Ohio § 927.53
Full text of Ohio Ohio Revised Code § 927.53, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 927.53.
(A) Each collector or dealer who sells, offers, or exposes for sale, or distributes nursery
stock within this state, or ships nursery stock to other states, shall pay an annual
license fee of one hundred twenty-five dollars to the director of agriculture for
each place of business the collector or dealer operates. (B)(1) Each dealer shall furnish the director, annually, an affidavit that the dealer will
buy and sell only nursery stock which has been inspected and certified by an official
state or federal inspector. (2) Each dealer's license expires on the thirty-first day of December of each year. Each licensed dealer shall apply for renewal of the dealer's license prior to the
first day of January of each year and in accordance with the standard renewal procedure
of sections 4745.01 to 4745.03 of the Revised Code . (C) Each licensed nurseryperson shall post conspicuously in the nurseryperson's principal
place of business, the certificate which is issued to the nurseryperson in accordance
with section 927.61 of the Revised Code . (D) Each licensed nurseryperson, or dealer, shall post conspicuously in each place of
business, each certificate or license which is issued to the nurseryperson or dealer
in compliance with this section or section 927.61 of the Revised Code . (E)(1) Each nurseryperson who produces, sells, offers for sale, or distributes woody nursery
stock within the state, or ships woody nursery stock to other states, shall pay to
the director an annual inspection fee of two hundred dollars plus fifteen dollars
per acre, or fraction thereof, of growing nursery stock in intensive production areas
and ten dollars per acre, or fraction thereof, of growing nursery stock in nonintensive
production areas, as applicable. (2) Each nurseryperson who limits production and sales of nursery stock to brambles,
herbaceous, perennial, and other nonwoody plants, shall pay to the director an inspection
fee of one hundred dollars, plus eleven dollars per acre, or fraction thereof, of
growing nursery stock in intensive and nonintensive production areas. (F) The fees collected under this section shall be credited to the plant pest program
fund created in section 927.54 of the Revised Code .
Frequently Asked Questions About Ohio § 927.53
What does Ohio Revised Code § 927.53 cover?
Section 927.53 is part of the Ohio Revised Code, the codified statutory law of Ohio. 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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