7 U.S.C. § 1595

Seizure

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(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, § 405, 53 Stat. 1286.)Statutory Notes and Related SubsidiariesEffective Date

See section 1610 of this title

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1967–2019 · leading case: United States v. Articles of Hazardous Substance

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United States v. Articles of Hazardous Substance (1978) ncmd “§ 782 (vessels, vehicles, or aircraft transporting narcotic drugs, illegal firearms, counterfeit coin, government obligations or securities, or counterfeiting apparatus or materials); 7 U.S.C. § 1595 (seed violating statutory provisions of the Federal Seed Act); 7 U.”

Coweta Warehouse & Gin Company v. United States (1967) ca5 “This libel was for condemnation of certain cotton seed under 7 U.S.C. § 1595 . 1 It was alleged that about March 8, 1966, there were shipped from Marietta, Georgia to Hurtsboro, Alabama, 35 or more bags of cotton seed, Lot #761, that attached to these bags were labels showing…”

Frontier AG, Inc. v. Nuseed Americas Inc. (2019) ksd “7 U.S.C. § 1595 . It is also a misdemeanor for a person to knowingly violate the Federal Seed Act or the regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Agriculture in furtherance of the Act.”

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