South Carolina § 46-21-45 - License to handle seeds; fee; persons subject to requirements of section; exception.
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§ 46-21-45. License to handle seeds; fee; persons subject to requirements of section; exception.
(A) A person, except as provided in subsection (D), before selling, distributing for sale, offering for sale, exposing for sale, handling for sale, or soliciting orders for the purchase of agricultural, vegetable, or flower seed, or mixture thereof, shall first register each place of business in this State with the Department of Agriculture. The application for a seed license shall include the name and location of each place of business at which the seed is sold, distributed for sale, offered for sale, exposed for sale, or handled for sale. The application for a seed license must be accompanied by an annual license fee for each place of business based on the gross receipts from the sale of seed for the last preceding license year. The fees must be set forth in the regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter. For places of business not previously in operation, the fee will be based on anticipated receipts for the first license year.
(B) Payment of the licensing fee and a written receipt from the department for the fee shall constitute a sufficient permit for the dealer to engage in or continue in the business of selling, distributing for sale, offering or exposing for sale, handling for sale, or soliciting orders for the purchase of any agricultural, vegetable, or flower seed within the State.
(C) A person selling, distributing for sale, offering for sale, exposing for sale, handling for sale, or soliciting orders for the purchase of any agricultural, vegetable, or flower seed in the State, is subject to the requirements of this section.
(D) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to on-farm sales by farmers who sell uncleaned, unprocessed, unpackaged, and unlabeled seed.
HISTORY: 1940 (41) 1875; 1941 (42) 119; 1942 Code SECTION 5806-87; 1952 Code SECTION 3-404; 1962 Code SECTION 3-404; 2008 Act No. 353, SECTION 2, Pt 7A; 1976 Code SECTION 46-21-40; 2010 Act No. 238, SECTION 2, eff. upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 8, 2010).
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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