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Handler also means any processor, dealer, shipper, country buyer, exporter, or any other business entity that purchases small grains from a producer. Handler shall also mean any person buying, accepting for shipment, or otherwise acquiring property in small grains from a producer, and shall include a mortgagee, pledgee, lienor, or other person having a claim against the producer when the actual or constructive possession of such small grains is taken as part payment or in satisfaction of such mortgage, pledge, lien, or claim.\n\t\t“Processor” means any person who changes the physical form or characteristic of small grains in preparation for sale.\n\t\t“Producer” means any person who has grown and sold small grains in the Commonwealth in the preceding three years.\n\t\t“Seedsman” means any person who offers small grains seeds for sale.\n\t\t“Small grains” means barley, oats, rye, or wheat.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":260433,"text":"As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:\n\t\t“Country buyer” means any person who buys small grains from a producer.\n\t\t“Exporter” means any person offering small grains for export sale.\n\t\t“Handler” means any person who purchases small grains from a producer and any producer who transports and sells his own small grains out of state. 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Handler shall also mean any person buying, accepting for shipment, or otherwise acquiring property in small grains from a producer, and shall include a mortgagee, pledgee, lienor, or other person having a claim against the producer when the actual or constructive possession of such small grains is taken as part payment or in satisfaction of such mortgage, pledge, lien, or claim.\n\t\t“Processor” means any person who changes the physical form or characteristic of small grains in preparation for sale.\n\t\t“Producer” means any person who has grown and sold small grains in the Commonwealth in the preceding three years.\n\t\t“Seedsman” means any person who offers small grains seeds for sale.\n\t\t“Small grains” means barley, oats, rye, or wheat.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":14832,"edition_id":1,"name":"Small Grains Board","identifier":"22","label":"chapter","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12795,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:50:15","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:50:15","permalink":{"id":195015,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14832,"identifier":"22","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/22","url":"\/3.2\/II\/B\/22\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12795,"edition_id":1,"name":"Commodity Boards","identifier":"B","label":"part","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12794,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","permalink":{"id":194393,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12795,"identifier":"B","token":"3.2\/II\/B","url":"\/3.2\/II\/B\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12794,"edition_id":1,"name":"Boards, Councils, Foundations, and Commissions","identifier":"II","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12793,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","permalink":{"id":194359,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12794,"identifier":"II","token":"3.2\/II","url":"\/3.2\/II\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12793,"edition_id":1,"name":"Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food","identifier":"3.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","permalink":{"id":193939,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12793,"identifier":"3.2","token":"3.2","url":"\/3.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":72300,"structure_id":14832,"section_number":"3.2-2200","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/3.2-2200\/","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/22\/3.2-2200","metadata":false},{"id":68810,"structure_id":14832,"section_number":"3.2-2201","catch_line":"Small Grains Board; 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This law was first created in 1991. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 587 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 1991 \u201cActs\u201d aren\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 1992, chapter 776; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":195017,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72300,"identifier":"3.2-2200","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/22\/3.2-2200","url":"\/3.2-2200\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-2200\/","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/22\/3.2-2200","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-2200","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:\n\t\t“Country buyer<\/span>” means any person who buys small grains<\/span> from a producer<\/span>.\n\t\t“Exporter<\/span>” means any person offering small grains<\/span> for export sale.\n\t\t“Handler<\/span>” means any person who purchases small grains<\/span> from a producer<\/span> and any producer<\/span> who transports and sells his own small grains<\/span> out of state. Handler<\/span> also means any processor<\/span>, dealer, shipper, country buyer<\/span>, exporter<\/span>, or any other business entity that purchases small grains<\/span> from a producer<\/span>. Handler<\/span> shall also mean any person buying, accepting for shipment, or otherwise acquiring property in small grains<\/span> from a producer<\/span>, and shall include a mortgagee, pledgee, lienor, or other person having a claim against the producer<\/span> when the actual or constructive possession<\/span> of such small grains<\/span> is taken as part payment or in satisfaction of such mortgage, pledge, lien<\/span>, or claim.\n\t\t“Processor<\/span>” means any person who changes the physical form or characteristic of small grains<\/span> in preparation for sale.\n\t\t“Producer<\/span>” means any person who has grown and sold small grains<\/span> in the Commonwealth in the preceding three years.\n\t\t“Seedsman<\/span>” means any person who offers small grains<\/span> seeds for sale.\n\t\t“Small grains<\/span>” means barley, oats, rye, or wheat.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 3.2-2200)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:\n\t\t“Country buyer” means any person who buys small grains from a\nproducer.\n\t\t“Exporter” means any person offering small grains for export sale.\n\t\t“Handler” means any person who purchases small grains from a\nproducer and any producer who transports and sells his own small grains out of\nstate. Handler also means any processor, dealer, shipper, country buyer,\nexporter, or any other business entity that purchases small grains from a\nproducer. Handler shall also mean any person buying, accepting for shipment, or\notherwise acquiring property in small grains from a producer, and shall include\na mortgagee, pledgee, lienor, or other person having a claim against the\nproducer when the actual or constructive possession of such small grains is\ntaken as part payment or in satisfaction of such mortgage, pledge, lien, or\nclaim.\n\t\t“Processor” means any person who changes the physical form or\ncharacteristic of small grains in preparation for sale.\n\t\t“Producer” means any person who has grown and sold small grains in\nthe Commonwealth in the preceding three years.\n\t\t“Seedsman” means any person who offers small grains seeds for\nsale.\n\t\t“Small grains” means barley, oats, rye, or wheat.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 587, \u00a7\u00a7 3.1-684.41, 3.1-684.53; 1992, c. 776; 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}}