3.2-805 - Authority to stop sale or delivery of noxious weeds.
§ 3.2-805. Authority to stop sale or delivery of noxious weeds.
The Commissioner, in order to prevent the introduction or dissemination ofnoxious weeds, may stop delivery, stop sale, seize, destroy, treat, or orderreturned to the point of origin, at the owner's expense, any noxious weed,article, or substance whatsoever, if transported or moved within theCommonwealth, or if existing on any premise, or brought into the Commonwealthfrom any place outside thereof, if such is found by him to be infested withany noxious weed subject to the provisions of this chapter.
(1970, c. 175, § 3.1-296.17; 2008, c. 860.)