160.14 PENALTIES -- INJUNCTIONS.
1. A person who knowingly sells, barters, gives away, moves, or
allows to be moved, a diseased or parasite-infested colony, package,
equipment, or combs without the consent of the state apiarist, or
exposes infected honey or infected equipment to the bees, or who
willfully fails or neglects to give proper treatment to a diseased or
parasite- infested colony, or who interferes with the state apiarist
or the apiarist's assistants in the performance of official duties or
who refuses to permit the examination of bees or their destruction as
provided in this chapter or violates another provision of this
chapter, except as provided in subsection 2, is guilty of a simple
misdemeanor.
2. A person who knowingly moves or causes to be moved into this
state a colony, package, used equipment, or combs in violation of
section 160.5, is guilty of a serious misdemeanor.
3. Each day a colony, package, used equipment, or combs moved
into this state in violation of section 160.5 remain in this state
constitutes a separate offense. A colony, package, used equipment,
or combs brought into this state in violation of section 160.5 may be
declared a nuisance. The department shall provide written notice to
the person owning the land where the colony, package, used equipment,
or combs are located, and, if known, to the person owning the colony,
package, used equipment, or combs. The notice shall state that the
owner of the colony, package, used equipment, or combs must remove
the colony, package, used equipment, or combs from this state within
five days of the notification. After the five days have lapsed the
department may seize the colony, package, used equipment, or combs.
The department may secure a warrant if the owner of the land objects
to the seizure. The department shall maintain the seized property
until a court, upon petition by the department, determines the
disposition of the property. The court shall render a decision
concerning the disposition of the property by the court within ten
days of the filing of the petition. Upon conviction of a violation
of section 160.5, a person shall forfeit all interest in property
moved in violation of that section and the department may immediately
destroy the property.
4. The attorney general or persons designated by the attorney
general may institute suits on behalf of the state apiarist to obtain
injunctive relief to restrain and prevent violations of this chapter.
160.14 PENALTIES -- INJUNCTIONS.
1. A person who knowingly sells, barters, gives away, moves, or
allows to be moved, a diseased or parasite-infested colony, package,
equipment, or combs without the consent of the state apiarist, or
exposes infected honey or infected equipment to the bees, or who
willfully fails or neglects to give proper treatment to a diseased or
parasite- infested colony, or who interferes with the state apiarist
or the apiarist's assistants in the performance of official duties or
who refuses to permit the examination of bees or their destruction as
provided in this chapter or violates another provision of this
chapter, except as provided in subsection 2, is guilty of a simple
misdemeanor.
2. A person who knowingly moves or causes to be moved into this
state a colony, package, used equipment, or combs in violation of
section 160.5, is guilty of a serious misdemeanor.
3. Each day a colony, package, used equipment, or combs moved
into this state in violation of section 160.5 remain in this state
constitutes a separate offense. A colony, package, used equipment,
or combs brought into this state in violation of section 160.5 may be
declared a nuisance. The department shall provide written notice to
the person owning the land where the colony, package, used equipment,
or combs are located, and, if known, to the person owning the colony,
package, used equipment, or combs. The notice shall state that the
owner of the colony, package, used equipment, or combs must remove
the colony, package, used equipment, or combs from this state within
five days of the notification. After the five days have lapsed the
department may seize the colony, package, used equipment, or combs.
The department may secure a warrant if the owner of the land objects
to the seizure. The department shall maintain the seized property
until a court, upon petition by the department, determines the
disposition of the property. The court shall render a decision
concerning the disposition of the property by the court within ten
days of the filing of the petition. Upon conviction of a violation
of section 160.5, a person shall forfeit all interest in property
moved in violation of that section and the department may immediately
destroy the property.
4. The attorney general or persons designated by the attorney
general may institute suits on behalf of the state apiarist to obtain
injunctive relief to restrain and prevent violations of this chapter.
160.14 PENALTIES -- INJUNCTIONS.
1. A person who knowingly sells, barters, gives away, moves, or
allows to be moved, a diseased or parasite-infested colony, package,
equipment, or combs without the consent of the state apiarist, or
exposes infected honey or infected equipment to the bees, or who
willfully fails or neglects to give proper treatment to a diseased or
parasite- infested colony, or who interferes with the state apiarist
or the apiarist's assistants in the performance of official duties or
who refuses to permit the examination of bees or their destruction as
provided in this chapter or violates another provision of this
chapter, except as provided in subsection 2, is guilty of a simple
misdemeanor.
2. A person who knowingly moves or causes to be moved into this
state a colony, package, used equipment, or combs in violation of
section 160.5, is guilty of a serious misdemeanor.
3. Each day a colony, package, used equipment, or combs moved
into this state in violation of section 160.5 remain in this state
constitutes a separate offense. A colony, package, used equipment,
or combs brought into this state in violation of section 160.5 may be
declared a nuisance. The department shall provide written notice to
the person owning the land where the colony, package, used equipment,
or combs are located, and, if known, to the person owning the colony,
package, used equipment, or combs. The notice shall state that the
owner of the colony, package, used equipment, or combs must remove
the colony, package, used equipment, or combs from this state within
five days of the notification. After the five days have lapsed the
department may seize the colony, package, used equipment, or combs.
The department may secure a warrant if the owner of the land objects
to the seizure. The department shall maintain the seized property
until a court, upon petition by the department, determines the
disposition of the property. The court shall render a decision
concerning the disposition of the property by the court within ten
days of the filing of the petition. Upon conviction of a violation
of section 160.5, a person shall forfeit all interest in property
moved in violation of that section and the department may immediately
destroy the property.
4. The attorney general or persons designated by the attorney
general may institute suits on behalf of the state apiarist to obtain
injunctive relief to restrain and prevent violations of this chapter.
