Terms Used In Maryland Code, AGRICULTURE 10-202

  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
To enforce this section, the Attorney General shall receive sworn complaints of violations or threatened violations of this subtitle from affected producers of raw agricultural products or the cooperative agricultural marketing association of which the producers are members, or with whom they have a marketing contract. The Attorney General immediately shall make all necessary investigations, examinations, or inspections of any violation or threatened violation specified in the sworn complaint filed with him.