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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>77196</law_id><section_number>10.1-1105.1</section_number><catch_line>Century forest and farm programs</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="10.1">Conservation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Activities Administered by Other Entities</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="11">Forest Resources and the Department of Forestry</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Duties of the State Forester and General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The State Forester shall establish and administer a century forest program to honor families in the Commonwealth whose property has been in the same family for 100 years or more and includes at least 20 contiguous acres of managed forest. In <span class="dictionary">order</span> to be eligible for recognition under the program, a property shall (i) have been owned by the same family for at least 100 consecutive years; (ii) be lived on, or actually managed by, a descendant of the original owners; and (iii) have a documented history of timber harvests or forest management activities. <a id="paragraph-276929" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-1105.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The State Forester shall establish and administer a century farm program to honor farm families in the Commonwealth whose property has been in the same family for 100 years or more. In <span class="dictionary">order</span> to be eligible for recognition under the program, a farm shall (i) have been owned by the same family for at least 100 consecutive years; (ii) be lived on, or actually farmed, by a descendant of the original owners; and (iii) gross more than $2,500 annually from the sale of farm products. <a id="paragraph-276930" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-1105.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2016, c. 6; 2024, cc. 10, 146.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
