                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 55.1-507)

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#8220;Agricultural land&#8221; 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.
		&#8220;Agricultural operation&#8221; 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.
		&#8220;Department&#8221; means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
Services.
		&#8220;Foreign adversary&#8221; 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. § 7.4 or such successor regulation,
declaration, or statute as may exist from time to time.
		&#8220;Interest in agricultural land&#8221; 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 being conducted on
the agricultural land, shall not be deemed an &#8220;interest in agricultural
land&#8221; for purposes of this chapter.

HISTORY: 2023, cc. 765, 796, 2023, Sp. Sess. I, c. 1.