New York § 20 - 20Access to place of business
Full text of New York New York Consolidated Laws § 20 — 20Access to place of business, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 20. 20Access to place of business
§ 20. Access to place of business. The commissioner, each deputy commissioner and the directors, counsel, experts, chemists, agents and other officers and employees of the department shall have full access to all places of business, factories, farms, buildings, carriages, cars and vessels used in the production, manufacture, storage, sale or transportation within the state of any dairy products or any imitation thereof, or of any article or product with respect of which any authority is conferred by this chapter on the department. They may examine and open any package or container of any kind containing or believed to contain any article or product, which may be manufactured, sold or exposed for sale in violation of the provisions of this chapter, or of the rules of the department, and may inspect the contents therein, and take therefrom samples for analysis.
Source: official New York text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 20 ("20Access to place of business") is part of the New York Consolidated Laws, the codified statutory law of New York. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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