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This law was first created in 1970. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 431 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 1970 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 8 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 1974, chapter 297; in 1978, chapter 540; in 1982, chapter 603; in 1985, chapter 448; in 1987, chapter 476; in 1990, chapter 183; in 1992, chapter 124; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":73327,"section_number":"3.2-1104","catch_line":"Preemption by federal law","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-1104\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":195079,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73446,"identifier":"3.2-2300","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/23\/3.2-2300","url":"\/3.2-2300\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-2300\/","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/23\/3.2-2300","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-2300","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

“Country buyer” means any person who buys soybeans from a producer<\/span>.\n\t\t“Exporter<\/span>” means any person offering soybeans for export sale.\n\t\t“Handler<\/span>” means any processor<\/span>, dealer, shipper, exporter<\/span>, or any other business entity that purchases soybeans from a producer<\/span>. The term shall also mean any person buying, accepting for shipment, or otherwise acquiring property in soybeans from a producer<\/span>, and shall include a mortgagee, pledgee, lienor, or other person, public or private, having a claim against the producer<\/span>, when the actual or constructive possession<\/span> of such soybeans is taken as part payment or in satisfaction of such mortgage, pledge, lien<\/span>, or claim. The term shall also mean any producer<\/span> that transports and sells his soybeans out of state.\n\t\t“Processor<\/span>” means any person who changes the physical form or characteristic of soybeans for the purpose of preparing them for sale.\n\t\t“Producer<\/span>” means any person who grew soybeans in the Commonwealth and sold soybeans during the preceding three years.\n\t\t“Seedsman<\/span>” means any person or firm who offers soybean seeds for sale.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 3.2-2300)\n\n“Country buyer” means any person who buys soybeans from a producer.\n\t\t“Exporter” means any person offering soybeans for export sale.\n\t\t“Handler” means any processor, dealer, shipper, exporter, or any\nother business entity that purchases soybeans from a producer. The term shall\nalso mean any person buying, accepting for shipment, or otherwise acquiring\nproperty in soybeans from a producer, and shall include a mortgagee, pledgee,\nlienor, or other person, public or private, having a claim against the producer,\nwhen the actual or constructive possession of such soybeans is taken as part\npayment or in satisfaction of such mortgage, pledge, lien, or claim. The term\nshall also mean any producer that transports and sells his soybeans out of\nstate.\n\t\t“Processor” means any person who changes the physical form or\ncharacteristic of soybeans for the purpose of preparing them for sale.\n\t\t“Producer” means any person who grew soybeans in the Commonwealth\nand sold soybeans during the preceding three years.\n\t\t“Seedsman” means any person or firm who offers soybean seeds for\nsale.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 431, \u00a7\u00a7 3.1-684.2, 3.1-684.13, 3.1-684.14; 1974, c. 297;\n1978, c. 540; 1982, c. 603; 1985, c. 448; 1987, c. 476; 1990, c. 183; 1992, c.\n124; 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}}