Ohio Revised Code Search

... seize, or order removed from sale, any nursery stock which has been removed from the field where grown, has not been permanently replanted, and: (1) Does not comply with the requirements of section 927.67 of the Revised Code with respect to soundness, vigor, or freedom from pests; (2) Is not correctly labeled in accordance with section 927.67 of the Revised Code; (3) Does not bear a certificate tag or poster as r...

...d in this state, except that a licensed nurseryman may plant the multiflora rose for use as a root stock in growing roses other than the multiflora rose in his nursery. The director may issue permits to plant the multiflora rose for use in controlled experiments.

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, no person and no political subdivision, agency, department, or instrumentality of the state shall sell, offer for sale, or plant Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife) plants or seed in this state without a permit issued by the director of agriculture. The director may issue permits to plant Lythrum salicaria for use in controlled experiments. (B) The...

...for shipments comprised exclusively of nursery stock; (2) Phytosanitary certificates, one hundred dollars for all others; (3) Phytosanitary certificates, twenty-five dollars for replacement of an issued certificate because of a mistake on the certificate or a change made by the shipper if no additional inspection is required; (4) Compliance agreements, forty dollars; (5) Agricultural products and their conve...

...(A) No person shall knowingly permit any plant pest that has been determined to be destructive or dangerously harmful by the director of agriculture, in compliance with procedures required by division (A) of section 927.52 of the Revised Code, to exist in or on the person's premises. (B) Whenever the director or the director's authorized representative finds any article or commodity to be infested or has reas...

...(A) As used in this section, "gypsy moth" means the live insect, Lymantria dispar, in any stage of development. (B) The director of agriculture may establish a voluntary gypsy moth suppression program under which a landowner may request that the department of agriculture have the landowner's property aerially sprayed to suppress the presence of gypsy moths in exchange for payment from the landowner of a porti...

...(A) The director of agriculture, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may quarantine: (1) This state or any portion thereof when the director determines that such action is necessary to prevent or retard the spread of a pest into, within, or from this state; (2) Any other state or portion thereof when the director determines that a pest exists therein and that such action is necessary to preve...

...(A) No person shall violate sections 927.51 to 927.71, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or any rule or regulation of the director of agriculture promulgated under such sections. (B) The act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, servant, or other individual acting for or employed by any person within the scope of his employment or office, shall be the act, omission, or failure of such person, as well as that of...

...(A) The director of agriculture or his authorized representative may prosecute any violation of sections 927.51 to 927.72, inclusive, of the Revised Code, in any court of competent jurisdiction. (B) Upon request of the director, the prosecuting attorney of the county, or the prosecuting officer of any other political subdivision, in which any such prosecution is pending, shall aid in any investigation, prosecution, ...

...Whoever violates sections 927.51 to 927.72 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree on a first offense; on each subsequent offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree.