Noxious Weed Statute
Sandra Barnett, Director
Kathie Otney, Deputy


Business Hours:
Monday - Friday
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Address: 812 B Street
Washington, KS 66968
Phone: 785-325-2271
Fax: 785-325-2775:
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Links:
County Weed Directors Association of KS
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Noxious Weed Department

GENERAL NOTICE TO CONTROL NOXIOUS WEEDS

The Kansas Noxious Weed Law K.S.A. 2-1314 et seq requires all person who own or supervise land in Kansas to control and eradicate all weeds declared noxious by legislative action.  The weeds declared noxious are:

  • FIELD BINDWEEDS
  • MUSK THISTLE
  • JOHNSON GRASS
  • SERICEA LESPEDEZA
  • BUR RAGWEED
  • CANDAD THISTLE
  • LEAFY SPURGE
  • HOARY CRESS
  • QUACK GRASS
  • RUSSIAN KNAPWEED
  • KUDZU AND PIDNUG

    • BULL THISTLE has been declared noxious by the Board of County Commissioners of Washington County.  Notice is hereby given pursuant to the Kansas Noxious Weed Law to every person who owns or supervises land in Washington County 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 noxious weeds at the land owners expense and placing a lien on the property if the bill is not paid within 30 days

    2. or 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 free of all weed seed and litter when entering the County and when leaving a field infested with noxious weeds.

  • In accordance with Article 12, 2-1330, the County Commissioners, township boards, city officials and state, county and city weed supervisors shall have at all reasonable times, free access to enter upon premises and to inspect property, both real and personal, regardless of location, in connection with the administration of the state weed law.

    Additional information may be obtained from the Washington County Noxious Weed Department or by contacting the Kansas Department of Agriculture, 109 S. W. 9th Topeka, KS 66612