Exclusion of warranty

Field seeds certified in accordance with this chapter have been field inspected and laboratory tested as specified in this chapter. The state seed department and inspection services function and serve only in an official regulatory manner and do not relieve the grower or owner of the grower's or owner's responsibility. Neither the producer, the seller, the North Dakota seed commission, the seed commissioner, or the commissioner's employees make any warranty or representation of any kind, express or implied, as the quantity or quality of the crop produced from certified seed, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, absence of disease, or varietal or selection identity. The only representation is that the seed was inspected under the seed certification rules and regulations of the North Dakota state seed department. Inspections, tests, certifications, and other acts are not intended to induce reliance on the state seed department's inspections, certifications, or any other action or inaction for any purpose relating to quantity or quality of the seed or crop produced, fitness for purpose, merchantability, absence of disease, or variety or selection identification. Certification means only that the seed was randomly inspected and at the time of the inspection the field or seed lot met the rules of the department.