Registration of Symbol of Seeds or Plant Parts.

Ala. Code tit. 2, ch. 26, art. 3

in effect

Ala. Code § 2-26-50 Adoption and Registration of Symbols of Identification or Certification of Foundation Seed, Seeds or Plant Parts.

2-26-50. Adoption and Registration of Symbols of Identification or Certification of Foundation Seed, Seeds or Plant Parts. An association or associations of farmers engaged in multiplying and certifying seed or plant parts of a superior variety or strain of plants or crops, such as those bred and tested or tested only by the Agricultural Experiment Station of Auburn University, and in increasing breeder seed by producing, processing and distributing foundation seed may adopt a symbol or symbols of identification or certification of such seed or plant parts and such foundation seed and, upon approval of the director of such experiment station and of the Director of the Extension Service of Auburn University, register same with the state Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. Only one such association may so register such a symbol or symbols for any one specified crop. (Acts 1945, No. 404, p. 643, §§1, 2; Acts 1975, No. 745, §1.)

Ala. Code § 2-26-51 Use of Symbols by Persons, Associations, Etc., Other Than Associations Registering Same; Violations of Provisions of Article Deemed Misdemeanors.

2-26-51. Use of Symbols by Persons, Associations, Etc., Other Than Associations Registering Same; Violations of Provisions of Article Deemed Misdemeanors. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation, other than the association which so registered such symbol or symbols, to use such symbol or symbols in any manner for identifying or certifying seeds or plant parts or for any person, firm, association or corporation to sell, offer for sale or otherwise market or distribute foundation seed for any specified crop, other than the association which registered the symbol or symbols of such foundation seed for such crop with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. (b) Any person, firm, association or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. (Acts 1945, No. 404, p. 643, §3; Acts 1975, No. 745, §2.)

Ala. Code § 2-26-52 Cooperation of Department of Agriculture and Industries and Agricultural Extension Service and Experiment Station of Auburn University.

2-26-52. Cooperation of Department of Agriculture and Industries and Agricultural Extension Service and Experiment Station of Auburn University. The Department of Agriculture and Industries, the Agricultural Extension Service and the Agricultural Experiment Station of Auburn University are hereby authorized and directed to cooperate and work with such associations of farmers to accomplish the following purposes: (1) To implement an Alabama seed improvement program encompassing activities of foundation seed production, seed certification and labeling and quality control in the production of seed in order to make available for agriculture in this state high quality seed; (2) To conduct educational programs stressing the benefits of the use of seed of superior varieties and strains; and (3) To otherwise formulate and implement such programs as will insure that quality seed is properly produced, processed, certified and distributed in the state. (Acts 1945, No. 404, p. 643, §4; Acts 1975, No. 745, §3.)

Source: Alabama Legislature (alison.legislature.state.al.us)URL: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabamaFetched: 10/20/2026