3.2-2200 - Definitions. - Virginia Statutes

§ 3.2-2200. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Country buyer" means any person who buys small grains from a producer.

"Exporter" means any person offering small grains for export sale.

"Handler" means any person who purchases small grains from a producer andany producer who transports and sells his own small grains out of state.Handler also means any processor, dealer, shipper, country buyer, exporter,or any other business entity that purchases small grains from a producer.Handler shall also mean any person buying, accepting for shipment, orotherwise acquiring property in small grains from a producer, and shallinclude a mortgagee, pledgee, lienor, or other person having a claim againstthe producer when the actual or constructive possession of such small grainsis taken as part payment or in satisfaction of such mortgage, pledge, lien,or claim.

"Processor" means any person who changes the physical form orcharacteristic of small grains in preparation for sale.

"Producer" means any person who has grown and sold small grains in theCommonwealth in the preceding three years.

"Seedsman" means any person who offers small grains seeds for sale.

"Small grains" means barley, oats, rye, or wheat.

(1991, c. 587, §§ 3.1-684.41, 3.1-684.53; 1992, c. 776; 2008, c. 860.)