3-909. Shipment of plants; exhibition of permit
and certificate of inspection to carrier; sale of highly safeguarded
plants
A. No person or common carrier may transport a plant, or any part of a plant,
belonging to the protected group, nor receive or possess a protected native plant for
transportation within or without this state, except for manufactured wood articles,
unless the person offering the plant for shipment exhibits to the person or common
carrier a valid written permit for the transportation of the plant or part of a plant and
has securely and properly attached a valid required native plant tag and seal to the
plant. If for transport without the state, the plant shall also bear a certificate of
inspection by the department. All protected native plant species or varieties, not grown
in Arizona and imported into this state, shall be transported directly to a department
field office at which a movement permit and seals must be purchased before proceeding to
the final destination.
B. Plants of the protected group that are shipped into this state shall be
accompanied by all permits, tags and seals required by the exporting state or country.
C. It is unlawful for a person to commercially sell or offer for commercial sale in
interstate commerce any highly safeguarded native plant or in the course of interstate
commercial activity to deliver, receive, carry, transport or ship by any means any such
plant in furtherance of a commercial sale or offer for commercial sale.
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