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MN Stat § 21.113 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 21 — Seeds|Section 21.113 — Certificates Of Inspection.

21.113 CERTIFICATES OF INSPECTION. (a) The commissioner shall issue certificates of inspection only when seed potatoes have been inspected while growing in the field and again after being harvested. (b) For seed potatoes produced in a lab, the commissioner shall issue certificates of inspection only after: (1) the seed potato lab facility and the lab's records have been inspected; and (2) the seed potatoes have been inspected after they have been harvested, removed, or released from the lab. (c) Certificates of inspection under this section shall show the varietal purity and the freedom from disease and physical injury of such potatoes and any other information as may be prescribed by rules adopted and published under sections 21.111 to 21.122. History:  1951 c 465 s 4; 1985 c 248 s 70; 2017 c 88 art 2 s 28
MN Stat § 21.115 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 21 — Seeds|Section 21.115 — Fees; Seed Potato Inspection Account.

21.115 FEES; SEED POTATO INSPECTION ACCOUNT. 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. History:  1951 c 465 s 6; 1993 c 172 s 25; 1999 c 231 s 44
MN Stat § 21.116 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 21 — Seeds|Section 21.116 — Expenses.

21.116 EXPENSES. 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. History:  1951 c 465 s 7; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1999 c 231 s 45; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 1Sp2019 c 10 art 3 s 13
MN Stat § 21.117 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 21 — Seeds|Section 21.117 — Applications For Inspections; Withdrawals.

21.117 APPLICATIONS FOR INSPECTIONS; WITHDRAWALS. (a) 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. (b) If a grower wishes to withdraw a field or lab after having made application for inspection and such withdrawal is requested before the field or lab inspection has been made, the fee paid shall be refunded to said grower. History:  1951 c 465 s 8; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 2017 c 88 art 2 s 29
MN Stat § 21.118 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 21 — Seeds|Section 21.118 — Rules.

21.118 RULES. 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. History:  1951 c 465 s 9; 1985 c 248 s 70
MN Stat § 21.119 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 21 — Seeds|Section 21.119 — Use Of Certain Terms Forbidden; Exceptions.

21.119 USE OF CERTAIN TERMS FORBIDDEN; EXCEPTIONS. 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. History:  1951 c 465 s 10; 1955 c 287 s 2
MN Stat § 21.1195 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 21 — Seeds|Section 21.1195 — Minimum Standards For Planting.

21.1195 MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR PLANTING. 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. History:   1987 c 124 s 1
MN Stat § 21.1196 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 21 — Seeds|Section 21.1196 — Restricted Seed Potato Growing Area.

21.1196 RESTRICTED SEED POTATO GROWING AREA. Subdivision 1. Definition. (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. Subd. 2. Restriction. (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. Subd. 3. Penalty. A potato grower who violates subdivision 2, paragraph (a), is subject to a penalty of $100 per acre of potatoes grown and not certified. History:  1990 c 479 s 1; 1992 c 397 s 1; 1994 c 422 s 1
MN Stat § 21.121 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 21 — Seeds|Section 21.121 — Violations; Reports, Prosecutions.

21.121 VIOLATIONS; REPORTS, PROSECUTIONS. 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. History:   1951 c 465 s 11
MN Stat § 21.122 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 21 — Seeds|Section 21.122 — Penalties.

21.122 PENALTIES. 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. History:  1951 c 465 s 12; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1985 c 248 s 70; 2004 c 228 art 1 s 72
MN Stat § 21.71 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 21 — Seeds|Section 21.71 — Citation, Minnesota Screenings Act.

21.71 CITATION, MINNESOTA SCREENINGS ACT. Sections 21.71 to 21.78 may be cited as the "Minnesota Screenings Act." History:   1959 c 172 s 1
MN Stat § 21.73 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 21 — Seeds|Section 21.73 — Prohibited Acts.

21.73 PROHIBITED ACTS. 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, if: (1) restricted noxious weed seeds are present singly or collectively in excess of the rate of 90 per pound; (2) prohibited noxious weed seeds are present; or (3) they contain more than ten percent total weed seeds by weight. Subd. 2. False advertisement; obstruction; noncompliance with orders. It is unlawful for any person: (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. History:  1959 c 172 s 3; 1961 c 127 art 2 s 5; 1986 c 444; 2020 c 89 art 2 s 5
MN Stat § 21.74 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 21 — Seeds|Section 21.74 — Exceptions.

