{"data":{"id":"us-pa/3-pa.c.s.-7109","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"3 Pa.C.S. § 7109","heading":"Fees.","body":"(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.\n(b) Service samples.--\n(1) The testing fee may be required to accompany the sample.\n(2) Fees shall be paid by check or money order made payable to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.\n(3) There shall be a $5 late fee assessed for every month that the testing fee is past due.\n(4) A Pennsylvania Noxious Weed Seed Examination shall be included with all purity analyses.\n(5) Service Sample Fees.\nKind of Seed Purity Analysis (including Pennsylvania State Noxious Weed Seed Examination) Germination Test Combined Purity Analysis and Germination Test\nAlfalfa $7.00 $5.50 $12.00\nBarley 7.00 5.50 12.00\nBeans, garden 6.00 6.50 12.00\nBeans, Lima 6.00 7.50 13.00\nBent grass 14.00 8.00 21.50\nBluestems 26.00 8.00 33.50\nBird's-foot trefoil 7.00 5.50 12.00\nBluegrass 15.00 8.00 22.50\nBromegrass 10.00 7.50 17.00\nBuckwheat 7.00 5.50 12.00\nClovers 7.00 5.50 12.00\nCorn 5.00 6.50 11.00\nCrown vetch 8.00 6.50 14.00\nDeer's-tongue grass 10.00 7.50 17.00\nFescues 10.00 7.50 17.00\nFlat pea 6.00 7.50 13.00\nMillets 8.50 6.50 14.50\nOats (including fluorescence test) 8.00 5.50 13.00\nOrchard grass 12.00 7.00 18.50\nPeas 5.00 6.50 11.00\nRedtop 14.00 8.00 21.50\nReed Canary grass 9.00 6.50 15.00\nRye 7.00 5.50 12.00\nRyegrass 9.00 6.00 14.50\nRyegrass (including fluorescence test) 9.00 10.50 19.00\nSorghums 8.00 6.50 14.00\nSoybeans 6.00 7.50 13.00\nSudan grass 8.00 6.50 14.00\nTimothy 7.00 5.50 12.00\nTobacco 8.00 6.50 14.00\nVetch 8.00 6.50 14.00\nWheat 7.00 5.50 12.00\nFlowers 8.00 6.50 14.00\nVegetables and herbs except beans, corn and peas 8.00 5.50 13.00\nTree, forb and shrub:\nwithout embryo excision 8.00 9.00 16.50\nwith embryo excision 8.00 20.00 27.00\nwith embryo excision and removal of pits 8.00 22.00 29.00\nMixtures:\nLawn and turf:\nTwo components 22.00 16.00 36.00\nEach additional component 8.00 8.00 15.00\nGermination only 8.00 extra\nPasture, hay and conservation:\nTwo components 12.00 14.00 25.00\nEach additional component 5.00 7.00 11.00\nGermination only 6.00 extra\nMiscellaneous charges:\nInterstate noxious weed examinations:\nLawn and turf with purity 6.00 extra\nLawn and turf without purity 20.00\nAll others with purity 5.00 extra\nPennsylvania Noxious Weed Seed Examination:\nLawn and turf grasses and mixtures 15.00\nAll others 4.00\nCold test 10.00\nCanada standards test 10.00\nIdentification 5.00\nEmbryo excision test 15.00\nRush 10.00\nExtra laboratory report 2.00\nTests not listed, special procedures, extra time, etc. 20.00 per hour\n(c) Seed certification.--\n(1) The department will provide annually a schedule listing application, inspection, tag and label fees.\n(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.\n(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.\n(4) Acreage or plants withdrawn by the applicant prior to the actual inspection may not be included except as provided for in regulation.\n(5) Application and inspection fees.\nCrop Application Fee Inspection Fee\nPotatoes (other than pronuclear seed potatoes) $25.00 $10 per acre\nPrenuclear seed potatoes 15¢ per sq. ft., assessed once\n(greenhouse) 25.00 per crop\nPrenuclear seed potatoes $50 assessed\n(laboratory) 25.00 annually\nTobacco 25.00 $50 (minimum)\nWinter barley, wheat, rye 25.00 $3 per acre\nHybrid field corn 25.00 $7 per acre\nSpring barley, oats 25.00 $3 per acre\nSoybean 25.00 $3 per acre\nGrass, legume 25.00 4¢ per pound production fee; any field inspection $3 per acre\nTurfgrass sod 25.00 $4 per acre (preplant inspection) $7 per acre (final inspection)\nTrees 25.00 Fees based on the actual administrative costs incurred by the department\n(6) Tag and label fees.\nTag Label\nPennsylvania certified seed 10¢ 10¢\nInteragency certified seed 15¢ 15¢\nPennsylvania certified sod 20¢\nPennsylvania certified seed potatoes 10¢\n(7) There is a $25 per lot fee for each official interagency sample received.\n(8) The shipping inspection fee for potatoes is $30 per inspection.\n(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.\n(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.","path":["Title 3 - AGRICULTURE","PART VII QUALITY AND LABELING","CHAPTER 71 SEED"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=03\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=71\u0026sctn=9\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-01-08 (Statute Update stamp, 3 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:30:13Z","sha256":"309760d1be0ebbd3ce01c01b303bdb8b6d1d0a74cbb67d904895f33027145b9d","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/3-pa.c.s.-7108","next":"us-pa/3-pa.c.s.-7110"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}