Maryland Code, AGRICULTURE 4-124
Terms Used In Maryland Code, AGRICULTURE 4-124
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
- state: means :
(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
(2) the District of Columbia. See
(1) It is adulterated or misbranded;
(2) The article has not been inspected pursuant to this subtitle or any other State or federal law; or
(3) The article has been or is intended to be distributed in violation of this subtitle or any other State or federal law.
(b) The article shall be detained pending condemnation proceedings or notification of any federal or other governmental authority having jurisdiction over the article. No person may remove any detained article until the Secretary releases it.
(c) The Secretary may require all official marks to be removed from the article before it is released unless he decides the article is eligible to retain the marks.