                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 58.1-511)

For the purposes of the article:
		&#8220;Interest in real property&#8221; means any right in real property,
including access thereto or improvements thereon, or water, including but not
limited to an open-space easement or conservation easement, provided such
interest complies with the requirements of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code § 170
(h), partial interest, mineral right, remainder or future interest, or other
interest or right in real property.
		&#8220;Land&#8221; or &#8220;lands&#8221; means real property, with or without
improvements thereon; rights-of-way, water and riparian rights; easements;
privileges and all other rights or interests of any land or description in,
relating to or connected with real property.
		&#8220;Public or Private Conservation Agency&#8221; means any Virginia
governmental body, or any private not-for-profit charitable corporation or trust
authorized to do business in the Commonwealth and organized and operated for
natural resources, land conservation or historic preservation purposes, and
having tax-exempt status as a public charity under the U.S. Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended, and having the power to acquire, hold and maintain
land and/or interests in land for such purposes.

HISTORY: 1999, cc. 968, 983; 2005, c. 940.