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If the analysis shows that the fertilizer is deficient: (a) in one or more of the guaranteed primary plant nutrients, beyond the investigational allowances and compensations, as established by regulation; or (b) that the overall index value of the fertilizer is below the level established by regulation, then an assessment for variance from guarantee of two times the value of such deficiency, not to exceed $5,000 per occurrence, shall be paid to the consumer by the guarantor. When the fertilizer is subject to an assessment under both clauses (a) and (b), the Commissioner shall calculate assessments under both such clauses and the guarantor shall pay to the consumer the larger of the two assessments.B\n\nIf, upon evidence satisfactory to the Commissioner, a person is found to have: (i) altered the content of any fertilizer shipped to him by a licensee; or (ii) mixed, or commingled, fertilizer from two or more distributors, such that the result of either alteration changes the analysis of the fertilizer as originally guaranteed, then the person who has altered, mixed or commingled shall: (a) obtain a license and register the altered or mixed product; (b) be held liable for all assessments; and (c) be subject to other provisions of this chapter including seizure, condemnation, and stop sale.C\n\nA deficiency in an official sample of mixed fertilizer, resulting from nonuniformity, is not distinguishable from a deficiency due to actual plant nutrient shortage, and any deficiency due to nonuniformity shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":283166,"text":"The Commissioner shall calculate assessments for a deficiency of: (i) total nitrogen (N); (ii) available phosphate (P205); or (iii) soluble potash (K20). If the analysis shows that the fertilizer is deficient: (a) in one or more of the guaranteed primary plant nutrients, beyond the investigational allowances and compensations, as established by regulation; or (b) that the overall index value of the fertilizer is below the level established by regulation, then an assessment for variance from guarantee of two times the value of such deficiency, not to exceed $5,000 per occurrence, shall be paid to the consumer by the guarantor. When the fertilizer is subject to an assessment under both clauses (a) and (b), the Commissioner shall calculate assessments under both such clauses and the guarantor shall pay to the consumer the larger of the two assessments.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":283167,"text":"If, upon evidence satisfactory to the Commissioner, a person is found to have: (i) altered the content of any fertilizer shipped to him by a licensee; or (ii) mixed, or commingled, fertilizer from two or more distributors, such that the result of either alteration changes the analysis of the fertilizer as originally guaranteed, then the person who has altered, mixed or commingled shall: (a) obtain a license and register the altered or mixed product; (b) be held liable for all assessments; and (c) be subject to other provisions of this chapter including seizure, condemnation, and stop sale.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":283168,"text":"A deficiency in an official sample of mixed fertilizer, resulting from nonuniformity, is not distinguishable from a deficiency due to actual plant nutrient shortage, and any deficiency due to nonuniformity shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B"}},"ancestry":[{"id":14027,"edition_id":1,"name":"Fertilizer","identifier":"36","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13102,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:38","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:38","permalink":{"id":195619,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14027,"identifier":"36","token":"3.2\/III\/36","url":"\/3.2\/III\/36\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13102,"edition_id":1,"name":"Production and Sale of Agricultural Products","identifier":"III","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12793,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:17","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:17","permalink":{"id":195443,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13102,"identifier":"III","token":"3.2\/III","url":"\/3.2\/III\/","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":59575,"structure_id":14027,"section_number":"3.2-3600","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/3.2-3600\/","token":"3.2\/III\/36\/3.2-3600","metadata":false},{"id":68481,"structure_id":14027,"section_number":"3.2-3601","catch_line":"Authority of the Board and the Commissioner to adopt regulations","url":"\/3.2-3601\/","token":"3.2\/III\/36\/3.2-3601","metadata":false},{"id":66799,"structure_id":14027,"section_number":"3.2-3602","catch_line":"Local government regulation of fertilizer","url":"\/3.2-3602\/","token":"3.2\/III\/36\/3.2-3602","metadata":false},{"id":55117,"structure_id":14027,"section_number":"3.2-3602.1","catch_line":"Board authorized to adopt regulations for the application of regulated products to nonagricultural property; 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civil penalties","url":"\/3.2-3625\/","token":"3.2\/III\/36\/3.2-3625","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":81584,"structure_id":14027,"section_number":"3.2-3614","catch_line":"Commercial value","url":"\/3.2-3614\/","token":"3.2\/III\/36\/3.2-3614","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":86957,"structure_id":14027,"section_number":"3.2-3616","catch_line":"Assessments for variance from label guarantees","url":"\/3.2-3616\/","token":"3.2\/III\/36\/3.2-3616","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/3.2-3615\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0740\">740<\/a> 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. 