2013 Maryland Code
AGRICULTURE
§ 3-119 - Violations; injunction
§3-119.
(a) (1) The Department may bring an action for an injunction against any person violating the provisions of this subtitle, or violating any valid order or quarantine issued by the Department.
(2) In any action for an injunction brought under this section, any finding of the Department after a hearing shall be prima facie evidence of each fact found.
(b) (1) On a showing by the Department that any person is violating or is about to violate the provisions of this subtitle or is violating or is about to violate any valid order or quarantine issued by the Department, an injunction shall be granted without the necessity of showing a lack of adequate remedy at law.
(2) In circumstances of an emergency creating conditions of imminent danger to animal health, the Department may institute an action for an immediate injunction to halt any activity causing the danger.
(3) An injunction instituted under paragraph (2) of this subsection shall be issued without bond.
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