{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-3.2-4001","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 3.2-4001","heading":"Authority of Board to adopt regulations","body":"The Board may adopt regulations:1. Governing: (i) methods of sampling; (ii) methods of inspection; (iii) methods of testing in the laboratory and in the field; (iv) the establishment of standards; (v) the establishment of code designations; and (vi) the establishment of tolerances for agricultural, vegetable, flower, tree and shrub, lawn and turf seeds, mixtures of such seeds, and screenings;2. Providing a list of prohibited and restricted noxious-weed seeds;3. Providing for the labeling of flower seeds by kind, variety, type, or performance characteristics as required by § 3.2-4008;4. Providing a list of tree and shrub seeds subject to the seed purity and germination labeling requirements of subsection I of § 3.2-4008;5. Providing for the registration of the pedigree of any hybrid;6. Providing a list of those kinds of seed that may be sold only by variety name;7. Establishing special labeling requirements, in addition to the requirements of § 3.2-4008, for the sale or distribution of seeds produced from transgenetic plant material;8. Providing a list of second generation hybrids that may be sold as a hybrid;9. Providing a list of seeds specified as lawn and turf seeds; and10. Establishing tolerances that recognize variations between analyses, tests, label statements, and subsequent analyses to be used in enforcement.Code 1950, §§ 3-219.8, 3-219.9:1; 1958, c. 483; 1966, cc. 9, 702, §§ 3.1-269, 3.1-271; 1994, c. 577, § 3.1-275.5; 2008, c. 860.","path":["Title 3.2. AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL CARE, AND FOOD","Subtitle III. PRODUCTION AND SALE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS","Chapter 40. SEEDS","Article 1. SEEDS"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/3.2-4001/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:19Z","sha256":"aac4c8a691726aa997e638bfce05642e6d5a8ff68a36b400b78b7d60938509b2","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-3.2-4000","next":"us-va/va.-code-3.2-4002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}