§ 1595. — Seizure.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC1595]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 37--SEEDS
SUBCHAPTER IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 1595. Seizure
(a) Any seed sold, delivered for transportation in interstate
commerce, or transported in interstate or foreign commerce in violation
of any of the provisions of this chapter shall, at the time of such
violation or at any time thereafter, be liable to be proceeded against
on libel of information and condemned in any district court of the
United States within the jurisdiction of which the seed is found.
(b) If seed is condemned by a decree of the court as being in
violation of the provisions of this chapter, it may be disposed of by
the court by--
(1) sale; or
(2) delivery to the owner thereof after he has appeared as
claimant and paid the court costs and fees and storage and other
proper expenses and executed and delivered a bond with good and
sufficient sureties that such seed will not be sold or disposed of
in any jurisdiction contrary to the provisions of this chapter and
the rules and regulations made and promulgated thereunder, or the
laws of such jurisdiction; or
(3) destruction.
(c) If such seed is disposed of by sale, the proceeds of the sale,
less the court costs and fees and storage and other proper expenses,
shall be paid into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts, but such seed
shall not be sold or disposed of in any jurisdiction contrary to the
provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations made and
promulgated thereunder, or the laws of such jurisdiction.
(d) The proceedings in such libel cases shall conform, as nearly as
may be, to the proceedings in admiralty, except that either party may
demand trial by jury of any issue of fact joined in any such case; and
such proceedings shall be at the suit of and in the name of the United
States.
(Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title IV, Sec. 405, 53 Stat. 1286.)
Effective Date
See section 1610 of this title
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1602 of this title.