21.74 EXCEPTIONS. The provisions of section 21.73 shall not apply to: (1) agricultural seeds and grains, or screenings, not intended for feeding purposes; (2) weed-seed infested agricultural seeds and grains, or screenings, being transported upon any public highway to or from a cleaning or processing establishment for cleaning or processing, which same are carried or transported in such vehicles or containers as will prevent the leaking or scattering thereof; (3) weed-seed infested agricultural seeds and grains, or screenings, which have first been devitalized by grinding, heating, chemical treatment, or any other suitable method; (4) the sale of weed-seed infested agricultural seeds and grains, or screenings, to each other by jobbers, manufacturers, or processors who mix or grind concentrated commercial feeding stuff for sale; provided that the restrictions applying to clause (2), are complied with; (5) the sale of weed-seed infested agricultural seeds and grains, or screenings, by any vendor to a consumer, provided that the restrictions set forth in clauses (2) and (3) are complied with. However, where the vendor is not equipped to devitalize weed seeds, the vendor may sell weed-seed infested agricultural seeds, grains, or screenings only to a consumer who holds a permit issued by the commissioner for such a purchase. The commissioner shall issue such a permit annually to a consumer only if the consumer has the necessary facilities for devitalization, as determined by the commissioner, or has access to such facilities. The consumer shall devitalize such weed-seed infested agricultural seeds, grains, or screenings. The commissioner may revoke a permit after due notice and a hearing if the consumer does not comply with the provisions of this clause. The provisions of this clause shall not apply to the sale at a farm auction of a vendors agricultural seeds or grains for feeding or processing purposes. "Farm auction" for the purpose of this clause means the final sale at auction of the personal property of the farmer to the highest bidder. However, if such agricultural seeds and grains are sold under variety names, and in such manner and at such prices as to indicate that it is intended to use the seeds and grains for seeding purposes, the seeds and grains are then subject to all laws relating to cleaning, testing, and labeling of agricultural seed as set forth in the agricultural seed laws and the agricultural weed laws of the state of Minnesota and such rules as have been promulgated by the commissioner of agriculture thereunder; and (6) weed-seed infested agricultural seed and grains or screenings, produced by the farmer and fed on the farmer's own farm, provided it does not contain restricted or prohibited noxious weed seeds in excess of the legal limit. History:  1959 c 172 s 4; 1961 c 127 art 2 s 6; 1961 c 713 s 1; 1963 c 592 s 1; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 2020 c 89 art 2 s 6
MN Stat § 21.76 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 21 — Seeds|Section 21.76 — Injunction; Bond.

21.76 INJUNCTION; BOND. 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. History:  1959 c 172 s 6; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 21.77 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 21 — Seeds|Section 21.77 — Seizure.

21.77 SEIZURE. 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. History:   1959 c 172 s 7
MN Stat § 21.78 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 21 — Seeds|Section 21.78 — Violations; Enforcement.

21.78 VIOLATIONS; ENFORCEMENT. Subdivision 1. Misdemeanor. 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. History:  1959 c 172 s 8; 1985 c 248 s 70
MN Stat § 21.80 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 21 — Seeds|Section 21.80 — Minnesota Seed Law.

21.80 MINNESOTA SEED LAW. Sections 21.80 to 21.92 may be cited as the "Minnesota Seed Law." History:   1983 c 293 s 39
MN Stat § 21.84 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 21 — Seeds|Section 21.84 — Records.

21.84 RECORDS. (a) A labeler must keep (1) for three years complete records of each seed lot sold in this state, and (2) for one year a file sample of each seed lot after disposition of the lot. (b) The labeler must retain the following information as part of the complete record for each seed lot sold: (1) the lot number or other lot identification; (2) a copy of the genuine grower's or tree seed collector's declaration, or a similar document containing the same information; (3) copies of invoices showing the sale of each seed lot, including the name of the person the seed was sold to, the amount sold, the date of sale, the name of the kind or the kind and variety of the seed, and the lot number; (4) a copy of the label that was attached to or accompanied the seed lot; (5) a copy of the field and final certification documents, if applicable; (6) a copy of each testing report of the seed for labeling purposes; and (7) a file sample of the seed lot which is representative of the seed lot and of sufficient size to constitute an official sample in accordance with section 201.43 of the Federal Seed Act regulations. History:  1983 c 293 s 43; 2003 c 128 art 8 s 11; 2020 c 89 art 2 s 11
MN Stat § 21.851 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 21 — Seeds|Section 21.851 — Advisory Committee; Membership.

21.851 ADVISORY COMMITTEE; MEMBERSHIP. Subdivision 1. Duties. The commissioner must consult with the Seed Program Advisory Committee to advise the commissioner concerning responsibilities under the seed regulatory program. The committee must evaluate species for invasiveness, difficulty of control, cost of control, benefits, and amount of injury caused by each species. For each species evaluated, the committee must recommend to the commissioner whether a species should be listed as a prohibited noxious weed seed or restricted noxious weed seed or not be listed. Species designated as prohibited or restricted noxious weed seeds must be reevaluated every three years for a recommendation on whether or not the designated species need to remain on the noxious weed seed lists. The committee must also advise the commissioner on the implementation of the Minnesota Seed Law. Members of the committee are not entitled to reimbursement of expenses nor payment of per diem. Members serve two-year terms with subsequent reappointment by the commissioner. Subd. 2. Membership. The commissioner must appoint members to include representatives from: (1) the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences or Extension at the University of Minnesota; (2) Minnesota Crop Improvement; (3) the seed industry in Minnesota, a minimum of six members with representation from multinational, national, regional, and Minnesota seed companies; (4) the grain industry in Minnesota; (5) farmers in Minnesota; (6) other state and federal agencies with an interest in seed; and (7) other members as needed. Subd. 3. Organization. The committee must select a chair from its membership. Meetings of the committee may be called by or at the direction of the commissioner or the chair. History:   2020 c 89 art 2 s 14
MN Stat § 21.87 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 21 — Seeds|Section 21.87 — Exemption.

21.87 EXEMPTION. (a) Sections 21.82 and 21.83 do not apply to: (1) seed or grain not intended for sowing purposes; (2) 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; (3) 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; or (4) interpersonal sharing of seed for home, educational, charitable, or personal noncommercial use. (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), sections 21.82 and 21.83 do apply if a person distributes seed found to: (1) contain seed of patented, protected, or proprietary varieties used without permission of the patent or certificate holder of the intellectual property associated with the variety; (2) have been misrepresented as certified seed; or (3) contain prohibited or restricted weed seeds or seeds from species listed as noxious by the commissioner under chapter 18. History:  1983 c 293 s 46; 2015 c 44 s 19
MN Stat § 21.88 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 21 — Seeds|Section 21.88 — Penalties Not To Apply.

21.88 PENALTIES NOT TO APPLY. 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. History:  1983 c 293 s 47; 1986 c 444; 2003 c 128 art 8 s 15