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DIVISION 4. PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL 5001-8808›PART 1. GENERALLY 5001-6299›CHAPTER 7. Abatement of Neglected or Abandoned Crops 5551-5648›ARTICLE 3. Hearing and Order 5601-5605

§ 5601

California Food and Agricultural Code · 2026 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

On the day on which the citation is made returnable, the court shall hear the cause and decide whether or not the neglected or abandoned plant or crop shall be destroyed or removed. The hearing shall have precedence over all matters other than injunctions, older matters of the same character, and matters which are otherwise given precedence by law.

(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

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