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The term shall also mean any person that buys, accepts for shipment, or otherwise acquires property in corn from a producer, and includes a mortgagee, pledgee, lienor, or other person having a claim against the producer, when the actual or constructive possession of corn is taken as part payment or in satisfaction of such mortgage, pledge, lien, or claim. The term shall also mean a producer who transports and sells his corn outside of the Commonwealth.\n\t\t“Processor” means any person who changes the physical form or characteristic of corn for the purpose of preparing it for sale.\n\t\t“Producer” means any person who grew corn in the Commonwealth and sold corn during the preceding three years.\n\t\t“Seedsman” means any person who offers corn seeds for sale.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":258842,"text":"As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Corn” means all corn sold except sugar corn, popcorn, and ornamental corn.\n\t\t“Country buyer” means any person who buys corn from a producer.\n\t\t“Exporter” means any person offering corn for export sale.\n\t\t“Handler” means any processor, dealer, shipper, country buyer, exporter, or any other business entity that purchases corn from a producer. The term shall also mean any person that buys, accepts for shipment, or otherwise acquires property in corn from a producer, and includes a mortgagee, pledgee, lienor, or other person having a claim against the producer, when the actual or constructive possession of corn is taken as part payment or in satisfaction of such mortgage, pledge, lien, or claim. 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This law was first created in 1980. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 395 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1980 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1985, chapter 448; in 1987, chapter 476; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":194513,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71839,"identifier":"3.2-1400","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/14\/3.2-1400","url":"\/3.2-1400\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-1400\/","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/14\/3.2-1400","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-1400","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Corn<\/span>” means all corn<\/span> sold except sugar corn<\/span>, popcorn, and ornamental corn<\/span>.\n\t\t“Country buyer<\/span>” means any person who buys corn<\/span> from a producer<\/span>.\n\t\t“Exporter<\/span>” means any person offering corn<\/span> for export sale.\n\t\t“Handler<\/span>” means any processor<\/span>, dealer, shipper, country buyer<\/span>, exporter<\/span>, or any other business entity that purchases corn<\/span> from a producer<\/span>. The term shall also mean any person that buys, accepts for shipment, or otherwise acquires property in corn<\/span> from a producer<\/span>, and includes a mortgagee, pledgee, lienor, or other person having a claim against the producer<\/span>, when the actual or constructive possession<\/span> of corn<\/span> is taken as part payment or in satisfaction of such mortgage, pledge, lien<\/span>, or claim. The term shall also mean a producer<\/span> who transports and sells his corn<\/span> outside of the Commonwealth.\n\t\t“Processor<\/span>” means any person who changes the physical form or characteristic of corn<\/span> for the purpose of preparing it for sale.\n\t\t“Producer<\/span>” means any person who grew corn<\/span> in the Commonwealth and sold corn<\/span> during the preceding three years.\n\t\t“Seedsman<\/span>” means any person who offers corn<\/span> seeds for sale.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 3.2-1400)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Corn” means all corn sold except sugar corn, popcorn, and\nornamental corn.\n\t\t“Country buyer” means any person who buys corn from a producer.\n\t\t“Exporter” means any person offering corn for export sale.\n\t\t“Handler” means any processor, dealer, shipper, country buyer,\nexporter, or any other business entity that purchases corn from a producer. The\nterm shall also mean any person that buys, accepts for shipment, or otherwise\nacquires property in corn from a producer, and includes a mortgagee, pledgee,\nlienor, or other person having a claim against the producer, when the actual or\nconstructive possession of corn is taken as part payment or in satisfaction of\nsuch mortgage, pledge, lien, or claim. The term shall also mean a producer who\ntransports and sells his corn outside of the Commonwealth.\n\t\t“Processor” means any person who changes the physical form or\ncharacteristic of corn for the purpose of preparing it for sale.\n\t\t“Producer” means any person who grew corn in the Commonwealth and\nsold corn during the preceding three years.\n\t\t“Seedsman” means any person who offers corn seeds for sale.\n\nHISTORY: 1980, c. 395, \u00a7\u00a7 3.1-1032, 3.1-1043, 3.1-1044; 1985, c. 448; 1987, c.\n476; 2008, c. 860.","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}}