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This law was first created in 1968. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 64 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 1968 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":56662,"section_number":"1-230","catch_line":"Person","order_by":null,"url":"\/1-230\/"}],"permalink":{"id":194351,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55007,"identifier":"3.2-900","token":"3.2\/I\/9\/3.2-900","url":"\/3.2-900\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-900\/","token":"3.2\/I\/9\/3.2-900","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-900","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“Nuisance birds<\/span>” means blackbirds, red-winged blackbirds, grackles, cowbirds, pigeons, and starlings, or any other species so declared by regulations of the Board<\/span> when causing or about to cause economic losses in the Commonwealth; becoming detrimental to the public health and welfare; defacing or defiling public or private property or otherwise creating a public nuisance.\n\t\t“Person<\/span>” means the term as defined in \u00a7 1-230<\/a>. The term also means any society.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 3.2-900)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Nuisance birds” means blackbirds, red-winged blackbirds,\ngrackles, cowbirds, pigeons, and starlings, or any other species so declared by\nregulations of the Board when causing or about to cause economic losses in the\nCommonwealth; becoming detrimental to the public health and welfare; defacing or\ndefiling public or private property or otherwise creating a public nuisance.\n\t\t“Person” means the term as defined in \u00a7 1-230. The term also\nmeans any society.\n\nHISTORY: 1968, c. 64, \u00a7 3.1-1012; 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}}