2020 Alaska Statutes
Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food
Chapter 20. Agricultural and Industrial Program Support
Article 2. Noncommercial Transfer of Seed and Community Seed Libraries.
Sec. 03.20.120. Community seed libraries.
(a) A person may establish a community seed library for individual giving or exchanging of seed that is intended for home, educational, charitable, or noncommercial use in the state and that is harvested from a plant grown
(1) outside the state and imported into the state in compliance with AS 03.05.010(a)(5); or
(2) in the state.
(b) A person may give seed to or exchange seed with another person through a community seed library established under (a) of this section.
(c) Seed given, exchanged, or offered for giving or exchanging under (b) of this section must be
(1) packaged either in the original package or repackaged; and
(2) except as provided in (d) of this section, labeled with the following information on each package:
(A) the common name of the plant from which the seed derives;
(B) the name and address of the community seed library;
(C) the statement “Not authorized for commercial use and not classified, graded, or inspected by the State of Alaska”; and
(D) if treated with a toxic substance, the statement “Treated seed-Not for consumption.”
(d) A person who is giving, exchanging, or offering a seed package at a community seed library may satisfy the labeling requirement under (c)(2) of this section by displaying a sign near the packaged seed that identifies the seed and clearly states the information required under (c)(2) of this section.
