the presence or absence of injurious plant pests. Any duly authorized agent of the Commissioner shall have authority to stop or cause to be stopped on any highway or other public place, by any law-enforcement officer at the request of said authorized agent of the Commissioner, any vehicle or other means of transportation that is being used, or that the representative of the Commissioner has reasonable grounds to believe is being used, to transport or move any plant, plant product or seed in violation of the provisions of this Article. (1957, c. 985; 1967, c. 976.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-423 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 36 - Plant Pests.|§ 106-423 - Nursery inspection; nursery dealer's certificate; narcissus inspection.

 106-423. Nursery inspection; nursery dealer's certificate; narcissus inspection.The Board of Agriculture shall have the authority to define nursery stock. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall have the right to cause all plant nurseries, and narcissus bulb fields where narcissus bulbs are commercially raised, within the State to be inspected at least once each year for serious plant pests. Every person, firm or corporation buying and reselling nursery stock shall register and secure a dealer's certificate for each location from which plants are sold. (1957, c. 985.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-423.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 36 - Plant Pests.|§ 106-423.1 - Criminal penalties; violation of laws or regulations.

 106-423.1. Criminal penalties; violation of laws or regulations.If anyone shall attempt to prevent inspection of his premises as provided in the preceding sections, or shall otherwise interfere with the Commissioner of Agriculture, or any of his agents, while engaged in the performance of his duties under this Article, or shall violate any provisions of this Article or any regulations of the Board of Agriculture adopted pursuant to this Article, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. Each day's violation shall constitute a separate offense. (1957, c. 985; 1993, c. 539, s. 782; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 106-451.6 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 38A - Cotton Warehouse Act.|§ 106-451.6 - Short title.

 106-451.6. Short title.The provisions of this Article may be known and designated as the "North Carolina Cotton Warehouse Act". (1987, c. 840, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-451.7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 38A - Cotton Warehouse Act.|§ 106-451.7 - Definitions.

 106-451.7. Definitions.As used in the Article, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) "Board" means the North Carolina Board of Agriculture.(2) "Commissioner" means the North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture.(3) "Person" means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, or two or more people having a joint or common interest.(4) "Producer" means a farmer or grower of cotton.(5) "Receipt" means a warehouse receipt issued pursuant to this Article.(6) "Warehouse" means any building, structure or other protected enclosure in which cotton is or may be stored for hire.(7) "Warehouseman" means a person licensed by North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to engage in the business of storing cotton for hire. (1987, c. 840, s. 1; 1997-261, s. 54.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-451.8 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 38A - Cotton Warehouse Act.|§ 106-451.8 - Board of Agriculture makes rules.

 106-451.8. Board of Agriculture makes rules.The Board is empowered to make and enforce such rules and regulations as may be necessary to make effective the provisions of this Article, including fees for inspection of warehouses. (1987, c. 840, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-451.9 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 38A - Cotton Warehouse Act.|§ 106-451.9 - Commissioner of Agriculture to administer and enforce Article.

 106-451.9. Commissioner of Agriculture to administer and enforce Article.The Commissioner of Agriculture shall have the following powers and duties under this Article:(1) To administer and enforce the provisions of this Article.(2) To assign and reassign the administrative and enforcement duties and functions assigned to him in this Article to one or more divisions within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.(3) To delegate to any division head and other officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services any of the powers and duties given to the Department by statute or by rules promulgated pursuant to this Article.(4) To investigate and determine upon application, whether the warehouse is suitable for the proper storage of cotton.(5) To conduct investigations of the daily operations of every State licensed warehouse.(6) To prescribe, within the limits of this Article, the duties of the warehousemen with respect to their care of and responsibility for cotton stored in licensed warehouses.(7) To issue licenses for the operation of warehouses under this Article.(8) To cooperate or enter into formal agreements with any other agency of this State or its subdivisions or with any agency of any other state or of the federal government for the purpose of administering or enforcing any of the provisions of this Article. (1987, c. 840, s. 1; 1997-261, s. 55.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-451.10 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 38A - Cotton Warehouse Act.|§ 106-451.10 - Licensing of warehousemen.

 106-451.10. Licensing of warehousemen.(a) The Commissioner, or his designated representative, is authorized, upon application to him, to issue to any person a license for the conduct of a cotton warehouse in accordance with this Article and such rules and regulations as may be made hereunder: Provided, that each such warehouse be found suitable for the proper storage of cotton, and that such person agree, as a condition to the granting of the license, to comply with and abide by all terms of this Article and the rules and regulations prescribed hereunder. All licenses issued pursuant to this Article shall expire on December 31 of each year. Any warehouseman may renew his license by filing a renewal application with the Commissioner on or before January 1 of each year.(b) Each license application and license renewal application must include:(1) A current financial statement prepared by a certified public accountant;(2) Proof of the bond required by G.S. 106-451.11;(3) A license fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00); and(4) A certificate of insurance if insurance is required. (1987, c. 840, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-451.11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 38A - Cotton Warehouse Act.|§ 106-451.11 - Bond required.

