Alabama Administrative Code
Title 80 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIES
MARKETING
Chapter 80-10-20 - EMERALD ASH BORER QUARANTINE
Section 80-10-20-.12 - Inspection And Disposal
The commissioner, after displaying proper identification, is authorized to stop and inspect, without a warrant, any person or means of conveyance moving into, within or from the state of Alabama upon probable cause to believe that such means of conveyance or articles are infested with the Emerald Ash Borer or contain regulated articles; and to seize, treat, destroy, or otherwise dispose of, or require the disposal of pest and regulated articles found to be moving in violation of this quarantine.
All costs for treatment, destruction, or disposal of regulated articles and pest shall be borne by the person in possession of the regulated article.
Author: Patrick B. Moody
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 2-25-1, et seq.