Terms Used In Florida Statutes 581.121

  • Agent: means any person selling or distributing nursery stock under the partial or full control of a nurseryman. See Florida Statutes 581.011
  • Move: means to ship, offer for shipment, receive for transportation, carry, or otherwise transport. See Florida Statutes 581.011
  • Nursery: means any grounds or premises on or in which nursery stock is grown, propagated, or held for sale or distribution, except where aquatic plant species are tended for harvest in the natural environment. See Florida Statutes 581.011
  • Nurseryman: means any person engaged in the production of nursery stock for sale or distribution. See Florida Statutes 581.011
  • Plant broker: means a person who transacts the transfer of plants from a seller to a buyer and who may or may not be in actual physical possession of the plants. See Florida Statutes 581.011
  • Stock dealer: means any person not a grower of nursery stock in this state who buys or otherwise acquires nursery stock for the purpose of reselling independently of any control of a nurseryman, agent, or plant broker, and who at any time maintains physical possession of such nursery stock. See Florida Statutes 581.011
It is unlawful for any nurseryman, stock dealer, agent, or plant broker to sell, give away, transfer, move or cause to be moved, carry, ship, or deliver for carriage or shipment any nursery stock except in compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the rules made pursuant to law.