{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fac-52974","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FAC § 52974","heading":"","body":"Any seed cotton, cotton plant, or cottonseed that does not comply with this chapter is a public nuisance and is subject to seizure on complaint of the secretary or commissioner to a court of competent jurisdiction in the area in which the seed cotton, cotton plant, or cottonseed is located.","path":["Food and Agricultural Code - FAC","DIVISION 18. FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS [52001. - 53564.]","CHAPTER 4. San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District [52851. - 52993.]","ARTICLE 11. Violations and Penalties [52971. - 52976.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"5d5e7bb8f8d1daa08011ea2eca23fa5aa3b29bb633277b44e492147e515ec72d","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/fac-52973","next":"us-ca/fac-52975"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}