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2025 Delaware Code
Title 3 - Agriculture
Chapter 13. NURSERIES AND NURSERY STOCK
§ 1306. Shipment of nursery stock into state; labeling and certification.

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§ 1306. Shipment of nursery stock into state; labeling and certification.

(a) When any plants, plant materials, or nursery stock are shipped, sent, or mailed into this State, to any person in this State, every item including a carload, container, box, or package must be conspicuously labeled on the exterior with the name of the consignor, the state of origin, and the name of the consignee.

(b) The shipment under subsection (a) of this section must have conspicuously affixed to the shipment's exterior a nursery inspection certificate from the state of origin showing that the contents have been examined by a qualified state or federal officer and found apparently free from all dangerously injurious plant pests.

(c) It is the responsibility of both the consignee and consignor to examine all shipments for the presence of current and applicable nursery stock certifications.

21 Del. Laws, c. 216, § 13;  Code 1915, § 662;  Code 1935, § 580;  3 Del. C. 1953, § 1305;  65 Del. Laws, c. 491, § 1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 332, § 1;  84 Del. Laws, c. 244, § 5;  85 Del. Laws, c. 68, § 6; 
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