Va. Code § 3.2-2300

Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session through ch. 845
Section 3.2-2300 - Definitions

"Country buyer" means any person who buys soybeans from a producer.

"Exporter" means any person offering soybeans for export sale.

"Handler" means any processor, dealer, shipper, exporter, or any other business entity that purchases soybeans from a producer. The term shall also mean any person buying, accepting for shipment, or otherwise acquiring property in soybeans from a producer, and shall include a mortgagee, pledgee, lienor, or other person, public or private, having a claim against the producer, when the actual or constructive possession of such soybeans is taken as part payment or in satisfaction of such mortgage, pledge, lien, or claim. The term shall also mean any producer that transports and sells his soybeans out of state.

"Processor" means any person who changes the physical form or characteristic of soybeans for the purpose of preparing them for sale.

"Producer" means any person who grew soybeans in the Commonwealth and sold soybeans during the preceding three years.

"Seedsman" means any person or firm who offers soybean seeds for sale.

Va. Code § 3.2-2300

1970, c. 431, §§ 3.1-684.2, 3.1-684.13, 3.1-684.14; 1974, c. 297; 1978, c. 540; 1982, c. 603; 1985, c. 448; 1987, c. 476; 1990, c. 183; 1992, c. 124; 2008, c. 860.
Amended by Acts 2008, c. 860.
Amended by Acts 1992, c. 124.
Amended by Acts 1990, c. 183.
Amended by Acts 1987, c. 476.
Amended by Acts 1985, c. 448.
Amended by Acts 1982, c. 603.
Amended by Acts 1978, c. 540.
Amended by Acts 1974, c. 297.
Amended by Acts 1970, c. 431, 3.1-684.2, 3.1-684.13, 3.1-684.14.