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Ala. Code § 2-26-70 (2026)

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The intent and purpose of this article is to provide a method for assisting farmers and other seed purchasers and seed dealers to determine the validity of complaints of such seed purchasers against seed dealers relating to the quality of the seed by establishing a committee to investigate and make findings and recommendations in the nature of arbitration proceedings where damages are suffered by such seed purchasers caused by the failure of any agricultural, vegetable, flower, tree, shrub and herb seeds to perform as represented, or to conform to the description on the labeling thereof as required by Sections 2-26-1 through 2-26-14. The meaning of words and terms as used in this article shall, where applicable, be construed to conform to the meaning of such words and terms as same are defined in Section 2-26-1.

(Acts 1979, No. 79-424, p. 661, §1.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2000–2006 · leading case: Moorer v. Hartz Seed Co., 120 F. Supp. 2d 1283 (M.D. Ala. 2000).
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Moorer v. Hartz Seed Co., 120 F. Supp. 2d 1283 (M.D. Ala. 2000). “Code §§ 2-26-70, 2-26-71, and 2-26-74 (1999). There is nothing before the court, Alabama case law, legislative history, or otherwise, suggesting that an implied private cause of action exists under the Alabama seed laws.”
Delta & Pine Land Co. v. Burns, 926 So. 2d 901 (Miss. 2006). “, Ala.Code §§ 2-26-70, et seq.; Ark. Code Ann.”
Delta & Pine Land Co. v. Reginald Burns (Miss. 2004). “The complaint shall be filed with [MDA] and [MDA] shall send a copy of the complaint to the seedsman by certified mail, within such time as to permit inspection of the crops, plants or trees by the seed arbitration council or its representatives and by the seedsman from whom the…”
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