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Iowa Code § 317.25

Invasive plants prohibited — exception — penalty

Redline — January 1, 2012 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2019
As of January 1, 2012
1. a. A person shall not import, sell, offer for sale, or distribute in this state in any form, including the seeds, any of the following plants:
(1) Teasel (Dipsacus) biennial.
(2) Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora).
(3) Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria).
(4) Purple loosestrife (Lythrum virgatum).
(5) Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata).
(6) Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus).
(7) Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica).
(8) Japanese hop (Humulus japonicus).
(9) Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri).
A person shall not import, sell, offer for sale, or distribute teasel (Dipsacus) biennial, the multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora), purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), purple loosestrife (Lythrum virgatum), or seeds of them in any form in this state. However, this section does not prohibit the sale, offer for sale, or distribution of the multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora) used for understock for either cultivated roses or ornamental shrubs in gardens. Any person violating the provisions of this section is subject to a fine of not exceeding one hundred dollars.
b. However, paragraph “a” does not prohibit the sale, offer for sale, or distribution of the multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora) used for understock for either cultivated roses or ornamental shrubs in gardens.
2. Any person violating subsection 1 commits a public offense and is subject to a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars.
89 Acts, ch 193, §1; 90 Acts, ch 1111, §1; 91 Acts, ch 5, §1; 91 Acts, ch 258, §46; 2001 Acts, ch 91, §1; 2002 Acts, ch 1050, §31
89 Acts, ch 193, §1; 90 Acts, ch 1111, §1; 91 Acts, ch 5, §1; 91 Acts, ch 258, §46; 2001 Acts, ch 91, §1; 2002 Acts, ch 1050, §31; 2013 Acts, ch 74, §1; 2014 Acts, ch 1092, §72; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §90; 2017 Acts, ch 101, §4

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