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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78622</law_id><section_number>3.2-6400</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-2288</reference><reference>15.2-2288.6</reference><reference>36-99</reference><reference>58.1-3505</reference><reference>62.1-44.15:24</reference><reference>62.1-44.15:51</reference></referred_to_by><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="V">Domestic Animals</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="64">Agritourism Activity Liability</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Agricultural products</span>&#x201D; means any <span class="dictionary">livestock</span>, aquaculture, <span class="dictionary">poultry</span>, horticultural, floricultural, viticulture, silvicultural, or other farm crops.
		&#x201C;Agritourism activity&#x201D; means any activity carried out on a <span class="dictionary">farm or ranch</span> that allows members of the general public, for recreational, entertainment, or educational purposes, to view or enjoy rural activities, including farming, wineries, ranching, horseback riding, historical, cultural, harvest-your-own activities, or natural activities and attractions. An activity is an agritourism activity whether or not the <span class="dictionary">participant</span> paid to participate in the activity.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Agritourism professional</span>&#x201D; means any person who is engaged in the business of providing one or more agritourism activities, whether or not for compensation.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Farm or ranch</span>&#x201D; means one or more areas of land used for the production, cultivation, growing, harvesting or processing of <span class="dictionary">agricultural products</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Inherent risks of agritourism activity</span>&#x201D; mean those dangers or conditions that are an integral part of an agritourism activity including certain hazards, including surface and subsurface conditions; natural conditions of land, vegetation, and waters; the behavior of wild or domestic <span class="dictionary">animals</span>; and ordinary dangers of structures or equipment ordinarily used in farming and ranching operations. <span class="dictionary">Inherent risks of agritourism activity</span> also include the potential of a <span class="dictionary">participant</span> to act in a negligent manner that may contribute to injury to the <span class="dictionary">participant</span> or others, including failing to follow instructions given by the <span class="dictionary">agritourism professional</span> or failing to exercise reasonable caution while engaging in the agritourism activity.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Participant</span>&#x201D; means any person, other than an <span class="dictionary">agritourism professional</span>, who engages in an agritourism activity.</p></section></text><history>2006, c. 710, &#xA7; 3.1-796.137; 2008, c. 860; 2020, c. 411.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
