Article 6. Stop-sale Orders of California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 18. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 6.

The secretary or the commissioner and any qualified representative of the commissioner may issue and enforce a written or printed "stop-sale" order to the owner or custodian of any lot of agricultural or vegetable seed that he or she finds is in violation of any provision of this chapter, that shall prohibit further sale of the seed until the officer has evidence that the law has been complied with. Upon compliance, the order shall be removed.

It is unlawful for any person to move or otherwise dispose of any lot of seed which is held under a "stop-sale" order except under written permission of an enforcing officer or under his specific direction and for the purposes which are specified.

The owner or custodian of seed which is held under a "stop sale" order shall, upon demand, have the right to a hearing before the director or the commissioner as to the justification of any such order, and may appeal to the director from any order of the commissioner made under the provisions of this article.

This article does not limit the right of the enforcement officer to proceed as authorized by other sections of this chapter.

Any decision of the director pursuant to this article is subject to review by any court of competent jurisdiction.