Md. Code, Agriculture § 9-404
Md. Code, Agriculture § 9-404
in effect(a) No person may:
(1) Import or transport a noxious weed in the State in any form capable of growth; or
(2) Contaminate any uninfested land with a noxious weed through the movement of rootstocks, seed, soil, mulch, nursery stock, farm machinery, or any other artificial medium.
(b) Each landowner, including a landowner of public land, or person who possesses and manages land infested with a noxious weed shall eradicate or control the noxious weed on that land by using practices that the Secretary prescribes, including mowing, cultivating, or treating with an approved herbicide.
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