2016 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 35 - Agricultural
Agricultural Products - Standards and Regulations
Article 27 - Colorado Seed Act
§ 35-27-111. Registration of custom seed conditioners, farmer seed labelers, retail seed dealers, and seed labelers - form - fees - renewal

CO Rev Stat ยง 35-27-111 (2016) What's This?

(1) After January 1, 1994, no person shall act as a custom seed conditioner, farmer seed labeler, retail seed dealer, or seed labeler in this state, except as provided in this article, if such person is not registered with the department.

(2) (a) A person may register as a custom seed conditioner, farmer seed labeler, retail seed dealer, or seed labeler by submitting information on the form and with the registration fee prescribed by the commissioner.

(b) (I) Each registration completed pursuant to this section shall be effective on the first day of the month following the month it was submitted to the department and shall expire on the last day of the month twelve months from the date it became effective.

(II) Notwithstanding subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (b), registrations renewed between March 1, 2000, and February 1, 2001, shall expire February 28, 2001. Effective March 1, 2001, all registrations shall be effective March 1 of each year and shall expire the last day of February of each year.

(c) A registrant shall report any change in the information provided in such registrant's registration form or in any report submitted to the department pursuant to this article within fifteen days of such change in the manner prescribed by the commissioner.

(3) The following persons shall be exempt from the provisions of subsections (1) and (2) of this section:

(a) Any person registered as a custom seed conditioner, farmer seed labeler, or seed labeler shall not be required to register as a retail seed dealer to sell seed at retail in Colorado;

(b) Any person registered as a seed labeler shall not be required to register as a custom seed conditioner in Colorado;

(c) Any person registered as a farmer seed labeler shall not be required to register as a custom seed conditioner if such person is only cleaning or conditioning such person's own seed; and

(d) Any person acting as a retail seed dealer selling only prepackaged seed in containers of one pound or less shall not be required to register as a retail seed dealer if the seed labeler supplying such prepackaged seed is properly registered.

(4) (a) The commissioner shall establish registration fees; except that registration fees for:

(I) Custom seed conditioners and seed labelers shall not exceed three hundred dollars; and

(II) Farmer seed labelers and retail seed dealers shall not exceed seventy-five dollars.

(b) The commissioner shall establish fees for each additional separate registration location according to the class of registrant; except that the fee for:

(I) Custom seed conditioners and seed labelers shall not exceed seventy-five dollars for each such additional separate location; and

(II) Farmer seed labelers and retail seed dealers shall not exceed twenty-five dollars for each such additional separate location.

(5) (a) Any person registered pursuant to this article may renew such person's registration within one year of its expiration. No registration shall be renewed if it is not renewed within one year of expiration.

(b) A registration may be renewed by a registrant by submitting a completed registration renewal form and the requisite renewal fee before such registrant's current registration expires. Such renewal forms and fees shall be prescribed by the commissioner.

(c) If a registrant does not complete the renewal process in compliance with paragraph (b) of this subsection (5), such registrant shall be required to pay a fee of an amount double the prescribed renewal fee.

(d) No renewal shall be effective until the requisite fee is received by the department.

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