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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>357355</law_id><section_number>3.2-1818</section_number><catch_line>Inspection of potatoes; right of entry; fees; records required</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="5" identifier="3.2">Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Boards, Councils, Foundations, and Commissions</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="B">Commodity Boards</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="7" identifier="18">Potato Board</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="3" identifier="3">Seed Potato Standards</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall inspect any <span class="dictionary">seed potatoes</span>. The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> may enter any place of business, warehouse, common carrier, or other place where <span class="dictionary">seed potatoes</span> may be found for the purpose of an inspection. It is unlawful for any person to interfere with such inspections. <a id="paragraph-1329789" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-1818/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The fee for inspection shall not exceed the lesser of the current rate for federal-state inspection of table stock potatoes or the reasonable cost of inspection. The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall abate any fee to the extent funds are appropriated from the general fund for seed potato inspection. <a id="paragraph-1329790" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-1818/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Bills of lading, invoices, or other records accompanying any shipment of <span class="dictionary">approved seed potatoes</span> shall give the name of the consignee, consignor, and custodian, if any. The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall have the right to inspect such records. <a id="paragraph-1329791" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-1818/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 3-228.8; 1950, p. 1030; 1966, cc. 686, 702, &#xA7; 3.1-292; 1978, c. 540; 1980, c. 308; 2008, c. 860, &#xA7; 3.2-4107; 2012, cc. 803, 835.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
