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This law was first created in 1975. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 29 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 1975 \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 1980, chapter 291; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":72495,"section_number":"15.2-2403","catch_line":"Powers of service districts","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2403\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":56662,"section_number":"1-230","catch_line":"Person","order_by":null,"url":"\/1-230\/"}],"permalink":{"id":194245,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81688,"identifier":"3.2-700","token":"3.2\/I\/7\/1\/3.2-700","url":"\/3.2-700\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-700\/","token":"3.2\/I\/7\/1\/3.2-700","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-700","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Certificate<\/span>” means a document issued or authorized by the Commissioner<\/span> indicating that a regulated article<\/span> is not contaminated with a pest<\/span>.\n\t\t“Host<\/span>” means any plant or plant product upon which a pest<\/span> is dependent for completion of any portion of its life cycle.\n\t\t“Infested<\/span>” means actually infested<\/span> or infected with a pest<\/span> or so exposed to infestation that it would be reasonable to believe that an infestation exists.\n\t\t“Move<\/span>” means to ship, offer for shipment, receive for transportation, carry, or otherwise transport, move<\/span> or allow to be moved.\n\t\t“Permit<\/span>” means a document issued or authorized by the Commissioner<\/span> to provide for the movement of regulated articles<\/span> to restricted destinations for limited handling, utilization, or processing.\n\t\t“Person<\/span>” means the term as defined in \u00a7 1-230<\/a>. The term also means any society.\n\t\t“Pest<\/span>” means an insect, disease, parasitic plant, or other organism of any character whatever, in any living stage, vertebrate or invertebrate, causing or capable of causing injury or damage to any plant or part thereof or any processed, manufactured, or other product of plants, or otherwise creating a public nuisance.\n\t\t“Regulated article<\/span>” means any article of any character carrying or capable of carrying the pest<\/span> against which the quarantine is directed.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 3.2-700)\n\nAs used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Certificate” means a document issued or authorized by the\nCommissioner indicating that a regulated article is not contaminated with a\npest.\n\t\t“Host” means any plant or plant product upon which a pest is\ndependent for completion of any portion of its life cycle.\n\t\t“Infested” means actually infested or infected with a pest or so\nexposed to infestation that it would be reasonable to believe that an\ninfestation exists.\n\t\t“Move” means to ship, offer for shipment, receive for\ntransportation, carry, or otherwise transport, move or allow to be moved.\n\t\t“Permit” means a document issued or authorized by the Commissioner\nto provide for the movement of regulated articles to restricted destinations for\nlimited handling, utilization, or processing.\n\t\t“Person” means the term as defined in \u00a7 1-230. The term also\nmeans any society.\n\t\t“Pest” means an insect, disease, parasitic plant, or other\norganism of any character whatever, in any living stage, vertebrate or\ninvertebrate, causing or capable of causing injury or damage to any plant or\npart thereof or any processed, manufactured, or other product of plants, or\notherwise creating a public nuisance.\n\t\t“Regulated article” means any article of any character carrying or\ncapable of carrying the pest against which the quarantine is directed.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 29, \u00a7 3.1-188.20; 1980, c. 291; 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}}