- A. Nursery stock infested or infected with a dangerously injurious plant pest (See Regulation .12A) may be marked with a stop- sale tag indicating that it may not be sold or distributed.
- B. The owner, tenant, or person in charge of the property where nursery stock covered by a stop-sale notice is located shall be given written notice of the stop-sale action.
- C. A person may not sell, offer for sale, use, dispose of, or in any way destroy nursery stock covered by a stop-sale notice, or detach, alter, or destroy any attached tag without the Department's written authorization.
- D. Nursery stock covered by a stop-sale notice shall be treated or destroyed as specified by the Department.
Authority: Agriculture Article, §§5-301—5-314 and 9-302, Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date: January 13, 1978 (5:1 Md. R. 19)
Regulations .01B, J; .06; .07A, C; .12A; and .16 amended effective February
10, 1986 (13:3 Md. R. 273)
Regulation .06 amended effective August 3, 1992 (19:15 Md. R. 1393)
Chapter revised effective October 2, 2000 (27:19 Md. R. 1728)
Regulation .06B amended effective October 27, 2025 (52:21 Md. R. 1025)
Regulation .06B, C amended effective August 9, 2010 (37:16 Md. R. 1060)
Regulation .06C amended effective April 13, 2026 (53:7 Md. R 328)