Md. Code, Agriculture § 9-404
This is the official text of Md. Code, Agriculture § 9-404, part of Maryland’s Code, Agriculture — regulates farming and agricultural commerce.
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§9–404.
Official statutory text
(a) No person may:
(1) Import or transport a noxious weed in the State in any form capable of growth; or
(2) Contaminate any uninfested land with a noxious weed through the movement of rootstocks, seed, soil, mulch, nursery stock, farm machinery, or any other artificial medium.
(b) Each landowner, including a landowner of public land, or person who possesses and manages land infested with a noxious weed shall eradicate or control the noxious weed on that land by using practices that the Secretary prescribes, including mowing, cultivating, or treating with an approved herbicide.
(1) Import or transport a noxious weed in the State in any form capable of growth; or
(2) Contaminate any uninfested land with a noxious weed through the movement of rootstocks, seed, soil, mulch, nursery stock, farm machinery, or any other artificial medium.
(b) Each landowner, including a landowner of public land, or person who possesses and manages land infested with a noxious weed shall eradicate or control the noxious weed on that land by using practices that the Secretary prescribes, including mowing, cultivating, or treating with an approved herbicide.
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