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 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>; in 2011, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0552\">552<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0564\">564<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":195693,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79051,"identifier":"3.2-3615","token":"3.2\/III\/36\/3.2-3615","url":"\/3.2-3615\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-3615\/","token":"3.2\/III\/36\/3.2-3615","dublin_core":{"Title":"Plant food deficiency","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-3615","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> shall calculate assessments for a <span class=\"dictionary\">deficiency<\/span> of: (i) total nitrogen (N); (ii) available phosphate (P205); or (iii) soluble potash (K20). If the analysis shows that the <span class=\"dictionary\">fertilizer<\/span> is deficient: (a) in one or more of the guaranteed primary plant nutrients, beyond the <span class=\"dictionary\">investigational allowances<\/span> and compensations, as established by regulation; or (b) that the overall index value of the <span class=\"dictionary\">fertilizer<\/span> is below the level established by regulation, then an assessment for variance from guarantee of two times the value of such <span class=\"dictionary\">deficiency<\/span>, not to exceed $5,000 per occurrence, shall be paid to the consumer by the <span class=\"dictionary\">guarantor<\/span>. When the <span class=\"dictionary\">fertilizer<\/span> is subject to an assessment under both clauses (a) and (b), the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> shall calculate assessments under both such clauses and the <span class=\"dictionary\">guarantor<\/span> shall pay to the consumer the larger of the two assessments. <a id=\"paragraph-283166\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-3615\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> If, upon <span class=\"dictionary\">evidence<\/span> satisfactory to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span>, a person is found to have: (i) altered the content of any <span class=\"dictionary\">fertilizer<\/span> shipped to him by a <span class=\"dictionary\">licensee<\/span>; or (ii) mixed, or commingled, <span class=\"dictionary\">fertilizer<\/span> from two or more <span class=\"dictionary\">distributors<\/span>, such that the result of either alteration changes the analysis of the <span class=\"dictionary\">fertilizer<\/span> as originally guaranteed, then the person who has altered, mixed or commingled shall: (a) obtain a license and register the altered or mixed product; (b) be held liable for all assessments; and (c) be subject to other provisions of this chapter including seizure, condemnation, and stop sale. <a id=\"paragraph-283167\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-3615\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> A <span class=\"dictionary\">deficiency<\/span> in an <span class=\"dictionary\">official sample<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">mixed fertilizer<\/span>, resulting from nonuniformity, is not distinguishable from a <span class=\"dictionary\">deficiency<\/span> due to actual plant nutrient shortage, and any <span class=\"dictionary\">deficiency<\/span> due to nonuniformity shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter. <a id=\"paragraph-283168\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-3615\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPLANT FOOD DEFICIENCY (\u00a7 3.2-3615)\n\nA. The Commissioner shall calculate assessments for a deficiency of: (i) total\nnitrogen (N); (ii) available phosphate (P205); or (iii) soluble potash (K20). If\nthe analysis shows that the fertilizer is deficient: (a) in one or more of the\nguaranteed primary plant nutrients, beyond the investigational allowances and\ncompensations, as established by regulation; or (b) that the overall index value\nof the fertilizer is below the level established by regulation, then an\nassessment for variance from guarantee of two times the value of such\ndeficiency, not to exceed $5,000 per occurrence, shall be paid to the consumer\nby the guarantor. When the fertilizer is subject to an assessment under both\nclauses (a) and (b), the Commissioner shall calculate assessments under both\nsuch clauses and the guarantor shall pay to the consumer the larger of the two\nassessments.\n\nB. If, upon evidence satisfactory to the Commissioner, a person is found to\nhave: (i) altered the content of any fertilizer shipped to him by a licensee; or\n(ii) mixed, or commingled, fertilizer from two or more distributors, such that\nthe result of either alteration changes the analysis of the fertilizer as\noriginally guaranteed, then the person who has altered, mixed or commingled\nshall: (a) obtain a license and register the altered or mixed product; (b) be\nheld liable for all assessments; and (c) be subject to other provisions of this\nchapter including seizure, condemnation, and stop sale.\n\nC. A deficiency in an official sample of mixed fertilizer, resulting from\nnonuniformity, is not distinguishable from a deficiency due to actual plant\nnutrient shortage, and any deficiency due to nonuniformity shall be subject to\nthe provisions of this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 740, \u00a7 3.1-106.13; 2008, c. 860; 2011, cc. 552, 564.","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}}