Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 633 § 633.511 — to 633.750 and 633.996, the Director of Agriculture, deputies of the
Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 633 ·
Oregon Code § 633.511·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
to 633.750 and 633.996, the Director of Agriculture, deputies of the
director, inspectors or samplers may:
(a) Enter during
regular business hours any store, warehouse, mill, cleaning or storage place,
depot or other structure, freight car or other vehicle, in which agricultural,
flower or vegetable seeds are being sold or offered for sale, stored, handled
or transported.
(b) Either alone
or in the presence of a representative or employee of the person whose premises
are so entered, examine and inspect any agricultural, flower or vegetable seeds
being possessed, sold, offered or exposed for sale for planting purposes, in this
state, for their compliance with those sections.
(c) Draw or cause
to be drawn a representative sample of any lot of such seed for official
testing and analysis or, in the case of individually packaged seeds, select a
number of such packages as a representative sample.
(d) Examine any
records or documents pertaining to any seed being sold or offered for sale, or
records pertaining to any seed that has previously been sold or any other
records involved in seed dealings.
(2) Any sample so
drawn may represent any lot, or portion of such lot, of such seed that shall be
divided, at the request of the owner or person in charge, into two
approximately duplicate samples, each of which shall be properly identified,
labeled and sealed in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted under
ORS 633.680. One of the samples shall be transmitted to the agricultural
experiment station seed laboratory at Oregon State University for official
testing for regulatory purposes. The other sample shall be tendered to the
representative of the organization from whose structure or vehicle the sample
was taken.
(3) The director
may seize any container of agricultural, flower or vegetable seed possessed,
sold, offered or exposed for sale for planting purposes in this state that
appears to be in violation of any of the provisions of ORS 633.511 to 633.750,
and proceed in the manner directed by law for the disposal of products seized
by the State Department of Agriculture.
(4) Any sample
taken under those sections, and the report showing the results of the official
test made on any such sample, shall be prima facie evidence in any court in
this state of the true condition of the entire lot, in the examination of which
the sample was taken.
(5) A copy of the
result of any such test shall be mailed to the person or authorized
representative, if known, owning, possessing or holding the seed from which the
sample was drawn.
(6) The director
may cause to be published in the official paper or bulletin of the department a
report of all seed inspection work done for regulatory purposes and shall
indicate in the report:
(a) The name and
address of each person whose seed was inspected.
(b) The total
number of such inspections.
(c) The number
and kind of seeds of which samples were inspected and tested.
(d) The number or
a list of samples complying with ORS 633.511 to 633.750.
(e) A detailed
list showing kinds of seed and the nature of violations of any of the
provisions of those sections as found in the inspection and testing of any such
seeds belonging to any such person. [Amended by 1955 c.379 §14; 1995 c.371 §7;
2003 c.14 §385; 2007 c.281 §13]
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Key Points
01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 633.511
03Subject to legislative amendments
04Consult a licensed attorney for application to specific cases
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