{"code":"FAC","codeName":"Food and Agricultural Code","section":"52974","citation":"Food & Agr. Code, § 52974","status":"not-in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 18. FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS [52001. - 53564.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/food-and-agricultural-code/division-18"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District [52851. - 52993.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/food-and-agricultural-code/division-18/chapter-4"},{"name":"ARTICLE 11. Violations and Penalties [52971. - 52976.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/food-and-agricultural-code/division-18/chapter-4/article-11"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 136, Sec. 30.   Effective January 1, 1996.   Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.","effective":"1996-01-01","html":"<p>Any seed cotton, cotton plant, or cottonseed that does not comply with this chapter is a public nuisance and is subject to seizure on complaint of the secretary or commissioner to a court of competent jurisdiction in the area in which the seed cotton, cotton plant, or cottonseed is located.</p>","text":"Any seed cotton, cotton plant, or cottonseed that does not comply with this chapter is a public nuisance and is subject to seizure on complaint of the secretary or commissioner to a court of competent jurisdiction in the area in which the seed cotton, cotton plant, or cottonseed is located.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/food-and-agricultural-code/violations-and-penalties-52974","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}