General Notice to Control or Eradicate Noxious Weeds

Noxious Weed Program

Notice is hereby given this 7th day of May 2007, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 18.83, Subd. 7, (1992), that all persons in Becker County, Minnesota, shall control or eradicate all noxious weeds on land they own, occupy or are required to maintain. Control or eradication may be accomplished by any lawful method but the methods may need to be repeated in order to prevent the spread of viable noxious weed seeds and other propagating parts to other lands. Failure to comply with the general notice may mean that an individual notice will be issued. An individual notice may be appealed within two working days of receipt to the Appeal Committee in the county where the land is located.

Failure to comply with the individual notice will mean that the inspector having jurisdiction may either hire the work done or seek a misdemeanor charge against the person(s) who failed to comply.

If the work hired is done by the inspector, the cost can be placed as a tax upon the land and collected as other real estate taxes are collected. You may obtain a list of the plants that are designated as noxious and of the members of the Appeal Committee from your County Agricultural Inspector.

The Local Weed Inspectors are township supervisors, city mayors or their appointed assistants.

Becker Soil and Water Conservation District's Individual Notice Appeal Committee may be contacted at 846-7360.

For more information on the noxious weeds of Becker County, please visit our weed information page.