Washington § 69.28.420 - Embargo on honey or product — Court order affirming, required — Order for destruction or correction and release — Bond.

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§ 69.28.420. Embargo on honey or product — Court order affirming, required — Order for destruction or correction and release — Bond.

When the director has embargoed any honey or product, he or she shall, no later than twenty days after the affixing of notice of its embargo, petition the superior court for an order affirming such embargo. Such court shall then have jurisdiction, for cause shown and after prompt hearing to any claimant of such honey or product, to issue an order which directs the removal of such embargo or the destruction or the correction and release of such honey or product. An order for destruction or correction and release shall contain such provision for the payment of pertinent court costs and fees and administrative expenses, as is equitable and which the court deems appropriate in the circumstances. An order for correction and release may contain such provision for bond, as the court finds indicated in the circumstances.
[ 2012 c 117 s 361; 1975 1st ex.s. c 283 s 4.]

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