is the house's owner held accountable, as well as the resident grower?

[flyingimam]

Not at all. Most small growing operations are prosecuted under state law, not federal law, so looking up state law is certainly helpful.

helpful >> maybe
makes a different>> NO

this is where the dilemma lies man!

DEA is a federal agency, most considerable grows busted are busted by or in part by federal agents of DEA and sometimes even FBI & US Marshals

State LEO may always be at disposal for use however!

as for small grows, well u gotta be a freakin idiot to get busted with a small grow... cuz technically u shouldn't raise any attention if u r a small timer and if u know what u r doing

however, the base line is FEDERAL LAW prohibits marijuana cultivation and possession and thats why in the first place anyone would wanna bust a grow... state laws in violation have little to no effect and state laws in support of federal law are kinda taken from this fed law itself, thus local authorities essentially are using the federal law to bust ya!