 106-451.11. Bond required.(a) Any person applying for a license to conduct a warehouse pursuant to this Article shall, as a condition to the granting thereof, execute and file with the Commissioner a good and sufficient bond to the State to secure the faithful performance of his obligations as a warehouseman. Said bond shall be in such form and amount, shall have such surety or sureties, subject to service of process in suits on the bond within the State and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Commissioner may prescribe to carry out the purposes of this Article. Whenever the Commissioner, or his designated representative, shall determine that a previously approved bond is, or for any cause has become, insufficient, he may require an additional bond or bonds to be given by the warehouseman concerned, conforming with the requirements of this section, and unless the same be given within the time fixed by a written demand therefor the license of such warehouseman may be suspended or revoked.(b) The Board may require as a condition to the granting of a license that the warehouseman maintain casualty insurance on the cotton stored in a warehouse licensed under this Article. (1987, c. 840, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-451.12 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 38A - Cotton Warehouse Act.|§ 106-451.12 - Action on bond by person injured.

 106-451.12. Action on bond by person injured.Any person injured by the breach of any obligation to secure which a bond is given, under the provisions of this Article, shall be entitled to sue on the bond in his own name in any court of competent jurisdiction to recover the damages he may have sustained by such breach. (1987, c. 840, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-451.13 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 38A - Cotton Warehouse Act.|§ 106-451.13 - Suspension and revocation of license.

 106-451.13. Suspension and revocation of license.The Commissioner, or his designated representative, may, after opportunity for hearing has been afforded to the licensee concerned, suspend or revoke any license to any warehouseman conducting a warehouse under this Article, for any violation of or failure to comply with any provision of this Article or of the rules and regulations made hereunder, or upon the ground that unreasonable or exorbitant charges have been made for services rendered. (1987, c. 840, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-451.14 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 38A - Cotton Warehouse Act.|§ 106-451.14 - License to classify, grade and weigh cotton stored.

 106-451.14. License to classify, grade and weigh cotton stored.The Commissioner or his designated representative, may upon presentation of satisfactory proof of competency, issue to any person a license to inspect, sample, or classify any cotton stored or to be stored in a warehouse licensed under this Article, according to condition, grade, or otherwise and to certificate the condition, grade, or other class thereof, or to weigh the same and certificate the weight thereof, or both to inspect, sample, or classify and weigh the same and to certificate the condition, grade, or other class and the weight thereof, upon condition that such person agree to comply with and abide by the terms of this Article and of the rules and regulations prescribed hereunder. (1987, c. 840, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-451.15 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 38A - Cotton Warehouse Act.|§ 106-451.15 - Suspension and revocation of license to classify, grade or weigh.

 106-451.15. Suspension and revocation of license to classify, grade or weigh.Any license issued to any person to inspect, sample, or classify, or to weigh cotton under this Article may be suspended or revoked by the Commissioner or his designated representative, whenever he is satisfied, after opportunity afforded to the licensee concerned for a hearing, that such licensee has failed to inspect, sample, or classify, or to weigh the cotton correctly, or has violated any of the provisions of this Article or of the rules and regulations prescribed hereunder or that he has used his license or allowed it to be used for any improper purpose whatever. (1987, c. 840, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-451.16 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 38A - Cotton Warehouse Act.|§ 106-451.16 - Delivery to warehouse presumed for storage.

 106-451.16. Delivery to warehouse presumed for storage.Any cotton delivered to a warehouse under this Article shall be presumed to be delivered for storage. (1987, c. 840, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-451.17 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 38A - Cotton Warehouse Act.|§ 106-451.17 - Deposit of cotton deemed subject to Article.

 106-451.17. Deposit of cotton deemed subject to Article.Any producer who deposits cotton for storage in a warehouse licensed under this Article shall be deemed to have deposited the same subject to the provisions of this Article and the rules and regulations prescribed hereunder. (1987, c. 840, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-451.18 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 38A - Cotton Warehouse Act.|§ 106-451.18 - Receipts for cotton stored.

 106-451.18. Receipts for cotton stored.For all cotton stored in a warehouse licensed under this Article original receipts shall be issued by the warehouseman conducting the same, but no receipt shall be issued except for cotton actually stored in the warehouse at the time of the issuance thereof. (1987, c. 840, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-451.19 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 38A - Cotton Warehouse Act.|§ 106-451.19 - Contents of receipts.

 106-451.19. Contents of receipts.Every receipt issued for cotton stored in a warehouse licensed under this Article shall contain the information required under the United States Warehouse Act, 7 U.S.C. 214, et seq., and the regulations promulgated thereunder. (1987, c. 840, s. 1; 2006-112, s. 57.)