2015 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 2. Agriculture
§2-8-77.5. Registration - Licensing - Fees - Penalties.

A. The annual license fee for persons operating a business engaged in the distribution or sale of fertilizer shall be Fifty Dollars ($50.00) and expire on a date to be determined by the State Board of Agriculture.

B. All fertilizer dealers shall obtain a license from the Board for each business location.

C. An application for license shall include:

1. The name and address of licensee; and

2. The name and address of each business location in the state.

The licensee shall inform the Board in writing of additional business locations established during the period of the license.

D. No person, whose name appears on the label, shall distribute in this state fertilizer until it is registered with the Board by such person. An application for each brand and product name of each grade of fertilizer shall be made on a form furnished by the Board. Upon the approval of an application by the Board, a copy of the registration shall be furnished to the applicant. A distributor shall not be required to register any fertilizer which is already registered under the Oklahoma Fertilizer Act by another person, provided the label does not differ in any respect.

E. Registrations for commercial fertilizer products sold in bulk quantities or packages of greater than thirty (30) pounds shall be permanent unless cancelled by the registrant or the Board.

F. 1. Registrations for specialty fertilizer products sold in packages of less than thirty (30) pounds shall pay a one-hundred-dollar registration fee for each product.

2. Specialty fertilizer product registrations shall expire on June 30 of each year.

3. If the Board finds any specialty fertilizer products that have not been registered, a penalty of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per product will be assessed. The penalty shall be added to the registration fee and payment shall be made within thirty (30) days after receipt of notice.

G. A custom blender shall not be required to register each grade of fertilizer formulated according to specifications which are furnished by the final consumer prior to mixing, but shall be required to be licensed and shall be the guarantor of that custom blend.

H. An application for registration shall include the following:

1. The brand and grade;

2. The guaranteed analysis;

3. Name and address of the registrant;

4. Net weight for packaged fertilizer; and

5. Oklahoma fertilizer license number.

Added by Laws 2000, c. 367, § 107, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 383, § 5, July 1, 2002; Laws 2005, c. 177, § 3, eff. July 1, 2005.