North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Plant Industrial Division – Seed and Fertilizer Section
Applicationfor:
SeedDealer’sLicense
Makechecksoutto:
NCDA&CS
Sendform&Checkto:
NCDA&CS
PlantIndustrySEED
1060MailServiceCenter
Raleigh,NC276991060
EffectiveYear:January1December31:
Fee LicenseType
$125.00 WholesaleorCombinedWholesaleandRetailSeedDealer
$30.00 RetailSeedDealer
NorthCarolinaSeedLawReferences:
§106277.28.Licenseandinspectionfees
(2)Eachseeddealerwhooffersforsaleanyagricultural,vegetable,orlawnorturfseedsforseedingpurposesshallregisterwiththeCommissionerandshall
obtainanannuallicense,foreachlocationwhereactivitiesareconducted,byJanuary1ofea
ch
year
§106277.2.Definitions.
(9)Theterm"dealer"or"vendor"shallmeananyperson,notclassifiedasagrower,whobuys,sellsoroffersforsaleanyseedforseedingpurposesandshall
includeanypersonwhohasseedgrownundercontractforresaleforseedingpurposes.
(3
9)
Theterm"wholesaler"shallmeanadealerengagedinthebusinessofsellingseedtoretailersorjobbersaswellastoconsumers.
BusinessName
Asitwillbedisplayedonthelicense:
PhysicalAddressofBusiness:
City: State: ZipCode: County:
BusinessPhone: BusinessEmail:
Thisismyfirstandonlyseedlicense
Ihaveotherseedlicenses,pleaselinkthemtogether
SpecialNote:
CorporateOffice/Contact:
Ifsameasabove,leaveblank
ContactAddress:
City: State: ZipCode:
ContactPhone: ContactEmail:
Willyoubesellingcontainersofseedweighing10poundsormore?
No
Yes.ReviewtheexcerptsfromtheNorthCarolinaSeedLawbelow,andseeifaseedreportingpermitisrightforyou
NorthCarolinaSeedLawReferences:
§106277.28.Licenseandinspectionfees
(3) Eachseeddealerorgrowerwhohasseed,whetheroriginatedorlabeledbythedealerorgrower,thatisofferedforsaleinthisStateshallreportthequantityof
seedofferedforsaleandpayaninspectionfeeoffourcents(4¢)foreachcontainerofseedsweighing10poundsormore.
Seedshallbesubjecttotheinspection
feeandreportingrequirementsonlyonceinany12monthperiod.Thisfeedoesnotapplytoseedgrownbyafarmerandofferedforsalebythefarmeratthe
farmwheretheseedwasgrown.
Eachseeddealerorgrowershallkee
p
accuraterecordsofthequantityofseedsandcontainerweightsofferedforsalefromeachdistributionpointinthe
State.TheserecordsshallbeavailabletotheCommissioneroranauthorizedrepresentativeoftheCommissioneratanyandallreasonablehoursforthepurpose
ofverifyingthequantityofseedoffere
dforsaleandthefeespaid.EachseeddealerorgrowershallreportquarterlyonformsfurnishedbytheCommissionerthe
quantityandcontainerweightofseedsfirstofferedforsalethatquarter.ThereportsshallbemadeonthefirstdayofJanuary,April,July,andOctober,orwithin
10days
thereafter.Inspectionfeesshallbedueandpaidwiththenextquarterlyreportfiledaftertheseedisfirstofferedforsale.Ifthereportisnotfiledandthe
inspectionfeespaidtotheDepartmentofAgricultureandConsumerServicesbythetenthdayfollowingthedatedue,orifthere
po
rtofthequantityorcontainer
weightsisfalse,theCommissionermayissueastopsaleorderforallseedofferedforsalebythedealerorgrower.Iftheinspectionfeesareunpaidmorethan15
daysaftertheduedate,theamountdueshallbearapenalty
oftenpercent(10%)whichshallbeaddedtotheinspectionfeesdue.
Iftheseedlawexcerptappliestoyou,pleaseapplyforaSeedReportingPermitwiththe2
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d
pageofthis
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___________________________Signature&Date
Dr. Bill Foote
Director
Joy A. Goforth
Plant Pest Administrator
Steve
n W. Troxler
Commissioner
North Carolina Department of Agriculture
and Consumer Services
Plant Industry Division
Brian D. Bowers
Seed and Fertilizer
Administrator
Divisional Phone: (919) 707-3730 Toll-free: 1-800-206-9333
Fax: (919) 733-1041 http://www.ncagr.gov/plantindustry/
1060 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1060
TTY: 1-800-735-2962 Voice: 1-877-735-8200
An Equal Opportunity Employer
APPLICATION FOR SEED REPORTING PERMIT
DATE: _______________
NAME OF FIRM:_____________________________________________________________________
ADDRESS: ____________________________
________________________________________ PHONE: _______________________
To:
NC Dept. of Agriculture & Consumer Services
Plant Industry Division
1085 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1085
Application
is hereby made for a permit to pay to the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer
Services at the close of each quarter ending September, December, March, and June, the inspection fee of $0.04 per container
of seed weighing 10 pounds or more. Payment will be made using the reporting system as provided in Chapter 106, Article 31
of the General Statutes of North Carolina as amended by the General Assembly of 1995.
I agree to keep satisfactory and necessary records to indicate the quantity and container of weights of seeds
distributed in North Carolina through all distributors of this company’s seeds, and further agree to grant to the Commissioner
of Agriculture , or his legal agent, permission to examine our records, to verify our statement of seeds distributed
I further agree to make report of quantity and container weights and pay inspection fee by the 10th of each October (1st
quarter), January (2nd quarter), April (3rd quarter) and July (4th quarter), covering seed distributed in the State of North Carolina
during the preceding quarter, and to comply with all other provisions of said law and all rules and regulations established
thereunder.
Seed quantity records will be available for audit at the following address:
___________________________________________ ____________________________________
Applicants Signature
___________________________________________ _____________________________________
Print Name & Title
PHONE: ___________________________