Application fees and restrictions.

74-04-01-04. Application fees and restrictions. 1. Application for field inspection must be received in the state seed department, 1313 18th Street North, P.O. Box 5257, Fargo, North Dakota, not later than June fifteenth. There is a five dollar per acre [.40 hectare] cash penalty for later applications. 2. At least one-half the fees and all due accounts must accompany the applications. 3. Applications are subject to cancellation in the case of crop failure or other valid reason and the application fee, minus a cancellation fee will be returned if the request reaches the state seed department before the inspector arrives in the general locality of the field. However, in such a case, the crop must be plowed under or destroyed so as not to create a disease hazard. 4. Separate application forms are required for latent virus testing. 5. Loss by drown outs, if over twenty-five percent of the field, will be allowed after the first inspection only. No adjustments will be made thereafter. 6. Fee schedules for field inspection, grade inspection, latent virus testing, cancellation fees, and late penalties are subject to change and available at the state seed department. 7. Prompt payment of all fees will be required at all times. 8. Additional testing costs such as laboratory tests will be assessed at costs to the grower. History: Amended effective December 1, 1981; December 1, 1987; June 1, 1992; September 1, 1997; September 1, 2002; July 1, 2018; July 1, 2020; October 1, 2024. General Authority: NDCC 28-32 Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-55-02