Trees, plants, or parts of plants, whether nursery-grown or not, that are sold, shipped, or transported into this state shall bear a copy of a certificate of inspection from a state or United States government inspector. Transportation companies within the state shall notify the state entomologist at once when the trees or plants are received by them without a valid certificate. Nursery stock or other trees, plants, or parts of plants shipped into this state in violation of a state or United States quarantine may be seized and destroyed or returned to the shipper at the expense of the owner or possessor.
Effective: July 15, 1996

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 249.100

  • Nursery stock: means all field or container-grown and native trees, sod, shrubs, herbaceous perennials, vines, cuttings, grafts, scions, buds, fruit-pits, and other seeds of fruit and ornamental trees and shrubs. See Kentucky Statutes 249.010
  • Owner: when applied to any animal, means any person having a property interest in such animal. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 142, sec. 13, effective July 15, 1996. — Amended
1978 Ky. Acts ch. 29, sec. 3, effective June 17, 1978. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1925a-7.

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