The commissioner, after displaying proper identification, is authorized to stop and inspect, without a warrant, any person or means of conveyancemoving into, within or from the state of Alabama upon probable cause to believe that such means of conveyance or articles are infested with the imported fire ant; and to seize, treat, destroy, or otherwise dispose of articles found to be moving in violation of this quarantine.

Author: Charles H. Barnes

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§2-25-1, et seq.

History: Filed April 19, 1982 as Rule No. 80-10-2-.05. Rules reformatted - Rule No. changed to Chapter 80-10-6. Amended: Filed June 7, 1984.