Fees.
3 Pa.C.S. § 7109
in effect(a) Inspections and tests.--The department shall have authority to fix, adjust, assess and collect, or cause to be collected, fees for the certification inspection service and
requested seed tests authorized by this chapter. Such fees shall be large enough to meet the reasonable expenses incurred by the department or its agents in making such inspections as may be necessary for seed certification and conducting requested tests.
(b) Service samples.--
(1) The testing fee may be required to accompany the sample.
(2) Fees shall be paid by check or money order made payable to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(3) There shall be a $5 late fee assessed for every month that the testing fee is past due.
(4) A Pennsylvania Noxious Weed Seed Examination shall be included with all purity analyses.
(5) Service Sample Fees. Combined Germination Purity Analysis (including Pennsylvania Kind of Seed Purity Analysis and Test State Noxious Germination Weed Seed Examination) Test $12.00 $5.50 $7.00 Alfalfa 12.00 5.50 7.00 Barley 12.00 6.50 6.00 Beans, garden 13.00 7.50 6.00 Beans, Lima 21.50 8.00 14.00 Bent grass 33.50 8.00 26.00 Bluestems 12.00 5.50 7.00 Bird's-foot trefoil 22.50 8.00 15.00 Bluegrass 17.00 7.50 10.00 Bromegrass 12.00 5.50 7.00 Buckwheat 12.00 5.50 7.00 Clovers 11.00 6.50 5.00 Corn 14.00 6.50 8.00 Crown vetch 17.00 7.50 10.00 Deer's-tongue grass 17.00 7.50 10.00 Fescues 13.00 7.50 6.00 Flat pea 14.50 6.50 8.50 Millets 13.00 5.50 8.00 Oats (including fluorescence test) 18.50 7.00 12.00 Orchard grass 11.00 6.50 5.00 Peas 21.50 8.00 14.00 Redtop 15.00 6.50 9.00 Reed Canary grass 12.00 5.50 7.00 Rye 14.50 6.00 9.00 Ryegrass 19.00 10.50 9.00 Ryegrass (including fluorescence test) 14.00 6.50 8.00 Sorghums 13.00 7.50 6.00 Soybeans 14.00 6.50 8.00 Sudan grass 12.00 5.50 7.00 Timothy 14.00 6.50 8.00 Tobacco 14.00 6.50 8.00 Vetch 12.00 5.50 7.00 Wheat 14.00 6.50 8.00 Flowers 13.00 5.50 8.00 Vegetables and herbs
except beans, corn and peas Tree, forb and shrub: 16.50 9.00 8.00 without embryo excision 27.00 20.00 8.00 with embryo excision 29.00 22.00 8.00 with embryo excision and removal of pits Mixtures: Lawn and turf: 36.00 16.00 22.00 Two components 15.00 8.00 8.00 Each additional component 8.00 extra Germination only Pasture, hay and conservation: 25.00 14.00 12.00 Two components 11.00 7.00 5.00 Each additional component 6.00 extra Germination only Miscellaneous charges: Interstate noxious weed examinations: 6.00 extra Lawn and turf with purity 20.00 Lawn and turf without purity 5.00 extra All others with purity Pennsylvania Noxious Weed Seed Examination: 15.00 Lawn and turf grasses and mixtures 4.00 All others 10.00 Cold test 10.00 Canada standards test 5.00 Identification 15.00 Embryo excision test 10.00 Rush 2.00 Extra laboratory report Tests not listed, 20.00 per hour special procedures, extra time, etc.
(c) Seed certification.--
(1) The department will provide annually a schedule listing application, inspection, tag and label fees.
(2) An applicant shall include the appropriate application fee payment for each crop. Fees shall be paid
by check or money order made payable to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Fees are nonrefundable.
(3) The field inspection fee is based on the total acres inspected or, in the case of grass and legumes, the pounds of clean seed produced. An invoice stating the amount of the fee will be sent to the applicant.
(4) Acreage or plants withdrawn by the applicant prior to the actual inspection may not be included except as provided for in regulation.
(5) Application and inspection fees. Inspection Fee Application Fee Crop $10 per acre $25.00 Potatoes (other than pronuclear seed potatoes) 15¢ per sq. ft., Prenuclear seed assessed once potatoes per crop 25.00 (greenhouse) $50 assessed Prenuclear seed potatoes annually 25.00 (laboratory) $50 (minimum) 25.00 Tobacco $3 per acre 25.00 Winter barley, wheat, rye $7 per acre 25.00 Hybrid field corn $3 per acre 25.00 Spring barley, oats $3 per acre 25.00 Soybean 4¢ per pound 25.00 Grass, legume production fee; any field inspection $3 per acre $4 per acre 25.00 Turfgrass sod (preplant inspection) $7 per acre (final inspection) Fees based on the 25.00 Trees actual administrative costs incurred by the department
(6) Tag and label fees. Label Tag 10¢ 10¢ Pennsylvania certified seed 15¢ 15¢ Interagency certified seed 20¢ Pennsylvania certified sod 10¢ Pennsylvania certified seed potatoes
(7) There is a $25 per lot fee for each official interagency sample received.
(8) The shipping inspection fee for potatoes is $30 per inspection.
(d) Adjustment of fee.--If the secretary determines following notice to the licensees that moneys derived from the registration and inspection fees are either greater or less than that required to administer this chapter, the secretary may reduce or increase the inspection fee so as to maintain revenues sufficient to administer this chapter.
(e) Notice.--The secretary shall announce the adjustment of fees by publishing a notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. The adjusted fees shall take effect 60 days after publication of such notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM&ttl=03Fetched: 10/16/2026