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This law was first created in 2023. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 765<\/a>, 796<\/a>, and 2023<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":245357,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54337,"identifier":"55.1-507","token":"55.1\/I\/5.1\/55.1-507","url":"\/55.1-507\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-507\/","token":"55.1\/I\/5.1\/55.1-507","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-507","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“Agricultural land” means real estate in the Commonwealth used or zoned in a manner that would permit the use of the real estate for an agricultural operation<\/span>.\n\t\t“Agricultural operation<\/span>” means any operation devoted to the bona fide production of crops, animals, or fowl, including the production of fruits and vegetables of any kind; meat, dairy, and poultry products; nuts, tobacco, nursery, and floral products; and the production and harvest of products from silvicultural activity.\n\t\t“Department<\/span>” means the Department<\/span> of Agriculture and Consumer Services.\n\t\t“Foreign adversary<\/span>” means any foreign government or nongovernment person determined by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to have engaged in a long-term pattern or serious instances of conduct significantly adverse to the national security of the United States or security and safety of United States persons, as set forth in 15 C.F.R. \u00a7 7.4 or such successor regulation, declaration, or statute<\/span> as may exist from time to time.\n\t\t“Interest in agricultural land<\/span>” means any right, title, or interest, direct or indirect, in and to (i) agricultural land or (ii) any entity or other organization that holds any right, title, or interest, direct or indirect, in and to agricultural land. For purposes of this definition, any interest that taken on its own or together with any other interest held in common or under common control does not give the holder of the interest the ability to possess or occupy the agricultural land in any manner or the power or authority to direct the conduct of the agricultural operation<\/span> being conducted on the agricultural land, shall not be deemed an “interest in agricultural land<\/span>” for purposes of this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 55.1-507)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Agricultural land” means real estate in the Commonwealth used or\nzoned in a manner that would permit the use of the real estate for an\nagricultural operation.\n\t\t“Agricultural operation” means any operation devoted to the bona\nfide production of crops, animals, or fowl, including the production of fruits\nand vegetables of any kind; meat, dairy, and poultry products; nuts, tobacco,\nnursery, and floral products; and the production and harvest of products from\nsilvicultural activity.\n\t\t“Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer\nServices.\n\t\t“Foreign adversary” means any foreign government or nongovernment\nperson determined by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to have engaged in a\nlong-term pattern or serious instances of conduct significantly adverse to the\nnational security of the United States or security and safety of United States\npersons, as set forth in 15 C.F.R. \u00a7 7.4 or such successor regulation,\ndeclaration, or statute as may exist from time to time.\n\t\t“Interest in agricultural land” means any right, title, or\ninterest, direct or indirect, in and to (i) agricultural land or (ii) any entity\nor other organization that holds any right, title, or interest, direct or\nindirect, in and to agricultural land. For purposes of this definition, any\ninterest that taken on its own or together with any other interest held in\ncommon or under common control does not give the holder of the interest the\nability to possess or occupy the agricultural land in any manner or the power or\nauthority to direct the conduct of the agricultural operation being conducted on\nthe agricultural land, shall not be deemed an “interest in agricultural\nland” for purposes of this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 2023, cc. 765, 796, 2023, Sp. Sess. I, c. 1.","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}}