Lawrence Journal-World / Classifieds / Saved classified (published 05/09/2012)

(Published in the Shawnee
Dispatch, Wednesday, May
2, 2012)

GENERAL NOTICE TO
CONTROL NOXIOUS WEEDS

The Kansas Noxious Weed
Law K.S.A. 2-1314 et seq requires all persons who own
or supervise land in Kansas
to control and eradicate all
weeds declared noxious by
legislative action. The
weeds declared noxious
are: Bur ragweed, Canada
thistle, Field bindweed,
Hoary cress, Johnsongrass, Kudzu, Leafy
spurge, Musk thistle, Pignut, Quackgrass, Russian
knapweed and Sericea lespedeza . Notice is hereby
given pursuant to the Kansas Noxious Weed Law to
every person who owns or
supervises land in the state
of Kansas, that noxious
weeds growing or found on
such land shall be controlled and eradicated.
Control is defined as preventing the production of
viable seed and the vegetative spread of the plant.
Failure to observe this notice may result in the
County: 1. Serving a legal
notice requiring control of
the noxious weeds within a
minimum of 5 days. Failure
to control the noxious
weeds within the time period allowed may result in
the County treating the
weeds at the owner's expense and placing a lien on
the property if the bill is
not paid within 30 days or
2. Filing criminal charges
for non-compliance. Conviction for non-compliance
may result in a fine of $100
per day of non-compliance
with a maximum fine of
$1500. The public is also
hereby notified that it is a
violation of the Kansas
Noxious Weed Law to barter, sell or give away infested nursery stock or
livestock feed, unless the
feed is fed on the farm
where grown, or sold to a
commercial processor that
will destroy the viability of
the noxious weed seed.
Custom harvesting machines must be labeled
with a label provided by the
Kansas Department of Agriculture and must be free of
all weed seed and litter
when entering the State
and when leaving a field infested with noxious weeds.
Additional information may
be obtained from the Johnson County Noxious Weed
Department 913-715-8358 or
by contacting: Kansas Department of Agriculture

Plant Protection &
Weed Control
P.O. Box 19282
Topeka, Kansas 66619-0282
785-862-2180
www.ksda.gov/plant_protection/content/349
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