Terms Used In Michigan Laws 286.210

  • Director: means the director of the department or an employee of the department authorized by the director. See Michigan Laws 286.202
  • in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
  • Nursery: means any grounds or premises on or in which nursery stock is propagated, grown, or cultivated for the purpose of distributing or selling nursery stock as a business. See Michigan Laws 286.202
  • Nursery stock: means all domesticated or wild botanically classified hardy perennial or biennial trees, shrubs, vines, and other plants; cuttings, grafts, scions, buds, bulbs, rhizomes, or roots of any of these; and fruit pits. See Michigan Laws 286.202
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
   Every dealer within the meaning of this act, engaged in the buying and selling of nursery stock in this state, shall secure a license and certificate, first certifying to the director in writing that he will buy and sell only stock which has been duly inspected and certified by the director, or by an inspector approved by the director, and that he will maintain with the director a list of all sources from which he secures his stock. Dealers or nurserymen distributing nursery stock directly or on a consignment basis from more than 1 store or place of business, sales ground or heeling-in ground, or selling nursery stock from motor vehicles or other vehicles traveling about the state, shall secure a license for each place or each traveling vehicle from which nursery stock is sold or distributed, and the licensees described in this section shall pay the inspection fees as provided in this act for each such place.