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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71839</law_id><section_number>3.2-1400</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</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="3.2">Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Boards, Councils, Foundations, and Commissions</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="B">Commodity Boards</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="14">Corn Board</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Corn</span>&#x201D; means all <span class="dictionary">corn</span> sold except sugar <span class="dictionary">corn</span>, popcorn, and ornamental <span class="dictionary">corn</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Country buyer</span>&#x201D; means any person who buys <span class="dictionary">corn</span> from a <span class="dictionary">producer</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Exporter</span>&#x201D; means any person offering <span class="dictionary">corn</span> for export sale.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Handler</span>&#x201D; means any <span class="dictionary">processor</span>, dealer, shipper, <span class="dictionary">country buyer</span>, <span class="dictionary">exporter</span>, or any other business entity that purchases <span class="dictionary">corn</span> from a <span class="dictionary">producer</span>. The term shall also mean any person that buys, accepts for shipment, or otherwise acquires property in <span class="dictionary">corn</span> from a <span class="dictionary">producer</span>, and includes a mortgagee, pledgee, lienor, or other person having a claim against the <span class="dictionary">producer</span>, when the actual or constructive <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of <span class="dictionary">corn</span> is taken as part payment or in satisfaction of such mortgage, pledge, <span class="dictionary">lien</span>, or claim. The term shall also mean a <span class="dictionary">producer</span> who transports and sells his <span class="dictionary">corn</span> outside of the Commonwealth.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Processor</span>&#x201D; means any person who changes the physical form or characteristic of <span class="dictionary">corn</span> for the purpose of preparing it for sale.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Producer</span>&#x201D; means any person who grew <span class="dictionary">corn</span> in the Commonwealth and sold <span class="dictionary">corn</span> during the preceding three years.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Seedsman</span>&#x201D; means any person who offers <span class="dictionary">corn</span> seeds for sale.</p></section></text><history>1980, c. 395, &#xA7;&#xA7; 3.1-1032, 3.1-1043, 3.1-1044; 1985, c. 448; 1987, c. 476; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
