Shawnee County Weed Department

Policies:
The herbicide control products can only be purchased for land in Shawnee County. We are licensed to sell these products for NOXIOUS WEED CONTROL ONLY. All sales are final.

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

The weeds declared noxious in Shawee County are:

(Widely Occurring)	(Low Acreage)	(Rarely Occurring)
Musk Thistle	Hoary Cress	Pignut
Field Bindweed	Canada Thistle	Leafy Spurge
Johnson Grass		Kudzu
Sericea Lespedeza		Bur Ragweed
		Russian Knapweed
		Quack Grass

Mission Statement:

The Shawnee County Weed Department enforces the Kansas Noxious Weed Law K.S.A. 2-1314 et seq. and the Nuisance Weed & Rank Grass Resolution H.R. 2005-3 for Shawnee County. The Shawnee County Weed Department is directly or indirectly responsible for the control of every noxious weed in Shawnee County. The department is responsible for enforcing noxious weed control on private and public property in all areas of Shawnee County and acts as a liaison between neighbors with invasive noxious or nuisance weeds. The Shawnee County Weed Department inspects real and personal property, feed and forage crops, and topsoil extraction sites in Shawnee County for noxious and nuisance weeds; and maintains a warehouse and sales counter to provide cost-shared herbicide controls and rental equipment to landowners. The department is also directly responsible for the control of noxious weed infestations on all county owned property and right-of-way and contracts with local governmental entities to fulfill their responsibility in complying with the Kansas Noxious Weed Law.