2 CAR § 50-501 – Stop-sale notices

(a) State Plant Board inspectors will check for compliance with the rules contained in this part, as well as the laws under which they are promulgated.
(b) Stop-sale notices shall be issued for the following reasons:
1. (1) Selling, offering for sale, or transporting within or into Arkansas plants and nursery stock as herein regulated without being officially covered by a license and/or certificate or permit;
2. (2) Failure to label in accordance with the law and rules as herein outlined;
3. (3) Selling, offering for sale, or transporting within or into Arkansas for sale, plants and nursery stock as herein regulated that are:
  1. (A) Diseased;
  2. (B) Insect-infested;
  3. (C) Containing noxious weeds;
  4. (D) Dead; or
  5. (E) In weak condition;
4. (4) Mislabeled or misrepresented as to:
  1. (A) Variety;
  2. (B) Count;
  3. (C) Size;
  4. (D) Quality;
  5. (E) Grade; or
  6. (F) Condition; and
5. (5) (5) Shipped or moved from an area either within or outside Arkansas that is covered by a quarantine of the federal or state government, without having been officially cleared and so documented.
(c) When a stop-sale notice is issued, a copy shall be given to the person in possession of the stock in question.
(d) As specified in the law, it shall be unlawful to sell, transport, or dispose of in anyway, plants and nursery stock covered by a stop-sale notice, without first having been authorized in writing by the board.
(e) The board reserves the right to publish a notice of quarantine of stock in the local newspaper against any person when it is deemed necessary for failure to comply with the proper disposal of condemned stock.