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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1956, chapter 428; in 2010, chapters 317<\/a> and 561<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":70364,"section_number":"13.1-337","catch_line":"Foreign associations","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-337\/"},{"id":71341,"section_number":"4.1-206.3","catch_line":"Retail licenses","order_by":null,"url":"\/4.1-206.3\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":149589,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64545,"identifier":"13.1-313","token":"13.1\/3\/2\/13.1-313","url":"\/13.1-313\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/13.1-313\/","token":"13.1\/3\/2\/13.1-313","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 13.1-313","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this Act<\/span>, unless the context or subject matter requires otherwise:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> “Agricultural products” include livestock and livestock products, dairy products, poultry and poultry products, wine and viticultural products, seeds, nuts, ground stock, horticultural, floricultural, forestry, bee and any and all kinds of farm products. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> “Supplies” include any and all types of supplies, machinery and equipment used by farmers as producers or used by farmers as consumers. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

c.<\/span> “Association<\/span>” means a corporation organized under or adopting the provisions of this Act<\/span>, or a foreign association<\/span> or corporation authorized to do business in this Commonwealth, organized under any general or special act as a cooperative association<\/span> for the mutual benefit of its members<\/span> and other patrons<\/span> as farmers, and which confines its operations to purposes authorized by this Act<\/span> and restricts the return on the stock or membership capital and the amount of its business with nonmembers to the limits placed thereon by this Act<\/span> for associations<\/span> organized hereunder and which qualifies to do business in this Commonwealth under this Act<\/span>.\n\t\t\tAssociations<\/span> shall be classified as and deemed to be nonprofit corporations, inasmuch as their primary object<\/span> is not to pay dividends on invested capital, but to render service and provide means and facilities by or through which the producers of agricultural products may receive a reasonable and fair return for their products and obtain supplies and services on a cooperative nonprofit basis. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

d.<\/span> “This Act<\/span>” means this article, which may be cited as the “Agricultural Cooperative Association<\/span> Act.” <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

e.<\/span> “Member<\/span>” includes the holder of a membership in an association<\/span> without capital stock and the holder of voting stock in an association<\/span> organized with capital stock. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

f.<\/span> “Person<\/span>” includes an individual, a partnership, a corporation and an association<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

g.<\/span> “Patron<\/span>” means a person<\/span> using the marketing facilities of an association<\/span> for the marketing of agricultural products, or a person<\/span> using the purchasing or service facilities of an association<\/span> for the purchase of supplies or the rendering of services. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

h.<\/span> “Board<\/span>” means the board<\/span> of directors of an association<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

i.<\/span> “Commission<\/span>” means the State Corporation Commission<\/span> of Virginia. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 13.1-313)\n\nAs used in this Act, unless the context or subject matter requires otherwise:\n\na. “Agricultural products” include livestock and livestock products,\ndairy products, poultry and poultry products, wine and viticultural products,\nseeds, nuts, ground stock, horticultural, floricultural, forestry, bee and any\nand all kinds of farm products.\n\nb. “Supplies” include any and all types of supplies, machinery and\nequipment used by farmers as producers or used by farmers as consumers.\n\nc. “Association” means a corporation organized under or adopting the\nprovisions of this Act, or a foreign association or corporation authorized to do\nbusiness in this Commonwealth, organized under any general or special act as a\ncooperative association for the mutual benefit of its members and other patrons\nas farmers, and which confines its operations to purposes authorized by this Act\nand restricts the return on the stock or membership capital and the amount of\nits business with nonmembers to the limits placed thereon by this Act for\nassociations organized hereunder and which qualifies to do business in this\nCommonwealth under this Act.\n\t\t\tAssociations shall be classified as and deemed to be nonprofit corporations,\ninasmuch as their primary object is not to pay dividends on invested capital,\nbut to render service and provide means and facilities by or through which the\nproducers of agricultural products may receive a reasonable and fair return for\ntheir products and obtain supplies and services on a cooperative nonprofit\nbasis.\n\nd. “This Act” means this article, which may be cited as the\n“Agricultural Cooperative Association Act.”\n\ne. “Member” includes the holder of a membership in an association\nwithout capital stock and the holder of voting stock in an association organized\nwith capital stock.\n\nf. “Person” includes an individual, a partnership, a corporation and\nan association.\n\ng. “Patron” means a person using the marketing facilities of an\nassociation for the marketing of agricultural products, or a person using the\npurchasing or service facilities of an association for the purchase of supplies\nor the rendering of services.\n\nh. “Board” means the board of directors of an association.\n\ni. “Commission” means the State Corporation Commission of Virginia.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 13-248; 1956, c. 428; 2010, cc. 317, 561.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}