{"data":{"id":"us-va/7vac13-20-70","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"7VAC13-20-70","heading":"Eligible minority-owned business","body":"A. In general, a business may be certified as a minority-owned business if:\n\n1. It meets the definition of minority-owned business provided in § 2.2-1604 of the Code of Virginia; and\n\n2. The minority owner is regarded as such by the community of which the person claims to be a part.\n\nB. Being born in a country does not, by itself, define an individual as a minority individual pursuant to § 2.2-1604 of the Code of Virginia. In making the determination whether a person is a minority individual, the department may be required to determine whether the person is regarded as a minority individual by the community of which he claims to be a part. In making this determination, the department may consider whether:\n\n1. The person regularly describes himself, in printed materials and orally, as a member of the community;\n\n2. Whether the person historically has held himself out as a member of the community;\n\n3. Whether the individual is a member of and actively participates in business, educational, charitable, civic, or community organizations, or activities made up of or traditionally identified with or attended by members of the community; and\n\n4. Whether other members of the community describe the person as a fellow member of the community.\n\nC. The department may request such additional information as it may reasonably need to support an individual's claim that he is a minority individual. In determining whether a minority individual is regarded as such by the community, the department shall consider all the facts in the record viewed as a whole.","path":["Title 7. Economic Development","Agency 13. Department of Small Business And Supplier Diversity","Chapter 20. Regulations to Govern the Certification of Small, Women-Owned, and Minority-Owned Businesses"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title7/agency13/chapter20/section70/","current_through":"2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:47:23Z","sha256":"bb003be0751158484ab8a73e310c76e1b7b3f4554f758e6ac5d28794fb73ba65","source_id":"us-va-vac","stale":false,"prev":"us-va/7vac13-20-60","next":"us-va/7vac13-20-80"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}