1997 Minnesota Statutes

     18.331 Certain barberry and mahonia bushes declared 
  nuisances.  

    All barberry (Berberis Sp.) bushes and all Mahonia (Mahonia 
 Sp.) bushes, except the species and variety known as Japanese 
 barberry (Berberis thunbergii), are rust-producing species and 
 are hereby declared to be a public nuisance and a menace to the 
 public welfare and their maintenance, propagation, sale, or 
 introduction into the state is forbidden.  It shall be the duty 
 of every person owning, occupying or having charge of any 
 premises on which such bushes of the rust-producing varieties 
 are grown, or at any time found growing, to forthwith destroy 
 such bushes.  

    HIST: (6146) 1919 c 81 s 1