OAR 603-056-0101: Record keeping

The following recordkeeping obligations apply to seed dealers and seed conditioners: (1) Seed dealers and seed conditioners shall keep a complete record for each lot of seed for a period of three years after the final disposition of the lot of seed. (2) Seed dealers and seed conditioners shall make available to the department any records that they are required to keep under this section upon request of the department. In addition to committing a violation and being subject to enforcement action for that violation, persons who fail to make available records to the department shall be considered uncooperative for the purposes of determining gravity of circumstance as described in OAR 603-056-540 and civil penalty amount as described in OAR 603-056-540 for any violation that is related to the records that were not made available. (3) Any person who is involved in seed dealings shall make available to the department upon request, any records or documents related to their own transactions with respect to each lot of seed.